I’m a nerd/geek and damn proud of it.
Nov0
Somethings don’t change. And that is just fine with me. In the last few days, I’ve remembered something: be who you really are. If others don’t like you, tough shit for them. Of course, I don’t mean that you can be an asshole and get away with it. The context of this is within the bounds of being a ‘nerd’.
I’m a nerd, a geek, a computer/sci-fi/engineering/crazy cycling dude, whatever. I’m pretty damn awesome. I embrace my nerdyness (nerdiness?) and if you don’t like it. Tough luck.
I remember the days when I tried to just “fit in” in with a crowd. Not really my style. I’ve always been different — always been that quiet brainiac in the corner studying away and not really going out to social events. I like math, engineering, stuff that has to do with tech. I was comfortable with the textbook, a 0.5mm lead mechanical pencil and a pad of engineering paper. Really. Yes, really. I played computer games, like WarCraft (didn’t ever get into WoW though), StarCraft, SimCity, DnD, and if you go back further there were the days of the modem and bulletin board systems, I played a bit of major mudd. Mario is still cool. Also spent a lot of time on the computer surfing the web for random factoids.
At times, I’ve wondered how things would have turned out if I can do this all over again. But seeing how we haven’t invented the ability to time travel, or a way to deal with the associated paradoxes, that may be an issue. Of course, theoretically speaking, there could be a parallel universe with an alter-ego of myself that could be a horribly bad evil scientist. Who knows. See what I’m talking about? I’m fine with this.
As I noted in previous posts, I like love Sci-fi, and original independent works that support the geekdom. I’m a huge Firefly fan (though I must admit I only discovered this show/movie a few months ago), as well as the Stargate franchise. My new addiction now is The Guild that is written by and stars Felicia Day (who was also in Dr. Horrible’s Sing Along Blog). I guess even nerdier is the “(Do you want to date my) Avatar” song and music video that was released prior to the beginning of Season 3 of The Guild. I think The Guild is one of the better examples of what you can do. If you have an idea, go with it, you’ll find an audience somewhere. Who knows, it might become something big.
::rant:: While I’m at it… this popped into my head: who the fuck decided the stereotypical male and female are superbuff and insanely thin? Why do we have a higher value on looks than intelligence? And why are shows like America’s Next Top Model even on the air? Is this what the majority of us think? That’s just gross. Seriously, what is worth more to you? Your intelligence, or just looks? ::/end rant::
The point being: support people for who they are, and are proud of displaying it for the world to see. If you can’t accept that, too bad.
Enjoy.
-T 
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