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posted on 2004-1-12 at 22:16
i am the biggest geek in the world
i am a movie geek. i know almost every movie in existence, and spend a fair share of my free time watching or researching film. i often get blank
looks for throwing out obscure movie quotes in normal conversations. believe me, the term "geek" is not being used loosely here.
are you a geek too? how so? do you collect stamps? do yo have the most comprehensive thundercat action figre collection?
topic: what is your geeky pleasure?
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Amid the chaos of that day, when all I could hear was the thunder of gunshots, and all I could smell was the violence in the air, I look back and am
amazed that my thoughts were so clear and true, that three words went through my mind endlessly, repeating themselves like a broken record:
you're so cool, you're so cool, you're so cool. And sometimes Clarence asks me what I would have done if he had died, if that bullet
had been two inches more to the left. To this, I always smile, as if I'm not going to satisfy him with a response. But I always do. I tell him
of how I would want to die, but that the anguish and the want of death would fade like the stars at dawn, and that things would be much as they are
now. Perhaps. Except maybe I wouldn't have named our son Elvis.
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posted on 2004-1-12 at 22:22
Justin Timberlake is not only my guilty pleasure, but my geeky one too...
In fact, I could even say it's borderline obsessive.
p.s: your new song, like forever is
"chapel of love"
just because of the line going to the chapel, and we're gonna get married
[Edited on 12-1-04 by little_lady]
you won't let me down...
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posted on 2004-1-12 at 22:23
does making stuff on computers count? i like making stuff on computers.
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posted on 2004-1-12 at 22:34
? No, only COOL people are admin's Bart. You just keep filling that brain of yours with positive thoughts.
I'm a big hockey card collector. I must have like thousands. I've stopped collecting for a good year now, but I've done so ever
since I was young. The rarest card that I have is a Wayne Gretzky rookie. That's worth a few bucks.
one last show.
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posted on 2004-1-12 at 22:51
I am taking Math as a major, and am therefore a geek by definition... or is it a nerd... whatever.
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posted on 2004-1-12 at 22:56
But, see Rob..that's CUTE.
Not geeky/nerdy.
You will be able to help your kids with their math homework someday, and feel special because you will know more than them
you won't let me down...
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posted on 2004-1-12 at 22:57
I collect comics and other kinds of memorabilia, whether it be musical or film.
I like collecting trading cards, too.
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posted on 2004-1-12 at 23:04
I have always wanted to start a Blue's Clues collection....I think I'm half way there...*grins*
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posted on 2004-1-12 at 23:08
I dunno what specifically makes me a geek but my friends say i am ... but why that is i have yet to figure it out!
playing in the cherry pit with satan ... *quelle domage*
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posted on 2004-1-12 at 23:10
quotation:Originally posted by tremendous
does making stuff on computers count? i site like making stuff on computers.
yeah me too..and making sites
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posted on 2004-1-13 at 00:53
My geeky pleasure is probably the same as yours, Mr. Dobalina. I love film. And I also randomly say movie quotes in the middle of a conversation. And
in the middle of class...which is why my teachers *make* me listen to my cd player while they are giving out instructions. Hey, I'm not
complaining .
The night's as hot as hell. It's a lousy room in a lousy part of a lousy town - I'm staring at a goddess. She's telling me she
wants me. I'm not going to waste one more minute wondering how I've gotten this lucky. She smells like angels ought to smell, the perfect
woman... the Goddess. Goldie. She says her name is Goldie.
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posted on 2004-1-13 at 04:10
This is a great topic! I'm a huge science geek, but my biggest geeky school-related pleasure would have to be rocks. I love geology! I worked at
a gold mine for a while and it was the best job ever.
I'm also a curler which, as I'm told, makes me pretty damn geeky.
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posted on 2004-1-13 at 04:30
quotation:Originally posted by allison
I'm also a curler which, as I'm told, makes me pretty damn geeky.
No way!!! Me too! Or at least I did for the longest time. Not much time for that with all the calculus I'm doing.
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posted on 2004-1-13 at 12:29
Yay, a fellow curler! That kicks ass!
*high fives Rob*
I used to be pretty hardcore competitive and had a lot of success with my High School team. Since starting University I haven't had much luck
finding time for a competitive team but I still love to play.
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posted on 2004-1-13 at 14:50
quotation:Originally posted by allison
This is a great topic! I'm a huge science geek, but my biggest geeky school-related pleasure would have to be rocks. I love geology! I worked at
a gold mine for a while and it was the best job ever.
Hah, Geology is my geeky thing too.
Next sept I'm going to Uni to study Geology. Cant wait !
Geology rocks ! (classsic geology joke)
My favourite part is probally palaeontology, learing about trilobites is awesome.
www.westpointrock.com
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posted on 2004-1-13 at 19:55
Hooray for trilobites!
I have more in common with some of you people than I ever thought possible...
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posted on 2004-1-13 at 20:30
i like drums.
ta bi
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posted on 2004-1-13 at 21:38
Oh oh OH! I'm a curler three! Yay.
I also like doing crosswords. Not hard one's. The easy one's in the back of People magazine and stuff.
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posted on 2004-1-13 at 21:39
A guy who reads 'People' magazine...
I could like marry you right now Chris haha
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posted on 2004-1-13 at 21:47
Wooo, we could (almost) start a Livid curling team!
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posted on 2004-1-13 at 21:57
i love playing chess. i have this mini magnetic travel chess board that i carry around with me. its cool. it flips open on hydraulics so its really
smooth. and since its magnetic, it stays set up and ready to play at any moment. the pieces are soooo small. theyre about the same size as nerds.
curling is fun too. if you ever seen that movie men with brooms, the scene at the end where the rock explodes, one of my old smoother songs comes on.
i got to hang out with leslie nielsen when that came out. hehe
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posted on 2004-1-13 at 22:01
oooh oooh
meet me on the east sideeee...
take you on a slow riiiideee...
come on Adam, bust a move! (hahah..it's gonna be funny)
you won't let me down...
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posted on 2004-1-13 at 22:07
yeah chess is a great game, I had an electric chess game and it beat me every time.
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posted on 2004-1-13 at 22:13
ya. sometimes electronic chess is almost impossible to win. i like to play the computer ones that you find in bars. they are usually pretty easy to
beat.
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posted on 2004-1-13 at 22:14
I can play checkers..never tried chess though.
Ohh adam, we're playing Dungeons and Dragons instead, then we'll TRULY be geeks
