Comments on: Confessions of a Geek Lover

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 02 Jul 2005 17:25:13 +0000

Hi! very amused by the website .

By: Aislinn

Aislinn — Mon, 20 Jun 2005 17:53:46 +0000

Vicky’s second hero in the book “The Nerd Who Loved Me” wasn’t exactly built. I mean, he had a okay body, and ahem, interesting proprotions, but the book made it clear that his body wasn’t built, and that any sort of physical excertion (outside of the horizantal mambo) came more from an adrenaline rush than from any sort of body building.

I love Mac from Heaven and Earth. He was strong enough to tell Ripley off, and smart enough to cut through the BS. Plus, you got to love a guy who is a Rocky and Bullwinkle Fan!

I admit to having a thing for nerds and geeks. Glasses are a real turn on for me, and so is knowledge. I admit to loving Robin more than Batman (most recently since they show Robin as computer saavy) and Hadji more than Johnny Quest (an exotic geek who know yoga and can do magic? If such a person existed in real life, my boyfriend would have some serious competition).

Trust me, I can go on (not only do I think Mulder’s hot, but I have a thing for two out of the three lone rangers in the show. Here’s a clue, the two that have most of their hair)

By: Shanna Swendson

Shanna Swendson — Tue, 14 Jun 2005 16:54:45 +0000

I think that these guys we’ve been referring to go beyond just being beta and brainy. They’re all “outsider” types, to some extent, and that’s where the geekiness comes in (and a lot of the appeal). They’re men who have shunned or who are shunned by the mainstream of society because of their passionate pursuit of a particular interest. With real-life geeks it may be computers, role-playing games or an obsession with Star Trek. With these geekish heroes, it tends to be grander quest-type stuff. Fox Mulder got the nickname “Spooky” and was ridiculed by the rest of the FBI for his obsession with unexplained phenomena. Daniel Jackson (in the movie Stargate) was laughed out of an archaeological conference and ended up exiling himself to an alien planet where he could have unlimited time to study their artifacts, before he came back to Earth and joined the SGC. Wesley Wyndam-Pryce was quite the geek when he first showed up in Sunnydale. It took him a while after joining Angel’s group in LA before he was really an insider and part of the group, and even then he always had a sense of isolation.

I think that being out of the mainstream is what distinguishes a “geek” from a guy who’s simply brainy. It means a man has the courage to stand up to the rest of society, or else the self-confidence not to care what anyone else thinks. And that’s sexy.

By: Stephanie Feagan

Stephanie Feagan — Tue, 14 Jun 2005 04:38:47 +0000

I just realized that my previous post may have sounded as though I thought Sandra’s hero didn’t have chemistry. Uh, no. That guy was so hot, I wanted to call my exterminator over, just to talk about bugs.
Oh, and the title was The Orchid Hunter. Great read.

Stef, going back to work now (damn all you bloggers! Can’t. Stop. Reading…..)

By: Stephanie Feagan

Stephanie Feagan — Tue, 14 Jun 2005 04:35:32 +0000

Sandra K. Moore’s March Bombshell had a geek hero. The heroine called him a bug nerd. And he really was a geek – not buff at all, wore glasses, went around looking for bugs. LOL!

Count me in the Love Geeks, But Need That Chemistry Thing

Stef – who is playing hooky from writing…

By: Lynn

Lynn — Mon, 13 Jun 2005 16:59:31 +0000

I kind of agree with Theresa, here. I wouldn’t necessarily call these characters geeks, but they’re definitely brainy and non-Alpha, and that makes the sexy in my book.

One of my favorite brainy TV characters is Dr. Daniel Jackson on Stargate SG-1. Started out brainy and awkward, but gained confidence in the physical part of the job as the show moved forward.

By: Movie Star Blog

Movie Star Blog — Mon, 13 Jun 2005 15:36:39 +0000

Confessions of a Geek Lover
Ashton Kutcher’s reality television show is getting lots of good posts in the blogosphere….

By: Briana

Briana — Mon, 13 Jun 2005 13:44:46 +0000

Geeks rule. Major Brain Action turns me on over brawn any day.

Sexiness is subjective.

I hate TV and the only shows I watch are House, Numbers, and CSI (with Gil-only) just because of the Geek Factor.

Excellent column.

By: Shanna Swendson

Shanna Swendson — Sun, 12 Jun 2005 22:21:24 +0000

Fellow geek lover here! One thing I’m enjoying about writing chick lit is you can get away with less-conventional heroes. I’ve got one who may be gorgeous, but he’s a geek at heart — brainy, sweet and socially awkward — and judging from the response I’m getting, everyone is falling madly in love with him.

As to whether some of these men mentioned are really geeks, I once coined the term “stealth geek” to describe that type. They may have outgrown the obviously awkward stages to the point where they can blend in with normal society and don’t look like geeks, but they’ve managed to retain the inner qualities that we love about geeks.

By: BeeJay

BeeJay — Sun, 12 Jun 2005 21:25:31 +0000

“CSI Las Vegas. The true geek on that show would be the lab rat guy. The one who wants to be a CSI Crime Scene investigator. I watch that show religiously, yet I can’t even recall his name. Now he’s got brains. But there is something not quite as physically appealing about him. No sexual chemistry.”

I had to laugh at this. I don’t watch the show, so I can’t say on this specific character/man, but when I was in grad school I developed a major lust for this pathologist who taught there. He was a total nebbish, shorter than me, chubby, had dandruff on his shouders, not handsome, cranky, but he was soooo brainy, I was in total lust. Brains do it for me above all else.

I guess the dim bulb appeals to me when they’re sweet, harmless and just a little in need of guidance. )))) Must bring out the nurturer in me, yet there is a certain sex appeal, too. Yeah, I know, the opposite of the brainy but cranky. Hmmm, it appears I like extremes.