How are you nerdy, quirky, dorky? (GTKY)

Drea926 · November 2013

I thought this would be a fun question!

I'm a Disney dork. That's where DH and I got engaged, and I drink out of a cup with Disney princesses on it. I put on the Disney Pandora radio station "for DS" and sing along.

Also, I am a karaoke junkie. DH and I had a karaoke hour at our wedding and we sang a duet to Love Shack by The B-52s.

kleigh926 · November 2013

I'm kind of a Star Wars nerd. I discovered the movies at my grandpa's house when I was a young teenager. My brother and I watched them almost every single day all summer. We drove my mom nuts, haha. I only really like the last 3 movies though, the first 3 kinda suck IMO.

Puck1182 · November 2013

I am SUCH a nerd. Holy crap.

I am a big Broadway junkie. I haven't kept up with new stuff lately, but I have entire librettos memorized. Specifically, I've seen Rent WAY too many times.

I got a degree in literature (in addition to my "real" major of business administration/marketing) just for funsies. And got a 4.00 GPA in that major.

I've braved a freaking blizzard to see Neil deGrasse Tyson speak.

When I was pregnant with DD, DH and I would solve Punnett squares to try to figure out what she'd look like.

Even though I made fun of DH when he started watching Doctor Who, I got completely sucked in, and it's why our daughter's name is Amelia.

Geek cred by association: DH is an editor for a geek news website, and my ex-boyfriend from college (DH and I are both still good friends with him, he was in our wedding and DH is going to be in his. What? It's not weird, I swear!) is a somewhat prominent geek culture figure in Philly. I don't really have a physical "type" (DH and the ex look nothing alike) but clearly my "type" is geek.

Oh yeah, and DH and I (and DD!) did an interview for the web series for The Geek's Guide to Dating (a Quirk books title that's being released later this year). DD wore a TARDIS skirt for the interview. It's not up yet, but I'll totally post the link when it is. Then you all can see DD making fart noises into my hand. Quality stuff. :-P

holly321 · November 2013

I wear kids socks. Like character ones. I have small feet and like tight socks, what can I say. I wore teenage mutant ninja turtles and the Cheshire Cat this week so far.

musicalmama5 · November 2013

Yikes. I'm nerdy in a lot of ways I think. Total band geek in high school. I read a lot of young adult fiction (Harry Potter, Hunger Games, etc.). I even started reading a comic book called Saga (my friend recommended it to me because it has a breastfeeding mom on the cover lol). I love the Sound of Music. When I sing along to the radio I harmonize. I also read Game of Thrones. But I haven't watched it yet because I have a rule that I always read books before I see their movies. That's pretty nerdy too I suppose.

tamarar5 · November 2013

My favorite movies are Avatar and the Twilight Saga. I love love and romance is my favorite genre. I've even written two christian romances that have been accepted for publication.

holly321 · November 2013

And I love opera music. I sing it, horribly off key on the way to work. And I know very little Italian, so I definitely make up the words.

Drea926 · November 2013

@MusicalMama5 I have a crush on Captain Von Trapp!

I LOVE musicals!

octobermama87 · November 2013

I love the sound of music and Grease. (But only the original- not Grease 2) and all the twilight books. And have the hunger games books, but haven't read them yet.

Puck1182 · November 2013

Sterling13 said:

Puck1182 said:

I am SUCH a nerd. Holy crap.

I am a big Broadway junkie. I haven't kept up with new stuff lately, but I have entire librettos memorized. Specifically, I've seen Rent WAY too many times.

I got a degree in literature (in addition to my "real" major of business administration/marketing) just for funsies. And got a 4.00 GPA in that major.

I've braved a freaking blizzard to see Neil deGrasse Tyson speak.

When I was pregnant with DD, DH and I would solve Punnett squares to try to figure out what she'd look like.

Even though I made fun of DH when he started watching Doctor Who, I got completely sucked in, and it's why our daughter's name is Amelia.

Geek cred by association: DH is an editor for a geek news website, and my ex-boyfriend from college (DH and I are both still good friends with him, he was in our wedding and DH is going to be in his. What? It's not weird, I swear!) is a somewhat prominent geek culture figure in Philly. I don't really have a physical "type" (DH and the ex look nothing alike) but clearly my "type" is geek.

Oh yeah, and DH and I (and DD!) did an interview for the web series for The Geek's Guide to Dating (a Quirk books title that's being released later this year). DD wore a TARDIS skirt for the interview. It's not up yet, but I'll totally post the link when it is. Then you all can see DD making fart noises into my hand. Quality stuff. :-P

Jealous. Well, not of the blizzard.

Haha... Yeah, all that snow was kinda scary. Took us 30+ minutes for what normally would have been a less than 10 minute drive. But so worth it.

Gonna make you a little more jealous now:

That's a signed copy of The Pluto Files I'm holding. ;-)

DublinMama · November 2013

One of my quirks is that I love, love, love The Golden Girls. I own all seven seasons on DVD, and I still watch every episode when it's on Hallmark channel. Most of them I know line for line.
L-)

Drea926 · November 2013

Picture it- Sicily- 1939.

The Golden Girls rock! The theme song just may be on my ipod. ;-)

PhieryBFly · November 2013

I'm a sci-fi, video gaming type of freak. Comic-con convention and all. Favorite show of all time was Firefly which didn't even get a whole season. I guess that's why I ended up working in IT/engineering...

Rosebean · November 2013

I read. Excessively. One year, I got a letter from Chapters telling me I saved $100 that year with their rewards points. When you do the math, that means I spent $1000 that year on books. Now I have a Kobo/app and I don't have to worry about storage, but holy smokes. I just read Catching Fire in 2 days. So maybe peg me under the nerd category.

