Marinading in my geekitude

I can't lie. Part of the appeal of grad school is that I am back in a place where it is social acceptable to geek-out. Not that I need a sanctioned or academic environment, it just makes it slightly less weird when I inevitably do it.

Of late:
Monday was the Greek theatre lecture in 270. As the professor presented slides and vocabulary, my soul did a happy dance (that I could barely contain in my aisle seat). Because I had BEEN to these places. I knew how the acoustics worked, and all the little production details of masks and platform shoes and periaktoi (which I used in an unrealised design for Charley's Aunt). It was like being surrounded by old friends.

For my 570 class, our first assignment was essentially a scavenger hunt, which I totally devoured. In general, I love the idea of scavenger hunts. I may have been the only one on my orientation team the first week at W&M who actually wanted to find all the stuff on the list instead of hide on the Wren steps and shoot the shit. And because it required research, it let me tap into some of my peculiar talents for locating weird stuff (ala tequila).

Tonight, I went back to Staples to select the right supplies for my organizational needs. And I am like a kid in a candy store! I get excited by stupid shit, like post-its (which hold my life together in a way that scotch tape used to), or sharpies (which are always on my Christmas list), or retractable highlighters. If I can't get a job at Hollywood Video where I can watch movies and hone my Guitar Hero, I totally want to work at an office supply store.

And perhaps my geekiest moment. As I was re-reading Oedipus for the umpteenth time (I stopped counting after 9, including Greek), all of my classics came rushing back. Because I remembered the connected verbs for "seeing" and "knowing" (one is a perfect form of the other). And the name Oedipus, while being a bit of a pun itself, also sounds like the word(s) for see/know. If you want the full low down, I will cheerfully give it, but it will involve me finding a good Greek font, because Symbol is just a crap transliteration.

I pity my students, who are sending some cool responses. At least I left the 12 rolls of my trip to Greece safely packed away in Virginia!

on iTunes: "I Summon You" - Spoon