Geek Magnet

Du, certified geek magnet, talks about pop culture, teaching, and food. Amongst other things.

Who is this geek magnet?

Meet Denise.

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Writer. College English and Speech teacher. Adoptive feline parent. Wanna-be gardner. Pop-culture freak. English teacher. Simpsons fan. Beer drinker. Reader of fiction, non-fiction and Lucky magazine. Writer of a film column.

Chloe and Frida, my two children who look curiously like cats.

Chloe and Frida, my two children who look curiously like cats.

I live somewhere in that big open area between New York and Los Angeles called America. I am currently cowriting a pedagogical book called “Schooled by The Simpsons” with my BFF, Karma.  I’m a progressive liberal, skeptic and atheist (but I’ll never give up my rosary or my St. Joan of Arc pendant), and it breaks my heart that I’m a sucky singer. Oh, and I’m a hoot.

“So, why is this blog called ‘Geek Magnet’?” you ask? Well, while I’ve never considered myself geeky, I knew I had that special something during my first year of college when a boy asked if I would be interested in playing D&D with him and his friends, and how they didn’t allow girls; but for me, he believed, they’d make an exception. That was the fist time I’d heard of D&D and am happy to say I’ve never played.  But there have been many geeks since that first unrequieted encounter: Star Wars geeks, Tolkien geeks, even a Napoloean geek. 

And I’ve been told my Simpsons obession and Weird Al fanhood qualifies me as a geek as well.  Well, so be it! I embrace it, and you should, too.

Cheers!

One Response to “Who is this geek magnet?”

  1. I love your site. Keep it up !

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