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Jan 19, 04
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What kind of geek were you?
Obviously when we were kids, our parents made us join relentless clubs/organizations to "enlighten" our individualities...
So what were you? I was a Brownie then Girl Guides... I hated having to go door-to-door and trying to sell those damn cookies. I went to Kumon every week, and had a pile of math homework that I hated. Korean school every Saturday mornings - Kindergarten to graduation. Sunday school with Youth group meeting afterwards. My mom signed me up for this bible class thingy which I dreaded... every friday nights. It was similar to Brownies, but about God. :soak: I signed up for Leadership program at school thinking that I would learn leadership skills, but ended up making posters and doing extra work all the time. I was on the pep rally team, and sang all these silly team spirit songs. I joined the Korean school choir... oh gawd. :sick: Lastly, cheerleading; all sports including women's wrestling; folk dancing for 12 years including some ballet & tap.  Thank you Akeel for inspiring this thread. :y: I have dirt on Lex, but he can post that himself. Muahahaha[edited on January 18, 2004] 
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Jan 19, 04
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i was and still am a big geek
i'm the kinda geek that walks around town in a mini skirt and gum boots :soak: i pick my nose too, and sometimes, when no ones watching, i eat it no but really i was doing kumon for way too many years, i was forced to go to church for a couple of years, i did jazz and ballet, judo, competitive swiming, and i was a geek in elementary school and got teased all the time and i'd go home and cry
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hmm....lets see...
I was a beaver! BEAVERS! BEAVERS! SHARING! SHARING! and i never got past the blue beaver tail...and i wanted one of the cool ones that was white with a lighting bolt...i think i was held back because i was brown :P. I was a band geek right up until grade 12 and i even went to band camp :kimmie: (yes it was for percussion) I was in the audio/visual club @ Centennial. :) I spent my lunch hours cleaning overheads, projectors and working at night school. While doing this i got my hands on a master key that opened every door in the school...so i jacked tests and sold them :) And i was a sea cadet from 14 to 19...good times indeed.
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Jan 19, 04
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Hmm, let's see
- Chess club for a couple of years. Went to 2 tournaments, got smoked and never looked back. - Piano, 10 years. Taking a break this year for school, but I'll be back into it eventually. I learned classical, but what I really want now is some jazz :( - My mom tried to get me to learn some HAM radio skills. I spent all day with these ham radio operators @ moody park one day. That didn't fly. - I was in the folk dance club in elementary. Biggest pile of bullshit ever. - I taught catechism for a year...actually I don't know if that's geeky enough. - I was in the library club in high school. Basically the same stuff that Akeel did in his Audio Visual club. - Pep Club in high school. I once ended up going on the Skytrain wearing a really bad Robin (from Batman and Robin) costume. and that's just off the top of my head. :p biggest geek ever, right here.
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Jan 19, 04
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woohoo geek'r'us
i was at peer helper in grade 6 and 7..we walked around in ridiculous blue bibs trying to make everyone fit in and play with the "loners" and pretty much spread the plur. in grade 4 or something i remember i was shoved into a duck suit and had to do cartwheels and stuff for sports day. GO YELLOW DUCKS! oh lil bevie the duckie. my parents tried their darnest to get me to play the piano.. i pouted and quit in 3 months. took chinese school for years and years.. eventually pout and quited when i hit grade 4 in chinese school. CHINESE IS HARD TO LEARN..DONT LAUGH. highschool was a breeze .. joining sports and actually having a superstar team made me the coolest person on earth. :toasted: ] outside of sports in highschool i was elected 3 years consecutive the dance president (throwing dances), i was secretary of the council 2 years in a row and i was both the grade 11 and 12 rep. i was the face that everyone knew and couldn't miss. i was "miss involved and opinionated". hmm what else. i was always the MC of events in highschool.. for talent shows, daily PA announcments and heads up calls. stuff like that. i was always vocal. oh ya..with my allstar leadership skills they sent me to winnipeg for the national leadership conference. i had to pay for the flight and everything else was included. that was fun freakin trip. yea i did the 11 years of ballet and jazz thang. did musical theater for 2 years. i love the stage and lights and having eyes on me. yes im an attention whore.. i love it. u guys make geeks sound so bad.. Last edited by bebu*funfun; Jan 19, 04 at 07:49 AM.
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Jan 19, 04
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piano lessons (about 10 years)
piano theory japanese school every day until I graduated at 17 ballet lessons gymnastics when younger skating lessons guitar lessons kumon, every-fucking-day my parents knew the guys who ran kumon so he let us do "take home kumon"... :sick: soccer team tennis lessons swimming lessons various art classes calligraphy club (@__@;) ski club dance committe spirit committee christmas cheer horse back riding lessons (by choice) Last edited by yoko*; Jan 19, 04 at 09:57 AM.
