“Geek” feelings? 1

[albagirl]

I’ve been in IT for almost four years and recently caught myself using certain words when describing my feelings like:
“Other eyes only click me, but yours double-click my soul”
or
“I want to touch you, need to ground”

I mean ... am I sill "normal"?

 

[kjv1611]

Define "normal."


--

"If to err is human, then I must be some kind of human!" -Me

 

[KenCunningham]

Normal as in normalised perhaps? Maybe it's a Scottish thing?

I want to be good, is that not enough?

 

[albagirl]

Normal as to say “I like you” instead of “My keyboard has only one key: [I like you], and I can’t stop writing”

 

[KenCunningham]

Ain't love grand!

I want to be good, is that not enough?

 

[kjv1611]

Well, you may be more "normal" than you think. After all, you did put:
“My keyboard has only one key: [I like you], and I can’t stop [highlight]writing[/highlight]”

And not:
“My keyboard has only one key: [I like you], and I can’t stop [highlight]typing[/highlight]"

--

"If to err is human, then I must be some kind of human!" -Me

 

[Olaf Doschke]

technical romance?

After all, what makes it normal or not is, to who or what you adress "I like you" or "My keyboard has only one key: [I like you], and I can’t stop writing/typing."

Bye, Olaf.

 

[albagirl]

Thank you kjv

 

[Gooser]

"I'd press any button on you!"
...
"Hey baby, let's get together an normalize our relationships."
...
"Baby, you hot-swap my floppy for a hard drive."

(I'm almost ashamed of that last one.)

--Gooser

 

[mrdenny]

That last one is very bad.

And I'm ashamed to say I've used a couple of varients of it... with success.

Denny
MCSA (2003) / MCDBA (SQL 2000)
MCTS (SQL 2005 / Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 3.0: Configuration / Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007: Configuration)
MCITP Database Administrator (SQL 2005) / Database Developer (SQL 2005)

--Anything is possible. All it takes is a little research. (Me)

http://www.mrdenny.com

 

[sbrews]

I had a girlfriend as me once what "daisy chain the UNIs" meant ... she wouldnt let the conversation continue until we explained it.

 

[sbrews]

uh... that should be "ask me" not "as me"

 

[MCuthill]

Well Done Gooser.... ~laughs after picking up jaw~

Props to you as well MrDenny, I can not think of a single woman I have met - "Geek" or otherwise that would be inpressed by that line. But then again, I've never heard it used - I am only assuming.

--> "Your 127.0.0.1 or mine?" <--

Best I could think up on such short notice.



Mike
______________________________________________________________
"It Seems All My Problems Exist Between Keyboard and Chair"

 

[albagirl]

I like it when you troubleshoot me. Can you start from layer one of OSI?

 

[rjoubert]

To answer your question, I don't think anyone in IT is normal. You have to be of a completely unique ilk to work in IT. Also, using the word "Geek", in my opinion, is no longer as derogatory as it once was. The "Geek Squad" get to ride around in those cool VW Bugs.

 

[gbaughma]

GEEK" used to be a 4-letter word.

Now it's a 6-figure one.

(or so they tell me... I've never made 6 figures....)



Just my 2¢
-There once was a man from Peru
Who wanted to write a Haiku
but...

--Greg

http://parallel.tzo.com

 

[AnotherHiggins]

"GEEK" used to be a 4-letter word.

Now it's a 6-figure one.

(or so they tell me... I've never made 6 figures....)

Really? Wow, I make 7 figures.

[whipser]
[small]wait, what? Numbers after the decimal don't count? Are you sure? Wow, that's a lot of money![/small]
[/whipser]

*Clears throat*

Nevermind.

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[pinkgecko]

I make a lot more than seven figures, if you count the purdy pictures in those flowcharts... Some days, I make over 1,000 figures!

[blue]Never listen to your customers. They were dumb enough to buy your product, so they have no credibility. - Dogbert[/blue]

 

[Lunatic]

Also, using the word "Geek", in my opinion, is no longer as derogatory as it once was. The "Geek Squad" get to ride around in those cool VW Bugs.

Hmm... So "Geek" almost = poolboy now?

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[SantaMufasa]

I don't think anyone in IT is normal.

I believe you are right...Several years ago, when we lived in the S.F. Bay Area, the local PBS channel ran a series on alternative lifestyles. They asserted that a higher-than-normal percent of IT professionals participate in "S&M".


I thought that I would do my own informal survey, so I called up one colleague:

Mufasa: "Steve, did you see the alternative-lifestyles episode about S&M on PBS the other night?"

Steve: "No, I was tied up."

Mufasa: "Do you even know what S&M is?"

Steve: "Beats me."

Mufasa
(aka Dave of Sandy, Utah, USA)
[I provide low-cost, remote Database Administration services: www.dasages.com]