Sacramento Geeks Unite!

In this clip are Sam (Sac Whovian organizer), Melissa (USS Oberon Captain), Kiki (Warp 11 rock goddess), Tree (Fantastic Frontiers & Singles meetup hostess), and me (Steph, Fantastic Frontiers organizer), talking about the girls of Sacramento Geeks.   It aired July 25, 2008 on Channel 10 Thanks to Chance (chainmaile) for posting it!  :)

The online dictionary offers this definition of "geek":  "A person who is single-minded or accomplished in scientific or technical pursuits but is felt to be socially inept."

Well, I beg to differ! 

OK, sure, we may indeed be accomplished scientifically or technically, and sure, some of our fanatic interests may seem single-minded, AND, maybe, sometimes, some of our social skills don't always lead us to the voted "Most Popular," LOL...

*BUT*....my experiences have been that:

1) Geeks can be very friendly, fun and good people to know;

2) Geeks are highly intelligent, and thus capable of fascinating conversations, & creative ways of having fun;

3) In our current technology-rich, multimedia-saturated world, Geeks rule!

4) While Geeks do often have a favorite thing they're fanatical about, they usually also have a wide variety of other interests, and are usually very OPEN-minded!  

It's to those many overlapping and creative interests that this site is dedicated.

If you like -- and I mean REALLY like -- any of this stuff, you may be a geek....

• Science fiction/Fantasy/"Cult" TV
  • Star Trek
  • Battlestar Gallactica
  • Farscape
  • Firefly
  • SG-1 and SG-Atlantis
  • Dr. Who or Torchwood
  • Buffy the Vampire Slayer
  • Angel the Series
  • Supernatural
• Science Fiction movies or literature
• Fantasy movies or literature
• Dragons, Fairies or other fantasy elements
• Games
  • Board games & card games
  • Minatures
  • D&D
  • RPGs/LARP
  • Videogames such as World of Warcraf
• Classic Literature
• • Shakespeare
  • Poetry
• Science and math
• Computers and technology/gadgets
• Eclectic offbeat music
• • Warp 11
  • Space Vacuum from Outer Space
  • Weird Al
  • Dr. Demento
  • Filking
• Rennaisance Fairs and/or Conventions
• Costuming / Cosplay
• Anime & Manga
• Comic books

1 Comic book movies like Iron Man and Batman

2 Anything by Joss Whedon (Dollhouse, Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog, Serenity, various comic books including Buffy)

3 Cult TV: Battlestar Gallactica, Supernatural, Doctor Who and Torchwood

4 Pirates! (ok, so maybe it's more 2007...)

5 Twitter

6 IPhone unbricking (and IPhone lightsaber battles!)

7 "What's old is new again" movies: New Star Trek movie coming out in 2009, Get Smart and X-Files

8 Euro strategy board games

9 Manga & anime

10 Judd Apatow (producer of Pineapple Express, Step Brothers, 40-Year-Old-Virgin, Superbad and Freaks & Geeks.)

Geek: Understands, creates and fixes Really Cool Stuff.

Nerd: Understands and collects Really Cool Stuff.

Dork: Confused by Really Cool Stuff.