• About Me
  • Photography

jennsmidlifecrisis

jennsmidlifecrisis

Tag Archives: nerds

O Geeky Tree

20 Thursday Dec 2018

Posted by jennsmidlifecrisis in Foolishness

≈ 6 Comments

Tags

Christmas, Geek, humour, nerds, trees


Last Christmas, I got restless. I wanted to try something new & who knows? Maybe start my own business? Yeah right!

While there’s no business in sight, I certainly enjoyed my “geeky” creativity through the year, and turned my traditional Christmas tree into a “Geek Tree”! I’ve frittered many happy hours crafting ornaments from video games (Mario, Starcraft, Portal & Overwatch), anime (RWBY)…and a few others that I can’t share because they’re Christmas gifts. Game of Thrones, Star Wars & Star Trek are in the works. Of course, I’ve ventured into animals, tea & coffee too! Everything is hand-stitched – not a drop of glue in sight!

 

Overwatch 1 (640x427)
Starcraft (640x427)
Portal-RWBY-Mario (640x427)
Overwatch 2 (640x427)

And the finished project is…well a little sad. But I have another year to remedy that!

Tree

Deck the halls with boughs of holly – Fa la la la la, la la la la
‘Tis the season to be jolly – Fa la la la la, la la la la
– Thomas Oliphant

Happy Thursday!

Nerd is the Word

14 Friday Jul 2017

Posted by jennsmidlifecrisis in Foolishness

≈ 5 Comments

Tags

humour, nerds


Nerd is the Word! This week was Vacation Bible Camp at our church, and I was asked to help with the morning skits. I jumped in whole-heartedly – fashion, voice and mannerisms.  I had a parent tell me her kids talked about me all afternoon. I had kids ask to be introduced to me. The kids giggled with glee and empathized every time disaster struck! My co-actor couldn’t look at me because I would distract her! It was awesome…or should I say “aweshum”!

Nerd Girl

It wasn’t so long ago that no one wanted to be identified as a nerd. Stereotypical nerds were smart but underweight and ungainly individuals with a keen lack of fashion sense, and who preferred relationships with machines and mathematics to people. They were decidedly uncool or even creepy!

Creepy friend

In her essay, The Rise of Nerds’ Popularity, Sandra Friedrichs, speculated that 3 key factors could be attributed to the rapidly increasing in popularity and the acceptance of “nerds” in society.

First, the definition (and connotation) of “nerd” has become positive.  Outsiders to the lifestyle and attitude that has been categorized as nerd, are more tolerant. Nerds are being viewed as passionate rather than odd. It’s becoming “hip to be square”!

Second, technology. Technology, science, and “nerdy” interests dominate our culture and our daily lives. It is used and appreciated by nearly everyone. In addition, technology has been used to connect people with similar interests and to promote products, like gadgets and clothing, and social opportunities like conventions. The stuff of nerds is offering something for everyone.

Third, nerds are more heavily featured in t.v. series, movies and video games. Superhero movies saturate the coming attractions, with apocalyptic and sci-fi genres not far behind. Kate Turner, in her article, “Revenge of the Nerds: The Rise and Prominence of Nerd Culture” contributes the reboots and adaptations of classic nerd material for creating new admirers and bonding them with original fans.

Lists of most popular nerds through the decades differ. XXX top 3 picks are: . At Ranker.com, you can vote for your favourite Greatest Geeks in TV History! From James Bond’s “Q” and The Professor constructing primitive machinery with bamboo and coconuts on Gilligan’s Island in the 1960’s, to Abbie Sciuto (NCIS) and Big Bang’s Sheldon Cooper (and the rest of the gang) on t.v. this week, we shout “Say it loud. I’m a nerd and proud”, Lewis, Revenge of The Nerds (1983).

Have a good weekend! Live long and prosper!

 

 

This slideshow requires JavaScript.

Follow jennsmidlifecrisis on WordPress.com

Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

Join 601 other followers

Categories

  • Faith (175)
  • Family (268)
  • Fashion (52)
  • Fitness (28)
  • Food (291)
  • Foolishness (795)
  • From Friends (14)
  • Photography (652)

Recent Musings

  • What’s In Jacob’s Cup? June 27, 2022
  • Dear Quarantine Diary – Week #25 June 23, 2022
  • What’s In My Cup: Blackberry Burst June 20, 2022
  • Dear Quarantine Diary – Week 24 June 16, 2022
  • Wilderness Wednesday: A Star is Born June 15, 2022

Archives

Blogs I Follow

bushboys world

Photos of my world and other stuff I hope you will enjoy too. Photos taken with Canon PowershotSX70HS Photos can be purchased.

Paul Militaru

Photography Portfolio

Plain and Fancy Girl

Marian Beaman

Blessed Beyond Measure

Tuesdays with Laurie

"Whatever you are not changing, you are choosing." —Laurie Buchanan

Cee's Photo Challenges

Teaching the art of composition for photography.

Ah dad...

I need the funny because they're teenagers now

Wind Kisses

PIRAN CAFÉ

Ned's Blog

Humor at the Speed of Life

www.kismaslife.com/

tybeetabby

Come and enjoy the beach with me!

Sylvain LANDRY

Photographe Reims France

The Mottled Macaroon

Brought to you by caffeine and wishful thinking...

The Girl Who Clicked

Exploring my passion for photography one click at a time!

The Daily Post

The Art and Craft of Blogging

Evil Squirrel's Nest

Where all the cool squirrels hang out!

Travelling Crone

Woman travelling solo through the world and life.

  • Follow Following
    • jennsmidlifecrisis
    • Join 601 other followers
    • Already have a WordPress.com account? Log in now.
    • jennsmidlifecrisis
    • Customize
    • Follow Following
    • Sign up
    • Log in
    • Report this content
    • View site in Reader
    • Manage subscriptions
    • Collapse this bar
 

Loading Comments...