Geobabe rethinks her image

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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Once while I was at Smith, I went to Goth night at a local nightclub (on every other night a gay club) with my crazy friend Trish. I’m there in my short skirt and way too much black eyeliner, and I see a girl I know from Glee Club and another one from student Senate. I go over to talk to them, and in the course of the conversation, one expresses her surprise at seeing me there, “You seemed so…upright!” I turned to Trish and said, “Man, I gotta rehabilitate my image.” I suppose the whole older student-Glee Club-student government-nondrinker thing threw her off and hid my wild ‘n’ crazy side.

Now I fear I may have the exact opposite problem at the SDMB. A couple of things posters have said about me recently have caused me to wonder if I have become known only for my wild ‘n’ crazy side. Not that I’m overly concerned about what people think of me, but I do value being part of this community very much, and I really don’t want to be known as some one-dimensional character.

I’ve been flirting a LOT on the boards lately. I flirt a lot IRL, as anyone who has met me can verify. I love having my ego stroked. But the WTC, coming on the heels of a breakup—with someone in NYC, no less—made me feel very vulnerable, and my summer job ended right after that, so I was at home alone a lot, feeling very sad and scared and needed that attention even more than usual.

I know a little bit about a great many things. There are few subjects in which I consider myself expert enough to answer questions about in GQ. Geology questions don’t get asked very often, and when they do, frequently the other geologists have already pounced all over it and I can’t add anything. I can offer advice and insight about alcoholism and depression. Sex is something I do know a great deal about, so I post to sex threads–of course, this usually has the (not necessarily unwelcome, I will be honest) effect of getting me flirted with.

I don’t go into GD because I’m not a debater. I enjoy discussions but not debates. I usually either feel so strongly about a topic that I can’t possibly fathom how anyone could hold the opposite view, or I see both sides, neither condition being conducive to debate. Besides, those people over there scare me.

I read the Pit daily, because I believe that one should follow board drama, it being far, far better than the televised kind. I don’t post there very often because I like fighting about as much as I like debating. It just makes me feel anxious and I don’t like feeling anxious.

So I’m basically an MPSIMS girl. Those who have met me would, I would hope, testify about my sparkling personality, wicked intellect and many other sterling qualities, but I don’t think I truly show my depth on the boards. As I said, I really don’t worry a lot about what others think of me, but at the same time, I don’t want to be “that girl who flirts all the time” because I think when people have one idea about you, they tend not to pay attention to anything else. I’ve seen it happen to others.

My point? There’s a lot more to me than flirting and sex. I’m sure some people won’t care, and I can live with that. Others will say, “And you are…who, again?” I can live with that. But maybe some of those that have noticed me will notice this as well.

That is all.

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’babe, I enjoy it when we cross paths, but I’m a loss at engaging on the flirt threads. I know you for some of your other qualities. So, I think you’re doing OK, but, yeah, I guess there might be a point where you have to let a few know that spike heels and miniskirts (of which I’m quite fond, actually - I’m just reserved about it) are not the only thing you’d have a chat about.

Anyway, so now I should follow this up with one of those quips to the effect that I’m just posting here now so I can be under you?

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Flirt threads?

I personally have always thought of you as “that uptight nondrinking geologist dame from Smith. With the great singing voice.”

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Yeah, yeah - I’ve never had a sig before, so I keep forgetting it - does this mean I came back for seconds?

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beatle? Is that YOU?

Man, EVERYONE’s rethinking their image. I have NEVER seen you flirt before.

As a matter of fact, I had always thought of you as “that uptight nondrinking geologist dame from Smith. With the great singing voice.”

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It’s the heels, man; throws 'em every time.

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Thanks for adding the sig; I refreshed the forum page, saw you had posted to the thread, and thought, who the hell is Ringo? Not the first time anyone’s asked that question, I’m sure.

And Ike (I know you prefer Uke, but I prefer Ike and it’s my thread, dagnabbit), you’ve never heard me sing, I know this for a fact, so I’m not certain on whose authority you have it that I have a great singing voice. I mean, I do, but how do you know that?

