Adventures of a Geeky Mom: Getting my Geek on

In Jr. High I was a geek. I loved Star Trek TNG. Science and math were my favorite classes and I really wanted to learn to play D&D. I also wanted to be liked and be popular. Sadly by the time I got to High School that last one started to take over. I was denying who I really was to try and gain acceptance from my peers. I hid away my Klingon dictionary and my tarot cards, I stopped hanging out with the drama geeks (big mistake) and I generally started being a little poser. I think this is a mistake that a lot of girls make during their teen years.

But that's over now. I'm embracing my long lost geek. I'm doing this for two reasons. First and foremost I want to be true to myself. Also I want to set a good example for my daughter (and the baby on the way). I know we all make mistakes in our lives and there's nothing I can do to keep my kids from making their own but hopefully I can help them so that they doesn't look back on their teen years and think "what an fucking waste".

So here I am. 33 years old. I still love science and math. My favorite shows are Big Bang Theory, House and Mythbusters and I still really want to learn to play D&D (something my darling manfriend has promised to help me with.) But my inner 12 year old geek did get a special treat recently. Last night at w00tstock 2.5.1 I met Wil Wheaton. I made a Wesley Crushers bowling shirt (back story here) which I gave him before the show. The look on his face when I gave him the shirt was pure joy and the best "thank you" I could have gotten. I'll write more about the show later but for right now I must share these great pics of me and Wil with our bowling shirts.


Wil in his shirt during the intermission

A couple of bad asses in their new shirts
A note about this picture. I had to look at Wil's shoulder when we took this to keep from laughing my ass off. I would never want to get into a staring contest with him that's for damn sure.