Re: The importance of watching soap operas (Was "A DISTURBING ...")

On Thu, 8 Feb 2001, Andreas Johansson wrote:

> > > You're not alone. I'm pretty low on EG too, and it doesn't help one bit
> >that
> > > there seem to be no such thing as a girl that share my interest in
> >natural
> > > science, math, history and linguistics (for some possibly good reason, I
> > > know alot of techy/nerdy/downright weird guys who're at least as badly
> > > affected as I) ...
> >
> ><cough, cough>  I'm a girl.  I like physics (though I confess I suck at
> >bio and never had any real opportunity to take chem), I'm a math major, I
> >was *almost* a history major (military history!) and as for linguistics,
> >well, I'm here.  If you think *you* have it bad, I get the "you're too
> >abnormal to be believed" treatment from most other women and from a good
> >many men.
> >
> >YHL
>
> Oh please marry me before some other geek picks you up! ;-)
<languish sigh, wink>  Alas, alack--I'm committed to my boyfriend of
three years, who is a physics geek and is not at all fazed by my
interests (even when he doesn't share them, he thinks it's neat that I
enjoy 'em).  Truthfully, though--if I exist, there must be other such
females in the world.  This past weekend I was at a conference for
undergraduate women in math--there were ~100 of us, and I was so *happy*
to know I wasn't alone!  One of the girls I met (who is also a senior in
college this year) was American, but she's into analysis (pure math only,
though) and languages--she arguably speaks better Korean than I do, and
also knows Chinese, and likes languages in general.  We were kept too
busy for a lot of small talk, but I wouldn't have been that surprised if
I'd learned she conlanged, too!  Keep looking.  :-)

YHL