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[titusnowl]

"Nerd" is generally accepted to mean somebody who's all geekish about computers, really good at/interested in science and math, incredibly high grades in every subject, etc.

I think it's possible to be nerdy in a completely different way.  In a thread on SA about "post the geekiest thing you own," in a page full of photographs of libraries of manga books and lifesize statues of video game characters, I posted a photo of the desk in my bedroom: a 1940s flourescent lamp, a 1940s Bakelite telephone (ok, THAT is a reproduction), an early '50s Speed Graphic, and my 1947 typewriter.  I think that layout is sufficiently geeky, you know?

Also, I know far too much about:
- Pre-1850s clothing trends
- Pre-1820s firearms
- His Majesty's Navy, Napoleonic era
- Everyday life and the general changes in society over the past 300 years, with particular interest in the 1930s through the '50s and the 1780s through the '20s
- Archaic English grammar and usage

I think anybody who's seriously considering having a Regency-themed wedding just so she gets a chance to wear a rust-colored wool and velvet spencer and her fiance has an excuse to get a naval captain's dress uniform is thoroughly geeky. 

Alterna-geeks represent!

Comments

[juniper200.livejournal.com]

I'm a geek for all seasons, but I still say the geekiest thing about me is the vast show tune knowledge.

[thenixxi.livejournal.com]

hahah nerdcake. <3