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hence the reason I am now a leader -- even though i never did it as a child
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Jan 19, 04
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I was a spark, brownie, girlguide, and pathfinder!
heres someother things I did ( my parents were very pro activity) ballet tap musical theatre jazz figure skating syncro swimming swiming lessons piano community centre stuff- like babysitting course and when I went to highschool I became a drama geek!and was in every single production that went on there for my 4 years of highschool, and improv team. :284:
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Jan 19, 04
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when i was younger i used to play soccer, baseball and swim but that was all stuff that i loved to do, had my parents not exposed me to it i dont think i would have ever developed a passion for either of those activities.
asides from some day camp experiences and some of that sylvan tutoring stuff(not cuz i was dumb but because my parents wanted their lil overachiever children to be even bigger overachievers) i wasnt really involved in many activities that my parents put me into. i did kick boxing for about 3 years until i was about 17 but that was of my own freewill. now im juts an all around geek....NO GIRLS ALLOWED. ONLY BOOKS HWWANNG!
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Jan 19, 04
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Beavers, cubs, scouts.
Violin, drums and trombone in jazz and concert school bands. Still playing trombone with the SFU Jazz Band. Gymnastics when I was younger. Creative writing classes during the summer in elementary school. I think that about sums up the geekness.
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Jan 19, 04
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I was a brownie, girl guide, pathfinder, jr. leader of a sparks group (they didn't have sparks when I first started). I didn't and still don't think it's geeky...I just don't like the new uniforms!
piano lessons--11 years. still play music theory--2 years private lessons plus music composition in highschool jazz choir concert choir = MUSIC GEEK theatre company = DRAMA GEEK Young Life Youth group I was always on the A honor role in highschool I was 2nd in my class when I graduated swimming lessons I was/am big on community volunteer stuff I was the community youth representative through grade 10 oh yeah... and I wore glasses my entire elementary/highschool career up until the january of grade 12. The only thing is...I don't think any of these things count as *geeky* things to do.
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Jan 19, 04
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I did T-ball,
swimming lessons, figure skating, catechism and other bible study bull shit :soak: which I hated, babysitting course, choir, the school band (flute and clarinet), soccer, track&field, an art program, oh yah- my mom made me join some "girls night" crap in grade 6 cause I was a really big tom boy so of course I dreaded every second of it  , ballet, jazz, hip-hop and modern dancing a bit, I joined the French club in grade 8, drama, a creative writing club haha!, another special art program, annual club ( putting together the school annuals and taking photos for it), photography and journalism courses. holy shit I was in so much shit now that I think about it. :284:
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Jan 19, 04
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fuck you all
I test video games I play dungeon siege, ROTK (on a big screen i might add) and Diablo II at lunches I cant wait till champions of norrath comes out.. ONLINE SWEET ASS! Im currently working on Neverwinternights. And I play dnd..
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Jan 19, 04
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i started off as a drama geek in highschool, but got way too involved in my other art classes and just became "the girl that does art"
i was a peer tutor, and i have done alot of volunteering within the community, however i dont really believe that to be considerably geeky. i was raised in a way that if i have something to give, wether it be my time or skills or money, i should give it. in grade 12 i was voted most individual and most artistic but i turned down individual because most artistic was way more fucking important to me. i grew up at the pool, and i still spend countless hours there coaching. again i dont think that being a swimmer is geeky. i wrestled, but that made me cool i think. the whole "dont fuck with this shit" kinda cool. and the fact that i had a tattoo at 15 gave me the same sort of name. but alas... grade 9 i was a cheerleader. i was also the pre-game and half time show for the american bowl, meaning i danced with the back street boys. and on fox they zoomed in on me and my friend lisa dancing for them, and alot of my friends made fun of me.... but its a fucking accomplishment to do that. i had very little dance experience and i got to do that? dance for a boy band when they were popular? it was killer. i wore alot of vintage shit all through highschool, and because i had style that was much better then off the wall, i was uncool to some people, while others tried to copy. now i am an art student. but that totally makes me cool.
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Hehe...Olympics of the mind...One day a week I got sent to another school for advanced courses...
And I played warhammer, and Vampire... And I was on the track, soccer, volleyball and basketball teams...
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Jan 19, 04
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hmmm, i was a band geek all through highshcool, i played the flute...hmm, i was also, and still am, a bookworm. Also, i was in Sunday school for all my elementry school years, and damn learning about all that catholic stuff made me want to fall asleep.
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I was one of those dorks who played magic the gathering in like grade 5, and collected comics and pogs haha... then i was the computer dork, and played alot of online mulitplayer shit like Quake. Now im the music dork.. :)
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Jan 19, 04
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BAND GEEK!!!
WOO HOO!!
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Jan 19, 04
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elementary:
-school patrol -breakcast monitor -lunch monitor -treasurer on the student council -school choir -every school sports team every year -victoria children's honor choir -piano lessons at the victoria conservatory of music jr/sr. highschool -dance lessons -chess club (only for 2 weeks :p) -math/english/biology tutor -honor and merit rolls -peer councilor -played league soccer ever since i was 5 ....... metro teams, van. white caps (i quit before the first practice) -volunteer a lot to a lot of charities and organisations. -go to coffee shops and talk about stuff with friends........instructors sometimes :p -know too much useless info ....i could go on :p
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