How Did I End Up Cool???

[karmasoup]

NERKLES & SEERSUCKERS UNITE!

Being a half Native / half Irish mutt means I have become somewhat accustomed in my life to having ‘muggles’ make less than deserved claims to what has apparently become deemed a desirable heritage, particularly around the middle of March.  Thanks to the Trail of Tears, most anyone in the nation whose family didn’t

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[myrna_bird]

Really enjoyed reading this. Well done!

[pixiebelle]

I've found it interesting how suddenly it's trendy to be a geek or a nerd when I remember how insulting the terms were meant to be at one time. I'm a nerd, probably not so much a geek (maybe a little geekiness mixed in there). I was very nerdy in school, always wanting to do well and answer questions, taking on extra science projects because science just fascinates the heck out of me (I still want to get a biology degree just to learn more about biology).

Interesting take on the topic!

[beldarzfixon]

I was reading down those lists, thinking, "check, check, check, that's sorta me..." and thinking of all the RPG books I have for systems I will likely never play.

I've been open about my geekiness for years (though I've always been more of a classic "nerd" -- I tend to think of geeks as having more specific knowledge in one or more fields, I'm more a jack-of-all-trades/master-of-none) and am assured by my parents that I am indeed part Irish (each 1/4, passing down to make me 1/4). As for the Cherokee (1/32 according to Mom) no one related to me is registered with the tribe, so I don't make a big deal of it. Being part Welsh did come in handy one year at Oktoberfest...

[theafaye]

There's an Evil Dead musical? Awesome!

This reminds me a lot of the pagan community actually. So much so that an awful lot of people (myself included) don't call themselves pagan precisely because it's become trendy to appropriate so many of the terms without any understanding of what they mean and then bleating when called out on their ignorance.

And I'd say I'm also both a nerd and a geek.

[sarcasmoqueen]

The Evil Dead musical is probably one of the funniest ones I've ever seen in my life!

[jacq22]

It just makes you fascinating Geekdom is now a new cult and yay to that!! Long may it reign....

[jacq22]

I am a bit of a mix, a bit Irish a bit English, a bit Spanish??? not sure, and have lived in NZ and Austalia, so speak 'Strine' and Kiwi. A hybrid in fact.