There's A Difference.

Hallo again! Geekwad here.

So, I overheard something in the school hallway that made me unhappy. Supremely unhappy. From what it sounded like, someone was getting their terminology mixed up. To be specific, "geek" and "nerd". There's a difference. A BIG difference.

You see, if you are a "geek", you are a computer enthusiast, or someone who is over intellectual to the point where you sometimes turn people off. That's what I like to think of myself as.

However, a "nerd" is basically someone who has no people skills whatsoever. You might also be extremely unattractive or smell bad. Either way, it's much, much worse than "geek".

I sincerely hope that those two young girls discover this soon.



On a lighter note, my room is being painted as we speak. This is extremely exciting, as now I can put up my posters! (I am also going to purchase some new ones, as SOMEthing(s) (*cough cough* Theo and Stormer *cough*) destroyed some of my others. For those of you who do not know who I am talking about, you will soon be enlightened. Theo and Stormer are our youngest outdoor-but-think-that-they-are-indoor kitten-cats. They are very sweet and, luckily, know where to put their claws now (most of the time).

Now that we are on this subject, let me tell you about the rest of my menagerie.

I live WAY out in the boonies, about 15 miles from Small Town, and on a Hobby Farm. My family has:
12 chickens
5 (fat) nanny pygmy goats (Boo-Yah, Anna Grace, Beezus, Pixie, and Violet)
5 indoor-but-think-they-are-outdoor kitten-cats (Theo, Stormer, Peter Parker, Smokewhite, and possibly Mitzi, but we haven't seen her in several months :( )
2 old white city dogs (Mickie and Mollie)
1 4-month-old gangly farm dog (Betsy)
3 rabbits (Fabian, Bianca, and Caramelcake)
and let's hope sometime soon 1 miniature donkey (Arthur--isn't that a GREAT name for a miniature donkey? )

And then me, my brother, my mom, my dad, and cornfields. Oh, and gravel. Lots and lots of gravel.

I love where I live. It's the highest hill around and you can see for miles. It's much more laid-back and relaxed than when we used to live two blocks from the town square and one block from the college in Previous Small Town. We never could have had animals like we do now. Or the freedom to go and explore the creek and woods and such like we do now.

You can also see FOREVER where we live. As in, you can see basically every constellation that anyone has ever laid eyes upon. That's a major plus for a space geek like me.

And I call myself a space geek, not space nerd. Because there is a difference. :)

...Am I Doing This Right?

Hallo! My name is Geekwad, and I will be your blogger this evening. Can I get you anything? Some reading glasses, perhaps, or a mug of hot chocolate? No? Okay then.

This blog is to give me a space to publish my book reviews and maybe get some thoughts in here and there, and then maybe to post some pictures and other doodads i find on my journey through the Abyss (otherwise known as the internet).

Let's start with me. You already know my name is Geekwad. That basically sums up my personality. All you have to do is look at me. I am usually accompanied by a few large books, a pair of glasses, and a goat. (Just kidding about the goat part. They stay in their pen.) I also enjoy expanding my vocabulary. A lot. And this bugs my friends quite a bit, as I usually fail to explain just what I mean by "callipygian" (haha :) ) or "lycanthropy" (though I've never quite used the word "lacanthropy, I've always wanted to. I suspect that they would have rather the same reaction). I'm a leading member of my school (GMS's) Nerd Herd. It's an honor to have this position, by the way. At least in my opinion.

I'm going to have to move away from the subject of myself, though. I need to start writing about the ACTUAL reason I started writing this blog--book reviews. Let's start with the best book of all time. Can you guess what it is?

If you guessed Lord of the Rings, you would be correct. Yes, I'm a total Tolkien-aholic. The first step in the healing process is admitting that you have a problem. I cannot get enough of Aragorn and Eomer and Galadriel....so I read it all the time. I watch the movies, too. They're amazing. However, I am not here to write movie reviews; I must remind myself of that...:)

So. Here it goes.

Lord of the Rings, by John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, is a timeless story of true love, perseverance, action, and the underlying plot is a beautiful story of how people from all corners of the world, all of different races, who maybe positively HATE each other's race, band together to defeat a common evil. That's something that we need to remember in troubled times like we have. I loved the heroic battle scenes sprinkled with forbidden romance. It's a must-read for anyone that likes romance, comedy, poetry, action, fantasy, science fiction, war epics, or anyone with a rainy day and a cup of cocoa. Transporting you to faraway lands that you'll fall in love with and never want to leave, the Lord of the Rings is truly a classic.


So that's my first-ever blog post. I hope I did it right. Stay tuned!