Snarks and Ladders

Seriously.  I am not a geek.

Proof?

The DS I decided on impulse to buy the other day is the LEAST geeky DS I have ever seen.  Sure, a 5 year old girl might steal it off me (actually, I could easily take on at least 3 five year olds in a fight and have a decent chance of winning, so that shouldn’t happen), but it most definitely does not scream ‘Geek!’

… if I had one of those shiny looking DSi’s, then maybe that would say geek.  However, I couldn’t afford one.

I also may have a Playstation… but the only games I own are Guitar Hero and Singstar.  Oh, and Call of Duty 4 came free with it, but I have never actually played it.

I built my computer, but I had to get a friend to help me choose the parts, because I really don’t know enough to confidently pick out the various things.  And, knowing me, I’d forget something crucial.  Like the power supply.

I wear glasses, but they are designer, damn it!

I may have never been on a proper ‘date’ (or, if I have, we never stuck the ‘date’ label on it), but I’ve had boyfriends.  One of them may have even been cute, and they were nice guys.  Not being superficial doesn’t make me geeky.

Books are not geeky.  All the intelligent people will tell you that it’s actually cool to like books.

Blogging is, uh….

…. totally not geeky.  Right?  Right?

Well, if anyone managed to track me down from my old WoW blog, I guess you deserve to here the full story, just for sheer perseverance’s sake.

For the record – I still maintain there was nothing wrong with my old lifestyle.  I’m just choosing not to live it anymore, because it’s not good for me.  That doesn’t mean I am condemning it, or saying it’s not good for anyone else.

I spend an inordinate amount of time on the internet.  I’m a bit of a social networking junkie.  I love chatting to the wonderful people I have met from all around the world on the internet.  I spend most of my downtime hanging around online while doing other things – the internet is great for multitasking.

Unfortunately, I seem to have a problem with meeting guys online.  I know that there is nothing wrong with meeting people online and forming relationships that way – I totally get it.  I am a little concerned though that it IS how I met my last two boyfriends, as well as the guy who was involved in the dismal mess that I am now trying to get over.  Clearly I either meet the most fantastic people online (partially true), or I am just easily convinced to fall for someone (perhaps also easily true).

In real life, people tend to annoy me more.  You have to actually put up with their little quirks and habits.  I know that I have several annoying things I do which don’t come across online (I’ll compulsively rub my hands together when nervous.  Or my eye will itch and I’ll rub it until it’s red and sore.  I fail at making conversation with strangers, and I invariably end up blushing when I talk to them, which leads to further embarrassment and MORE blushing).  Online, I am a much superior version of myself.  And I guess a lot of other people are too.

So, yeah, I find myself falling for the wrong people.  And then getting hurt when it turns out I am not as likable as they once thought.  So, partially because of this, and partially because I want to try and reclaim my pre-gaming life back, I basically threw my hands up and said ‘no more!’ to the WoW community.

So I’m going to try and be better at my job.  I’m going to try and be fitter and look and feel healthier.  I’m going to try to be a better house keeper.  Read more.  Eat less.  Be a better pet owner.  Spend more time socialising with people who are physically around me, even if I would much rather curl up on the couch and stay in.

And I’m not going to fall for anyone who blindly leads me on, or let myself get in over my head like I have in the past.  I’m just getting tired of it.

My blogging about my real life has been severely impacted by Facebook and Twitter.  For some reason, I spend more of my time yammering on at those two places than I ever could possibly spend blogging.  I don’t know if it’s a misguided thought that the people on those forums actually care, that it is easier, or that I just like playing FarmTown… but Facebook has killed my blogging!  Damn you Facebook!

So, here is what I propose to do about the situation

1.  Sabotage Facebook

I am going to infiltrate the Facebook headquarters (probably a really rich guys basement filled with servers and 14 year olds hitting on each other), and let loose a large number of gerbils in the room.  These gerbils will then bite and scare the 14 year olds.  The 14 year olds will run around scared, and probably trip on a server.  At least one of them will break a leg.  their parents will then sue the Facebook owner dude for all he is worth.  Facebook will shut down, and I will cry for days because I have no one to play FarmTown with.

…. wait.  That’s a really bad idea.  No FarmTown?  Besides, I can’t afford that many gerbils.

2.  Delete all my friends off Facebook.

Realistically, most of my friends on Facebook piss me off anyway.  Between the hundredmillionzilliontrillion quizzes, the constant stream of quotes-as-statuses from The Princess Bride, and the woe-is-me mourning that is the single sadsacks… it just pisses me off to be honest!  So, who needs all those friends anyhow?  No friends = no putting crap on Facebook!

… but then again… who would I play FarmTown with?

3.  Quit Blogging.

But, but… I like blogging!  Besides, I just paid my $10 to keep my domain name!  I can’t throw that away, that’s like… 2 coffees!

4.  Shrug helplessly and wait for myself to not suck.

In other words, business as usual.

In things which are totally not business as usual, and which make me jealous beyond ALL imagining and are totally awesome and squeeworthy…

TJ and Phil got engaged.  You may not know who they are (although, if you are reading the lameness which is me, no doubt you should be reading the awesomeness which is TJ).  Not only did they get engaged, but they got engaged in the most awesome manner ever.  Grats guys!