So I was sitting here painting my nails and watching the International TableTop Day livestream when suddenly it struck me that me, sitting here painting my nails and watching that stream, could be considered an oxymoron to some. Painting your nails is generally seen as something girly, and watching this stream is probably considered geeky, and to a lot of people "girly" and "geeky" contradict each other.
However, I'd like to think that I can be girly, and geeky. I think Felicia Day put it really well when she mentioned that our definition of the word geek is changing. It's becoming a cliche, and I have to agree with her when she says that a geek should not be defined solely by what they like or what their hobbies are. A geek is instead someone who doesn't care about the judgement of others - and that's why I can sit here and paint my nails and watch Geek and Sundry and not care if anyone thinks I'm a geek or a poser or whatever.
As a side-note, Sean Plott AKA Day[9] just retweeted one of my tweets (@amyleighallain!) regarding his coming in not last on TableTop and I got so excited that I just felt I had to share it with anyone willing to listen (or read about it)! :)
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