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September 9, 2004
Big, Fat, Ugly, Green Lightbulb
Lani, writing from the very glamorous closet...
You know that moment when you realize something about yourself that's probably been obvious to everyone else but you never knew and then the lightbulb goes off and the lighting isn't necessarily flattering? Like when you use the word bitchin' in everyday conversation, and you're not being sardonic or ironic or one of the -ics that turn stupid into cool, and you realize that, without a doubt, you are a geek beyond redemption?
Hmm. Maybe it's just me.
This is how my big, fat, ugly, green lightbulb went off. Alesia and Michelle and I were discussing some possible things we might want to do to spice up Literary Chicks and I thought, "Hey, great idea, but I don't know how to do it," so I started investigating on the web and then decided I'd test it out on a test site with my own website since I kinda needed to redesign it anyway and then spent an entire day at the computer futzing with my site.
An. Entire. Day.
I've always joked about being a geek. I don't necessarily mind being a geek in some ways. I'm a word geek, an 80s trivia geek, a television geek. These all have a certain, albeit geeky, caché.
But computer geek? Spend-an-entire-day-redesigning-a-website geek? Just-because-you-can't-walk-away geek?
That's bad. I'm only about one Comic Con away from translating The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy into Klingon, aren't I?
I find this slightly depressing.
But you should really check out my new site. It's bitchin'.
Posted by Lani at 9:06 AM | Comments (4)
Comments
I love Hitchiker's Guide. :o)
Posted by: Heather at September 9, 2004 1:46 PM
At least you aren't addicted to videogames like me... :)Major grrl gamer geek.
Posted by: Marianne at September 9, 2004 4:54 PM
Actually, I think you're safe on the Hitchiker's Guide thing-- I do believe it's already been done. No. Seriously.
And at any rate, you've never been to GenCon, have you? Until you have, in full costume, participated in a LARP, then spent the next 36 hours straight gaming fueled by nothing more than Mountain Dew Code Red and pizza, I don't think you truly qualify as the kind of geek you're thinking you are.
*hugs* :-)
Posted by: Barb at September 9, 2004 5:12 PM
Your site's new design looks great, Lani!
Posted by: AGK at September 10, 2004 6:49 AM
