A cup of Vox tea
A.k.a. hello, I'm Mia, nice to meet you, cue hopefully fun conversation here--
Laura did her introduction via books, but I'm not sure my answer to that would make sense. However, it's very hard for me to do paragraph-based introductions because I tend to ramble and I'm not sure what, exactly, people want to know about. So! In the great tradition (?!) of the coolness that is FAQQLY, I shall do mine question/interview-style. The following are questions I've been asked in real life; some, I get asked all the time.
So, uh, you're Mia. Yeah.
What do you do? Sleep!
No, really. I... study? Right, I study physics. I also do some work that involves the web and writing. I write. I read a lot -- I can devour several books in a day -- though lately I haven't had time to read much non-technical stuff. I play games! I sing in the classical style, I do webdesign and graphic design, I cook, I draw, and... I sleep. Very often, though not according to normal hours.
Basically what you're saying is you're a geek. Hm, yeah. I like being one though.
But you don't look like one! I know! I think of it as a way to shatter people's misconceptions about geeks. Also I find their reactions funny when they find out I do complex calculus for fun.
What kind of geek are you, then? I don't exactly know. I haven't thought about it a lot, but-- I think I'm a science geek crossed with a gaming geek crossed with a general net geek. The other things I do aren't so "geeky" the way other people see them.
Why? Well, a lot of people associate being a geek with someone who hunches over the computer all day writing obscure code or talking about even more obscure subjects or just being anti-social in general. That's so not it.
So what's being a geek all about? I think it's about passion. A passion for learning, for exceeding the bounds of a certain field, for discovering and doing more. By that definition you don't have to be good with numbers or a computer whiz to be a geek. You just have to want to learn more -- more than your job or others' expectations require -- simply for the sake of learning itself. It's all about the pursuit of knowledge, baby.
If so a geek would actually be the epitome of the eternal goal of the human race. Yes -- ironic, isn't it? But that's my line.
Maybe. Did you expect your intro would turn out like this? Not at all! I blame Trickster-related login problems.
