I am, indeed, both a mama and a nerd.
I'm Victoria or Vicki, 24 years old, living in New Hampshire and currently a retail drone at the local Target. I'm married to a literally HUGE nerd named Gary, and together we have a four-year-old Nerdling named Nicholas. (Gary is One Of Us now; there are some who call him... Tim er, Lord_Fenric. Our assimilation is nearly complete.)
I was a military brat growing up, and then tried joining the Army- that didn't work out as planned, and there was a good year where I worked odd jobs and then quite cheerfully went crazy. Turned out I had bipolar disorder, compounded by some past demons I had never addressed until that point... so the moral of my story is get therapy if you need it, kiddos. Anyway, I can't decide on a college major but do hope to go back early next year... currently leaning towards education; we'll see.
Okay, enough of the serious stuff. Trope time!
MAMANERD'S TROPES
- Brown Eyes + Brainy Brunette = Curtains Match the Window; however...
- Eerie Pale-Skinned Brunette is a Subverted Trope. I don't match the personality. Instead, I'm a...
- Hot-Blooded
- Cloudcuckoolander
- Ditzy Genius
- Genki Girl
- and a Tsundere, type II.
- Happily Married, to my Victorious Childhood Friend (hence my name?) as well as a Mama Bear to my son.
- Also making Nerds Are Virgins an Averted Trope. (Yay!)
- Badass Normal- I have synaesthesia and can always tell true north; I'd like to think a few years of military training helped too.
- Bi The Way- being married and all, it never came up with the recruiters. Phew.
- Chaotic Good
- Left-Fielder
- Kind Hearted Cat Lover
- Talkative Loon
- Weirdness Magnet (And working at a return desk does not help matters at all...
- Master of the Precision F-Strike
- Attention Deficit... Ooh, Shiny!
- Red Oni, to my husband's Blue Oni
- Somewhere between Big Beautiful Woman and Hollywood Pudgy now; hope to eventually be a Badass Bookworm
- A proponent of Gratuitous Spanish and the Fascinating Eyebrow; also a Friend to All Living Things (except scorpions, ick.)
- Scars Are Forever- in this case, c-section scars.
- Berserk Button- I have bipolar, my husband has Asperger Syndrome, and my son is autistic. Disparaging remarks about mental health issues are not a good idea.
MAMANERD'S FANDOM GOODNESS
General
- Lord Of The Rings
- Harry Potter
- Buffy The Vampire Slayer
- Firefly
- The Wheel Of Time
- A Song Of Ice And Fire
- Kushiels Legacy
- Doctor Who / Torchwood
- Avatar The Last Airbender (The Movie never happened.)
- NCIS
- The Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy
- Monty Python
- South Park
- Scrubs
- The works of Brandon Sanderson, especially the Mistborn Trilogy
- Babylon Five
- Lost
- Watchmen (the graphic novel; still gotta watch the movie)
- The Dresden Files (soon, reading now!)
- The Vorkosigan Saga (likewise, currently reading)
- Fables (again, current graphic novel)
- Neil Gaiman- anything.
- Discworld
- Order Of The Stick
- Girl Genius (Still archive-binging; this comic is like a living, breathing nerdgasm!)
- Good Eats
- Iron Chef
- Futurama
- Invader Zim
- Obsessive knitting and crocheting
- ... And cats.
To Be Read/Watched- General
I'm not huge on Video Games, but I have played a few and thoroughly enjoy Team Fortress 2, Halo, Portal, and Left 4 Dead (Both 1 and 2), so they should be mentioned here too. (Oh, and Destroy All Humans is very stress-relieving after a long day of customer service, hahahahaha...)
I've only been a proper Anime fan for a little over a month (as of 8/3/10), but have done some serious Archive Binge during this time. Thus, I feel it warrants two lists:
Anime/Manga
Long story short, This Very Wiki got me addicted. My former messy list has now been replaced with a sleek, fashionable My Anime List, viewable here.
I will happily take any and all suggestions for anime/manga to watch/read... Educate me, fellow tropers!
Please leave graffiti after the tone. * BEEP*
- Hmph. Stupid graffiti wall. I am not vandalizing you b-because I like you or anything. * blush* S-so don't get the wrong idea. Got that? — jcruz
- (Puts on George Takei impression) OOOH, MY... ;)
- It's refreshing to see someone admit that they're a nerd. Some people are ashamed of it, but you wear it as a badge of pride. Good job, Mamanerd. ~ Aliroz The Confused.
- Thanks! This is awesome to hear, I feel like I'm part of the Nerd Liberation Front... I still catch myself using "nerd" disparagingly, especially at work, so this is a nice self-esteem boost. :D
- (The N.L.F. really needs to exist, come to think of it... it should have branches in every high school. Joss Whedon will write the curriculum for the tolerance classes; and there will be bake sales,where there will be cake. That is all.)
- Thanks! This is awesome to hear, I feel like I'm part of the Nerd Liberation Front... I still catch myself using "nerd" disparagingly, especially at work, so this is a nice self-esteem boost. :D
- Why, hello there, dear. My, what an interesting trope page you have here...I guess I shall have to come and CONQUER IT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE!!! MWAHAHAHAHA...ooh, wait, realized that your husband conquering your page may have some Unfortunate Implications, If You Know What I Mean...Ah well, whatever, love you, leave you to your troping...Lord_Fenric :)
- Is it getting hot on this contributor page, or is it just me? ;) Love ya too!
- Way cool profile, mamanerd. —Morven
- I recommend the Useful Notes. You'll be educated and at the same time read silliness! (How do we do it? I have no idea...) - Amused Troper Guy
