You have stumbled upon the new blog (i.e. random babblings) of a quirky single mom. A shoot-from-the-hip, anti-pink (yet almost gaggingly perky), non-traditional, can cuss like a sailor but loves insanely and has the save the world syndrome gal who is bracing for a future as a Crazy Cat Lady though she secretly hopes like hell it doesn't come true. Enjoy your stay and feel free to say hi- I don't bite. Well, unless we're dating and you are into that type of thing or you contain peanut butter. >;-)
Quirky single mom of two monkeys.
I used to beat up the kids that picked on the "special students" during recess. Now I work with those with chronic mental illness.
I speak quite a few languages, enjoy coed naked underwater basket weaving, have an addiction to Sushi and humor is my defense mechanism.
Arrogant people make my right eye twitch.
I'm ambidextrously brained, I will knit for tattoos, I am the friend that everyone comes to for advice and bail money. I pride myself on keeping my eyes, ears, heart and mind open. Making me laugh goes a long way with me, I think the brain is the sexiest organ and I'm the kinda gal you can take anywhere and I'll have a good time.
Other than that, I'm just me.
I am sitting here at Intervention (Con not the show where someone is ending up in rehab) surrounded by some amazing talent and amazing people. Yet another congregation of people that get each other on some level even though they’ve never met. It’s so inspiring.
While I am still refraining from naming the names of the companies that decided they did not want to be “associated” with the words dork, geek or nerd, I don’t think I’m done with them yet. I still have a message to send them. Well, we have a message to send them. It’s a simple message really. In fact, we’ve been doing it all along.
We are who we are and we’re damn proud of it.
We’re not going to hide it anymore. We’re not going to try to fit into someone else’s mold or idea of who we should be.
Geek is gorgeous. Nerd is not negative. Dork is divine. Gnork is awesome cubed.
We have taken those terms that may have once been attempts at insult and we have fully embraced them and made them our own. We wear them proudly.
So how do we get the message to companies like that? How do we make our stand?
A friend’s answer to that? Oprah. That would totally work. You know who it made me think of though? E L L E N. Now, I have an immense respect for Oprah and what she’s accomplished. But I love Ellen. She is a giant ball of awesome that is definitely on my “Peeps I Want To Huggle Someday List.” I think if anyone gets embracing being quirky and different than the mainstream it’s definitely Ellen. She’s bravely looked peeps in the face and said “I am who I am” for years now.
I think Ellen would help us. Help us get UberDork Cafe and the message of gnork pride and gnork community out there for all to see. Whatdya think peeps? Do you think we can get Ellen on board? There’s only one way to find out. Let’s give it a shot.
Click here and fill out the form to tell Ellen you wanna see UberDork Cafe on the show!!
Some other great ways to help get the word out and get Ellen to notice:
Tweet “Hey @TheEllenShow! I wanna see @UberDorkGirlie & UberDork Cafe on!!”
Tweet the link out to your followers.
Share this on your Facebook page.
Tattoo it on your forehead and… wait no, that’s a bit much. :)
I know we can do this. I have faith in my community and faith in Ellen.
2 comments:
Woo-hoo! We can get this done. I am so proud of how you have taken this already.
Gnork cool!!
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