I know I'm a nerd, because...

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  • youngtweezy
    youngtweezy Posts: 183
    Also, I was in Latin Club. :)
  • youngtweezy
    youngtweezy Posts: 183
    I have Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Star Wars and The Hobbit tattoos. :P

    The Whale in Hitchhikers's Guide is one of my favorite but brief characters ever....."Hello Ground"

    I know the whale was great. I have "Don't Panic" on my wrist. I've considered adding the whale and flower pot to it, as well.
  • KrisyKat
    KrisyKat Posts: 740 Member
    I actually forced my husband to drive me across the island (before a camping trip, mind you) so I could participate in the 2011 Pokemon Championship in Waikoloa. He and our Yorkie waited in the car so I could get my battle on :laugh:

    I made it past the first round then got taken out by some dude from England *sigh*...

    Still, I celebrated my experience with a pichu tattoo :drinker:
  • jerzygrl5k
    jerzygrl5k Posts: 13 Member
    I'm studying Cognitive Neuroscience (and just applied for my first research grant to record resting cortical activity in individuals with Down Syndrome to compare them to the resting cortical activity of those with Alzheimer's Disease - one of the diseases I want to study in my career).

    This is AWESOME!!! Hope you get the Grant.
  • BPayton27
    BPayton27 Posts: 626 Member
    ....I can lose myself for HOURS playing Bejeweled Blitz, Tetris, Zumba, Scramble, or Words with Friends. It's sad.
  • bander21
    bander21 Posts: 40 Member
    Haha I was home Saturday night watching Big Bang theory (I have all the seasons) while studying for a Chemistry and Microbiology test....AFTER I turned down going out with friends. Because I would rather study then listen to people that are not as interesting as the infectious diseases I was reading about! lol
  • ThatGirlGlow
    ThatGirlGlow Posts: 68 Member
    I snort when I laugh, and love sci-fi
  • BandedTriaRN
    BandedTriaRN Posts: 303
    My favorite hobbies are playing WoW (seeing their conventions is a great joy) and going to Comicon... I am going to dress in a blue Star Trek(second generation) jumpsuit (if I have lost enough weight to fit in it by then) at the next Phoenix Comicon. All my friends are nerdy computer geeks and into science too:)
  • MrsWife2011
    MrsWife2011 Posts: 28 Member
    Im not a nerd..im a dork! lol

    nerds are my cousins...haha

    Me too, and my cousins, lol!
  • Barbara98
    Barbara98 Posts: 60 Member
    Four words and a name : The Big Bang Theory, Sheldon Cooper



    That show is Awesome!! Last weeks show was hilarious! Sheldon and his hair. Thinking that there was actual hair cut records..LOL!
  • WorkoutMaine
    WorkoutMaine Posts: 91
    The inside of my wedding band reads "My Precious" :)
  • 967_1111
    967_1111 Posts: 221 Member
    I have a degree in Computer Systems Technology.

    COBOL is not a dead language - it's just not appreciated as it should be.

    I can still write all my JCL from scratch.

    I know what the current SAS date is all the time.

    I can no longer watch TV without my laptop and BB.

    My first job was a page at our local library. Worked there for four years....

    I think this has been the best topic on MFP in, like, forever!
  • ericcumbee
    ericcumbee Posts: 117 Member
    my grandparents got a roomba for Christmas, while everyone was watching thinking how cool it was to have a automatic vacum cleaner, i was trying to figure out what algorithms and logic are at work.
  • tammy_lng
    tammy_lng Posts: 22 Member
    Lets see i play W.O.W , I refuse to date anyone besides My shelly (BBT). While at Busch gardens looking into the tiger cage their was blue rocks I call them gems . FOr the next hour or so my sister and I walked around talking about the mining lvl and other details of them. I am also th only 24 yr old i know that had no CLue what a dougie was?! LOL my cousin had to explain it to me.
  • 967_1111
    967_1111 Posts: 221 Member
    Because... I learned to program in BASIC on a TI-99/4a. Anyone else have one of these?

