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"Beginnings are such delicate times"
(Frank Herbert, "Dune")
Starting a new journal, blog or story, I always experience a moment when I stare at the blank page and struggle for the ideal beginning. Beginnings set the tone, turn people on or off, draw the reader in or push the reader away. Then, after contemplating the concept of being overwhelmed, I do a mental shrug and dive in, hoping that my passion will find its way into my words, and begin the trek for me.
Geekoliscious is a concept that came to me when I was talking to a friend about how much I enjoy the passions that get me called "geek." The "-liscious" part is a twist on the concept of "delicious," in the sense of something you enjoy so much, you want to devour it. "Geek" is a term that has been tossed at me for years, often by people that wanted me to perceive it as pejorative. Geeks are not considered mainstream, but most geeks I know either don't care, or shrug it off as an unavoidable price to pay for listening to their own inner rhythms.
The term "geek" means different things to different people. A good jumping off point might be this definition from the Urban Dictionary: GEEK. "Geek," as a term, has become so common, people have to qualify it: techno-geek, math-geek, trivia-geek, science-geek. There is a lot of overlap, and geeks tend to allow this off-center look at life to color their whole world, including humor, music, or hobbies that fall outside the mainstream.
The one thing that geeks of all types appear to have in common is passion. OK ... and maybe a little OCD (obsessive compulsive disorder). When a geek finds something interesting, it rarely remains simply "interesting." It becomes a fascination. We don't study xyz; We live it, breathe it, drown in it. We rarely cast it aside until we have exhausted our curiosity. Like Ben, in Fever Pitch, we tend to surround ourselves with the tangible symbols of our passion.
As noted in Fever Pitch, this intensity does bizarre things to relationships. The image of a moth to a flame comes to mind. Intensity and passion are wondrous things in small doses, but to live with it 24x7, 365 takes very special people. Our friends and partners are loved even more dearly for their ability to let us be ourselves.
So, my goal for this blogspace is simply to explore the meaning of being a geek, what it brings to my life, why can't I let go of it? What makes the world so geekoliscious to me? I don't know if others will want to accompany me on this exploration, but why not? It might be fun!
(Frank Herbert, "Dune")
Starting a new journal, blog or story, I always experience a moment when I stare at the blank page and struggle for the ideal beginning. Beginnings set the tone, turn people on or off, draw the reader in or push the reader away. Then, after contemplating the concept of being overwhelmed, I do a mental shrug and dive in, hoping that my passion will find its way into my words, and begin the trek for me.
Geekoliscious is a concept that came to me when I was talking to a friend about how much I enjoy the passions that get me called "geek." The "-liscious" part is a twist on the concept of "delicious," in the sense of something you enjoy so much, you want to devour it. "Geek" is a term that has been tossed at me for years, often by people that wanted me to perceive it as pejorative. Geeks are not considered mainstream, but most geeks I know either don't care, or shrug it off as an unavoidable price to pay for listening to their own inner rhythms.
The term "geek" means different things to different people. A good jumping off point might be this definition from the Urban Dictionary: GEEK. "Geek," as a term, has become so common, people have to qualify it: techno-geek, math-geek, trivia-geek, science-geek. There is a lot of overlap, and geeks tend to allow this off-center look at life to color their whole world, including humor, music, or hobbies that fall outside the mainstream.
The one thing that geeks of all types appear to have in common is passion. OK ... and maybe a little OCD (obsessive compulsive disorder). When a geek finds something interesting, it rarely remains simply "interesting." It becomes a fascination. We don't study xyz; We live it, breathe it, drown in it. We rarely cast it aside until we have exhausted our curiosity. Like Ben, in Fever Pitch, we tend to surround ourselves with the tangible symbols of our passion.
As noted in Fever Pitch, this intensity does bizarre things to relationships. The image of a moth to a flame comes to mind. Intensity and passion are wondrous things in small doses, but to live with it 24x7, 365 takes very special people. Our friends and partners are loved even more dearly for their ability to let us be ourselves.
So, my goal for this blogspace is simply to explore the meaning of being a geek, what it brings to my life, why can't I let go of it? What makes the world so geekoliscious to me? I don't know if others will want to accompany me on this exploration, but why not? It might be fun!
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