Hello, my name is Amanda, and I’m a closet geek.
If you’ve met me in person, I don’t exactly fit the “geek” stereotype. I admittedly have a passion for designer footwear, Urban Decay makeup, 1950’s inspired fashions (with an 80’s twist over the past couple years) and for Pete’s sake, I still have my prom queen tiara from my senior year of high school!

Au contraire.

For example, I adore comic books (specifically X-Men titles with Rogue in them), Robotech (especially it garnered me three of my closest friends ever that, almost 14 years after we first encountered each other online, we still talk often), anything Apple computers based, and creating my own fiction. I’ve become resident tech support at my office because computers make sense to me! Give me a few minutes of puttering around, I can figure out what’s wrong.

I can talk geek with the best of them…even though for some odd reason, I intimidate the heck out of most geek boys. I’ve theorized it’s my red hair, but who knows.

Anywho! I really REALLY dislike it when people use “geek” as a derogatory term. Being a “geek” isn’t a bad thing at all. There’s a difference between enjoying something and going completely crazy-go-nuts over it. Most “geeks” are overly intelligent and because of that intelligence, sometimes have a hard time talking to other people.

That, my friends, is why I came out of my shell as a teen. Yes, shock of shocks, I was pretty darn shy when I was younger. This might completely burst what bubble you have left, but being my slightly geeky self online helped me come out of my shell! I had people that liked me for the me on the inside, not the me-I-tried-to-show on the outside. They saw past the curvy exterior to the quirky personality within.

Please, think twice about branding someone a “geek”. Chances are, you’re some form of a geek, too.

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