Spotted this on Miss Snark’s blog and with the Mir as well. You know those management charts that show who is sitting on the pointy end of the pyramid, and who gets minimum wage? Here’s a social-status chart that helps one determine their level of geekiness in comparison to others. For some, this might be a chart of shame, but for me, I’d like to think some of my geeky tendencies are more…umm…endearing. You’d have to talk to the fiance about that. And is it good or bad that a couple of these blocks comprise one of my main goals in life (the higher-level writing sections, that is)?
After reading through this, I find reflections of myself in a disturbingly large number of levels on this chart. Though I don’t think any of my sections fall below the first or second row.
Here’s where I land (it’s like Geek Twister!):
- Published SF/F author- if you count short stories
- SF/F literature fan
- Video Gamer
- Comic book fan
- Mythology freak (I didn’t major in it, but I research it for fun…that counts, right?)
- Amateur SF/F writer- working on it
- SF/F television fan
- Heinlen fan
- Piers Anthony fan- until the third book, when I got tired of the puns
- Trekkie…well, I was one when younger. Faded out of it in early high school. Ask me about my collection sometime.
- Ren Fair folk- attended several times and enjoyed myself thoroughly. Never got to dress up though. Shame.
So there you have it. My resume of Geekhood. How do you rank?
I see that smile.
Hmmm . . .
I qualify for very few of these . . . trekkie, amateur SF/F author, SF/F fan, if you really stretch hard I might qualify as published, but I’d rather not claim that one quite yet . . . I don’t know who Piers Anthony is or what Heinlein is, I hate comic books and anime, and I’m not quite certain I know what “furries” are.
Maybe I’m not as much of a geek as I thought? Oh well. Maybe someday I’ll be able to improve my geek IQ. For now, I’ll settle on the title of “dork”. :o)
Oh, and I’m asking about your lovely collection.
I’ve never been into anime either.
And…err…”furries”…well, in its most benign definition, a furry is the anthropomorphized version of an animal, or basically an animal-person. A furry, in today’s society, is someone who wishes they were an animal or enjoys pretending to be one for…various purposes. And these folks often seem to have never grown out of the dress-up phase of childhood. Look one more level down on the chart to see why this is often met with raised eyebrows.
Would your hatred of comic books be alleviated if we used the term “graphic novel” instead?
As for my ST collection, this was in many ways helped along by my grandfather, who was also way into the series. I remember for one birthday having him give me over fifty action figures (all of which he had duplicates of). I had the collectible cards. I made spaceship models instead of airplanes. I’ve still got the battery-working tricorders and phasers lying around. My fiance was given a framed picture of me dressed up as Spock for Halloween once. Just so she knew what she was getting into by marrying me.
Need I go on?
Ah. Furries. I think I’ve seen them, only termed “anthro”. Funky.
Ummm. And, no. My hatred of comic books would not be alleviated if we used “graphic novel” instead. Still can’t stand ’em.
Over fifty action figures?! And he had duplicates? Holy crap!