Puck1182 · November 2013

@UponAStar63 - Spreadsheets!!! How did I forget about spreadsheets?!?! I love them. I'm pretty sure I sung the praises of my budget spreadsheet in a previous thread a little while back. On a similar note, I do a secret happy dance every time my boss gives me a project that allows me to utilize ACL (data analysis software for auditors). If I could exclusively do those ACL audits and just spend every day manipulating data to find exceptions, I would be one happy camper.

bumpuser7698452 · November 2013

@drea926
I've tried the Disney station on pandora but it always makes me cry. Any Phil Collins but mostly "You'll Be in My Heart" to be more specific.

bumpuser7698452 · November 2013

I love video games. I could park my booty on the couch and play video and computer games for hours. And then I got married and had a baby.
I'm also a major loner and could go days without talking to another person. I enjoy being "one" with nature and go out in the woods and just sit and listen to the wind and the leaves and all the life that's going on around me. I talk to the birds and squirrels and bugs and myself. Writing that out sounds super weird. Maybe that's why I don't have many friends. Haha.

SidraJedi · November 2013

I read, collect, write and draw comics. I write science fiction fantasy as well. I read real comics. Not "graphic novels", but the kind that are written in serial style. I used to have subscriptions but I prefer back issues and collecting now.

I love science fiction and fantasy novels.

A Very Potter Musical anyone?

I love movies and am a complete movie geek, but I prefer the classics and can tell you way too much about the lives of golden and silver age movie stars.

I keep an agenda.

I can't dance but I will anyway.

Star Trek, Star Wars, Firefly, Battlestar Gallactica, Farscape, Dollhouse and Buffy the Vampire Slayer marathons anyone?

I was a rennie as a cast member and as a vender of handmade corsets.

I freakin love math!

I've been to the San Diego Comic Con 3 times since 1996. I wish I could afford to go more but it's 2,000 miles away... Nashville has a comic con but i've been once and it hasn't gotten good yet, it's still young so I'll go back and check it out again soon.

I quote MST3K, Ghostbusters and the Dark Crystal on a daily basis. Quoting is super dorky.

I love so-bad-that-they-are-good movies. We used to host a bad movie night at our house before we moved.

tamarar5 · November 2013

PhieryBFly said:

I'm a sci-fi, video gaming type of freak. Comic-con convention and all. Favorite show of all time was Firefly which didn't even get a whole season. I guess that's why I ended up working in IT/engineering...

I got my daughter's name from Firefly! I loved the name Kaylee and when I decided on it while prego with DD, my mom told me that it was actually a family name and part of our heritage. I opted to go for the traditional Gaelic spelling rather than the popular spelling, though. Love, love, love Firefly! Wish it would have lasted.

eriannc22 · November 2013

I know the words to all of Taylor Swift's songs.

I used to love playing RPGs once upon a time, specifically the Final Fantasy series.

I regularly quote from The Lion King and from movies in general. Picked that up from my nerdy movie buff DH.

I'm an accountant, so definitely add me to the spreadsheet lover list. I have my whole life in spreadsheets. My hospital packing list was a color coded spreadsheet.

I have an extensive collection of toe socks.

Drea926 · November 2013

@knickerbockers - YES that song makes me cry buckets!!

MetrosPhoenix · November 2013

I love Harry Potter... I have two HP tattoos, my daughter's room is HP themed, I've dressed up for both book and movie midnight releases.

I've watched every episode of new Doctor Who (I'm actually watching it now...).

RENT is my FAVORITE. I have it memorized! I also love Disney movies!

tamarar5 · November 2013

It's kind of funny how similar we all sound! I keep reading these posts and going, yep, yep, yep, me too!

I love Harry Potter, but I refused to read the books before the final movie was put out. I didn't want to go into the movie with any preconceived ideas of what they would put in and what they would take out. I went to see move 5 with one of my cousins who was a MAJOR HP buff, and she sat through the entire movie whispering, "That's not right!" and "That's not how that's supposed to happen! They changed it!" If I hadn't seen the movie before going with her, she would have ruined the experience.

@MetrosPhoenix Did you post a pic of your nursery before LOs were born? I remember seeing someone's HP Nursery, but I can't remember where I saw it, if it was on this Board or just in my nursery design web searches.

MetrosPhoenix · November 2013

@tamarar4, I haven't.

Eta-I've seen then on Pinterest, but mine was gender neutral because I started it before we found out boy or girl so there's a lot of green. I was going to do all Ravenclaw, but I didn't like the idea of blue in her room.

tamarar5 · November 2013

I just couldn't remember.

amaxwell1 · November 2013

I know all the words to all the classic Disney movies. I also watch "Anastasia" because DD likes it...or so I tell myself.

I love to read. Between myself and DH we have four bookshelves filled with books. When I was pg with DD, I finished the entire Hunger Games trilogy in three days.

I love musicals - Rent is by far my favorite. I actually just saw a community theater production of it, and I totally found a sitter for DD so I could go watch it and have two hours to myself

singingsea · November 2013

<--------massive doctor who fan

Myzticsunshine · November 2013

I'm just naturally socially awkward. Which is super nerdy it's way. Or atleast that's how it makes me seem.

If anyone watches Americas got talent, my persona is somewhat like Taylor Williamson. But definately on accident haha. And people usually don't laugh at that stuff when I say it lmao so a nerdy nervous snort filled laugh usually emerges.

Other than that I can't really say I'm too nerdy. I mean ya I love musicals, but I actually don't feel like that's nerdy lol

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