First of all... I am a nerd. Or a geek. My nerd credentials are as such:
- My first computer was a Commodore VIC-20, which I used to access Compuserve with my ol' 300 baud modem.
- My second computer was an Atari 800.
- My third computer was an Atari 1040ST. Ah, I remember the ol' Atari-vs-Amiga days fondly. The fact that I remember my computers growing up should tell you something.
- We're both avid SF fans. Star Trek, Star Wars, Firefly, Doctor Who, Battlestar: Galactica (both the original and the remake), Babylon 5... you name it, we've watched it. (and probably own the DVD set)
- My favorite movies? Logan's Run, Tron, Wargames, and Silent Running. (I let our a little geek squeal when I heard they're making Tr2n!)
- I was a avid RPG player back in the day. Started with AD&D (old school First Edition!), moved onto Shadowrun. To this day I still collect Rifts and Paranoia modules because I enjoy reading them. (The Computer is your friend, Citizen.)
- We were both crushed to find out that "Star Trek: The Experience" closed in Las Vegas on Labor Day.
- We both spend way to much time playing World of Warcraft (For the Alliance!) and, as a matter of fact, we're going to Anaheim to attend Blizzcon '08 this year.
Now that that's out of the way, I think that us nerds are more prevalent in the Lifestyle because of two reasons. (1) We
weren't the Jocks and Cheerleaders. We never got a real chance to "sow our wild oats". So now we're catching up on "lost time" and, since we're adults and (presumably) more mature, we're able to enjoy the experience much more
and conduct it in a safe, responsible matter. (2) And since we didn't experience said "wild" sexual life as teenagers, we were open to developing an different outlook as adults.
The guys I work with all consider me a geek (although I've toughened up since my teenager days... I can hold my own in a street fight fairly well now). And while they're polite about it, they consider Amelia a geek as well. Which is part of the fun of it... they would
never consider us swingers. (Because everybody knows swingers are all study jocks and beautiful ex-prom queens, right?)
But, yes, the ranks of nerddom is well represented in the swinging world. Heck, I got into a Holy War* with another swinger once!
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Originally Posted by PB&J  Oh yes, and then he and I moved on to which version of Star Trek we liked best- go Picard!! |
Picard?
Picard?!?
Picard was a wuss. Kirk was Da Man. Picard's most used phrase was "Open hailing frequencies. Signal our surrender.**"
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Originally Posted by PB&J Am I the only female nerd out there? |
Nope. Amelia's pretty much hard-core too.
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Originally Posted by PB&J Almost got turned off by a guy when he admitted he liked Wesley!! |
WESLEY?!? The only character I like less then Wesley is Jar-Jar.
I wish that Wesley would one day cross paths with Madam Airlock... uh, I mean President Roslin.
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Originally Posted by JustMrJ we have all three LOTR extended version movies |
Hee hee. We got the super-duper extended versions too. We can't watch the theatrical versions anymore.. they don't seem "complete".
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Originally Posted by JustMrJ We also play numerous video games, have an XBOX360, XBOX, PS2, PS1 |
We have a Wii, XBOX 360, and PS3 because, let's face it, they're cool pieces of technology.
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Originally Posted by JustMrJ Oh yeah, I built both of our gaming rigs and I modded my original XBOX, Linksys Wireless router and my DirecTiVo too...  |
So I'm not the only swinger who's running custom firmware in his Linksys Router then? (Tomato Firmware 1.21.7, but I'm pondering installing DD-WRT v24-sp1.)
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Originally Posted by SecretAsianMan I'm not necessarily sure it's so much that we're nerds |
Dude. I have an amateur radio license.
* - PC vs. Mac
** - Admittedly, Locutus was badass.