pwnage!

These are a few recent examples of how I'm a total weirdo:

At office Christmas party:

Judy: My brother got one of those turkey deep-fryers last year, and my sister-in-law was sad because the weather was so cold, so they couldn't put it outside. [to use]
Kim: Those things cook the turkey so fast, it's amazing. It cooks faster than in an oven.
me: I wonder if it's because the oil provides better thermal coupling between the turkey and the heating element.
Judy: [stares] Okay, now you're getting way too geeky for us.
In my defense, I'd been reading a manual on PCR in lab recently... (13MB movie of a deep-fryer on fire here, btw.)

At the International Fellowship party Wednesday night, at the end of a Monopoly game:

Steve: I have $1200.
me: Seventeen-ninety, eighteen-ten...I have $1850. I just pwned you.
Steve: [cracks up laughing] I can't believe you just said that!
me: Well, I have a younger brother who taught me how to play DotA this summer.
And this is the guy who asked if I've ever been to a LAN party and offered to teach me how to play Axis and Allies, mind.

With boyfriend:

Any time we're in the middle of making out passionately and one of us breaks off to talk about science, politics, philosophy, or cartoons; i.e., fairly often.