The Best I've Got

I've never been a typical geek. My geek flag flew quietly, but it was still flying.

As a child:

• I watched Dr. Who with my grandmother every Sunday.
• I listened to news radio with her as well. I've written about this at length (on the myspace blog).
• I was taken to the Chicago Symphony Orchestra innumerable times by my aunt and enjoyed it every time.
• My all-time favorite outfit was an Alf t-shirt, a purple leather wrap belt, tapered stonewash jeans, and white keds.
• I owned, wore, and loved my silver cowboy boots.
• I thought Nair was "hairspray remover." I used it as such with disastrous results.
• When I was nine, I got my first real haircut. It was a mullet.
• I played with Barbies until I was thirteen.
• I was on my grammar school bowling team.
• I was obsessed with Greek/Roman mythology and fairy tales. I read everything involving those two topics that I could get my hands on.

As a teenager:

• My fifteenth birthday party was Jurassic Park themed.
• I attended SummerSlam 1994.
• I was obsessed with anything Winnie the Pooh.
• I was in the honors program my freshman year.
• I had a collection of Disney snowglobes.
• I watched Star Trek: The Next Generation EVERY DAY before dinner and stayed up late on Sunday to watch it yet again. I loved Jean-Luc Picard, and I'm not ashamed to admit it.
• I was addicted to computer Tetris.
• I had to wear a uniform to high school. I hated wearing socks, so I wore tights every day under my (wool) skirt - even when it was really hot outside.
• I worked in this library for years. I loved it. I also worked in the Loyola Medical School Library.

As an adult:

• I get super excited when I meet someone who knows what a user-interface designer is.
• I'm working on my degree in Computing with an emphasis on Human Computer Interaction.
• I own entirely too many web design and project management books, and I want more.
• I still read Dean Koontz novels.
• Bowling is one of my favorite hobbies.
• I LOVE Genesis and Phil Collins.
• I once wrote and delivered a 10-minute speech about treehouses. In college.
• I loved The WB.
• I fully intend to attend HallowCon one day.
• I am a freakishly good speller and always have been.
• I am extraordinarily clumsy. I fall up and down stairs all the time.
• I just spent over an hour typing this up in order to convince people that I'm a geek.