Honu

Welcome to my Geekdom

Okay, gotta thank Chiara for this official confirmation of my geekiness. Yes, I'm a geek—actually, a Major Geek. My score? 40.0394 percent. Major Geek is the fourth level of eight levels of Geekdom.

My favorite answers were:

• I have studied a language on my own. (German, Russian, Spanish, Sign Language)


• I have done homework that wasn't required. (And not always because I wasn't paying attention to the teacher!)


• I have named a pet after a literary character. (I LIKE Akasha.)


• I have named a pet after a mythological being. (Osiris has a cool ring to it.)


• I have corrected a supervisor on spelling or grammar. (No comment.)


• I have read Russian literature outside of class. (That's geeky?)


• I have seen the Princess Bride more than 2 times. (As you wish...)


• I have solved an entire 500+ piece puzzle. (500? Those are easy! Won't touch anything less than a 1000. Even frame them...*blush*)

So I tell Sophie about my score, and she's indignant. She says, "Actually, Mom, 40 percent is an F, so you're not a geek!"

When I tell her that makes me a Major Geek, she says, "But it you do a lot of cool things, you listen to rock, play the electric guitar..." (not sure if that trailing off was a loss for my other cool qualities, or if that should be enough)

Somehow I think she doesn't get that I'm happy with my geekiness. *sigh* Teenagers.

Actually so many of the answers seemed "normal" to me, I kinda felt bad for non-geeks.

If you feel like it, let me know how geeky you are!