Nymphormaticienne

Dimanche 5 octobre 2008 7 05 /10 /2008 22:06

As often, a conversation started at Trinity Hall earlier today:
"Hi, what's your name?
-Mathilde.
-Matilda?" Ok, this one or another... At least they don't call me Mathew.
"And where do you come from?" to which I answered willingly and with a bright smile on my face. The next questions usualy brought us to: "And what do you study?"
Still smilling, I answered "Computer science". She looked at me, little bit doubtfull. "I haven't expected that you would be a scientist, as you're reading Voltaire".
Oh.
And if I were clung to my computer, browsing the web, you might have guessed that I was studying communication?
Instead, I kept my smile on my face and said: "Well, I'm reading Voltaire because I'm french, and because I like his sense of humour." The look on her face showed me that she doubted Voltaire has any sense of humour...
So that conversation went slightly down, and a few moments later, I was back to Voltaire.

Another day, another conversation, with another girl.
"What do you study?
-Computer science.
-Quite weird for a girl.
-Actually, you get used to guys, they are really nice to us."
'us' means girls. And guys really love girls, there are no sex war or whatever. They know that if they get better marks than us, it's usually because we beware of their ego.

The only day I talked to a girl who wasn't surprised by my "coming out" was another computer science student. Lets tell it: I was wandering around in the main campus, looking for some societies I could get in. She heckled me, saying something like "Hi, are you interested in joining the net society?" As I'm not really interested in network, I tried to get gently rid of her.
"I don't know, not really...
- Come on, our society can help you if you have any trouble using the college's network.
- Err... I'm in computer science, so I don't really need help. --which is a lie, Laure can speak for that.
- Hey, if you're in CS, you must join in! We run our own server, you know...
- It sounds geek.
- Yeah, it totally is!
- I don't know, it's like bringing home homework...
- Please, we double your net space memory!"

Her last argument won me: she offered me two lollypops if I signed in.

Perhaps I just missed a 'normal' look on girls doing computer science. I should probably behave myself, otherwise I'll become a geek. If I'm not already.