I would definitely call myself a geek girl (or geek woman). I love character hats, playing with action figures collecting comic books and most of all dressing in costumes which is probably why I love this time of year so much with Halloween and all. I remember going with my dad to the theatre to see Star Wars. We went 7 times. After I saw it, I begged my dad for a stop watch so me and my friends could see how many 'parsecs' it took us to do the Kessel Run on our Big Wheels. My grandmother (who always came to visit just before Thanksgiving and didn't leave until after New Years) bought me the Han Solo and Chewbacca action figures for Christmas that year. I also remember staying in after all the other cartoons went off so I could watch the Star Trek cartoon and watching Original Star Trek reruns. As a kid I love wearing costumes and would often wear out my store bought costumes. My mom wrote down a story in my baby book of how she asked me why I liked Halloween so much and I said "because you can dress up and be someone else for one day and nobody makes fun of you" I dressed up for Halloween until I was 13. I was fascinated by Dungeons and Dragons. But going to a Catholic school and my parents buying into the whole 'D&D is a gateway to hell hysteria didn't give me many opportunities to play. that is until I got into public high school. I got to play but very secretively. I watched Star Trek: TNG every week. My boyfriend (who is now my hubby) introduced me to comics. I had heard about conventions when someone reported them on the national news but I didn't get to go to one until I was in my late 20s...a Star Trek Convention. I was hooked. I found out about a local Star Trek fan club and joined right way. I became 'ship's counselor' and organized 'away missions' for our group to the Renaissance Faire and other local attractions. During all that time I didn't dress up. That all changed when my daughter introduced me to anime. We had just moved to Georgia and found out there were 2 big conventions in Atlanta; DragonCon and Anime Weekend Atlanta. We went to Anime Weekend Atlanta. How do I describe what I felt being there with people dressed up as their favorite characters from video games and anime series? For me it was like Christmas and Halloween rolled into one. I didn't dress up the first time but the second time.... ![]() Ever since then I look for excuses to dress up or wear character hats. And I don't allow anyone to tell me I'm too old, over weight or whatever to do it. Because it makes me insanely happy to be a geek girl doing my thing. 8/3/2013 10:00:22 am
We should never grow out of dressing up! I'm moving into my Funky Hat phase @ 49. 8/3/2013 11:20:35 am
Awesome! If I had the money to afford to buy or have costumes made and to go to one of the conventions, I'd totally be there. It sounds like so much fun. Wendy 8/3/2013 03:48:38 pm
Hello Geek Woman ~ just had to say that. I am right there with you but I am 60 and I still am dressing up for Halloween. As for hats omg love that part and the big thing right now is the roaring 20's and let me just say they new how to make and wear hats back then. I've never been to one of these conventions but if I ever get a chance I'll be right there all dressed up and having a great time. See ya tomorrow. 8/4/2013 05:10:50 am
dressing up ... should be for more than halloween and cons, don't you think? Like ... the ninth of every month should be costume day! Comments are closed.
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