I'm usually not one to disagree with MsMittens....but this time I must!

I personally don't consider myself a hacker but rather look at myself as someone who is very curious about things and likes to solve problems. I still have a lot of learning to do before I'd ever put myself into that category.
Irregardless of what you choose to label yourself, IMHO, this very statement makes you a hacker, MsMittens, by the "classical" definition of the term, as that is the type of person the term originally referred to. The term has since been perverted and distorted and no longer means the same thing in popular culture.

So.......In my book, MsMittens is a hacker! (a good one, of course )