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Hmm, well I hadn’t really noticed until just now, but I suppose you have been flirting a little more than usual lately. And if that’s a problem, then starting this thread may have already solved it.

I tend to think of the boards as a prolonged first impression. I don’t think I really know anybody until we’ve met and started talking and the conversation builds up its own head of steam. And having revelled in the pleasure of your company many times, let me say that there is more to you than mere text could hope to convey.

How to get that across to the masses? My first thought is to gather the entire population of the boards at the rocks and minerals hall of the Smithsonian, but that’s a tad impractical. Let me work on it.

Odd thing is, I would desperately like to loosen up on the boards. Maybe we could help each other out. Is trading accounts out of the question?

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I’ve never seen you not drink, either.

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Well, if we did that, then you’d be known as “The suddenly gay guy who flirts all the time.” All together now: Not that there’s anything wrong with that!

Maybe you were too drunk to notice I wasn’t drinking at the May NYCDope, eh?

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Geobabe, disregard the amateur flirting by the coot behind the curtain. What I was trying to say was that your one of the geo - uh, when I greeted Pantellerite originally I told him I’d been waiting for another geodoggie to show up, and that ain’t gonna work here. You’re one of those naturally occurring bound aggregates of minerals that keeps me here trying to sound you out (occasionally the rock hounds’ll take the lone wiggle doctor in as a useful idiot).

Truly, though, I see where you’re going. Stay here. I like you. You (I think) just want to reel it in a bit. That’s fine. That’s not why I like you.

It certainly doesn’t bother me that your female. But that’s not critical. But it is good. And now we know why I don’t spend a lot of time on flirt threads.

Just keep being you.

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Yeah, just go ahead and step on my punchline. I was PROUD of that punchline.

[sub]“A laugh is nothing to be sneezed at.” – Greenberg, TO BE OR NOT TO BE (1942)

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Not to worry. Flirt threads are not entirely outside of my visible spectrum (even if I am uninclined to stumble over my feet attempting to reply in kind), but my overall impression of you is “solid and knowledgeable”, and also “good citizen-person”.

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[sub] The Peanut Gallery will note that Robot Arm and beatle…uh, Ringo…and Geobabe and I are BANTERING without any mention of sex, miniskirts, flirting, or eyeliner.

Without any noticable wit or panache, either. But at least we’re keeping it clean.

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Yeah! I pulled Ukulele Ike’s punchline right out from under him! I feel I have truly arrived now.

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And it was a good one Uke [sub]but, you leave the door open at night, no tellin’ what’s going to cruise in…[/sub]!

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A giant step up from “stick in the mud.”

Haven’t seen you on ICQ for a while.

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I’ve been working, actually, and thus going to bed earlier than is my wont. I actually saw you on a couple of nights ago, but I was about to sign off so I didn’t ping you. Perhaps we’ll chat this weekend.

And I see I’ve posted this thread not a moment too soon, as Hammy has started one of her periodic anti-flirt threads in the Pit, and there’s my name. I’m not horribly bothered by it, but it does give me pause.

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Well, Geo, unlike some people I’m not in any hurry to quit flirting. I’m a complete mental spazz at it in real life, so this is the only practice I get. In fact, I’ve given some idle consideration to going a week or two on the boards here wherein I do nothing BUT flirt.

Ergo, I’m going to hijack your “Honestly, I’m not just a flirt!” thread to flirt with you.

I mean, honestly. It’s inherently obvious to the most casual observer here that you’re possessed of a sparkling wit, a readiness to engage in suggestive badinage, and a broad supply of wisdom and good advice. Plus, your SDPP entry shows you to be a complete 'babe, in every sense of the word. But now, on top of all that, I find out about a heart-stopping voice, TOO? And I’m supposed to NOT flirt with you?!?! Please.

Let’s just say I’ve got 100 bucks with your name on it. And as of next weekend, I’ll have a lawn, too. I’ll be expecting you.

  • Dave
    (who is now having heart palpitations)
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Geobabe, hope I’m not bustin’ up the Lavaflow Loungemen here, but I’d like to say that after a long time of seeing you here, I have the best image of an incredibly strong smart person, whose flirting only adds in dimension to any thread.

There ya go!