    Learned my BASIC (Beginner's All Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code) on a Commodore 64.

    And no, I didn't have to look up the meaning of the word BASIC....
  • RimRK
    RimRK Posts: 96 Member
    So reading through the answers, I kinda fall in between. I have never seen Star Trek, or Star Wars or any of the seemingly popular "nerd/geek" entertainment.

    But I do have nerdy qualities! Here are just some

    1) I am working on my PhD. in Neuroscience
    2)I have a background in electrical/aerospace engineering
    3) I took minors in statistics and math to avoid taking biology classes in my undergrad
    4) I work in a lab
    5) I own more lab coats then I do actually coats
    6) I am currently in the lab labeling tubes
    7) My lab is currently working on a tattoo design that incorporates the molecular structure of ghrelin with a robot
    8) I love me some READCUBE (if you dont have it and you do research or read journal articles, DOWNLOAD IT NOW. IT IS AMAZING!)
    9) I kinda get giddy when I am coding in SAS
    10) My favourite Teaching Assistant assignment was one where I was assigned to Graduate Statistics:)
    11) My posters in conferences have QR codes
    12) I have a neuroscience blog, and twitter account. Check em out www.neurobites.wordpress.com
    13) I have a thing for dry ice.
  • Shellitz
    Shellitz Posts: 188
    - Because I have a T-Shirt that says "Talk Nerdy To Me"
    - Because I considered setting a journey to Mordor challenge for myself
    - Because I bought a replica of the One Ring for my friend for Xmas and wrapped it elf style in felt and leather. Also I got so excited about it I nearly squealed when she opened it
    - Because I have been known to line up for game releases
  • jerzygrl5k
    jerzygrl5k Posts: 13 Member
    Thanks for the fish.
  • Shellitz
    Shellitz Posts: 188
    And I have a Wickett Teddy Bear
  • youngtweezy
    youngtweezy Posts: 183
    LEGOs are my weakness.
  • jerzygrl5k
    jerzygrl5k Posts: 13 Member
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  • firesoforion
    firesoforion Posts: 1,017 Member
    I have Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Star Wars and The Hobbit tattoos. :P

    The Whale in Hitchhikers's Guide is one of my favorite but brief characters ever....."Hello Ground"

    I rather preferred the bowl of petunias. :laugh:
  • hapoo100
    hapoo100 Posts: 926 Member
    I have Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Star Wars and The Hobbit tattoos. :P

    The Whale in Hitchhikers's Guide is one of my favorite but brief characters ever....."Hello Ground"

    I rather preferred the bowl of petunias. :laugh:

    The petunias were certainly more aware
  • WifeNMama
    WifeNMama Posts: 2,876 Member
    I have Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Star Wars and The Hobbit tattoos. :P

    The Whale in Hitchhikers's Guide is one of my favorite but brief characters ever....."Hello Ground"

    I rather preferred the bowl of petunias. :laugh:

    The petunias were certainly more aware

    The whale is an optimist, whereas the petunias are embittered pessimists. Although they probably consider themselves realists.
  • WifeNMama
    WifeNMama Posts: 2,876 Member
    I get excited over complicated Excel formulas....

    "Excel formulae"
    *runs away*
  • LauraMacNCheese
    LauraMacNCheese Posts: 7,173 Member
    I get excited over complicated Excel formulas....

    "Excel formulae"
    *runs away*

    Holy mother of...take me with you!!!!! :frown:
  • raevynn
    raevynn Posts: 666 Member
    I want the t-shirt, as soon as I've lost enough weight, that says:

    "There are 10 kinds of people. Those that understand binary, and those that don't"
  • naiomi85
    naiomi85 Posts: 29 Member
    I sleep with a "blankey", i play online fantasy games, i like anime, i like to smell paper.
  • ubernerdgirl
    ubernerdgirl Posts: 20 Member
    I don't need to prove it, but I'll give you a small sample:

    Because I have a vanity license plate that reads, "NRD4LYF"
    Because people who know me at goth/industrial clubs but can't remember my name just call me "Nerd Girl"
    I have a d20 and I know how to use it.
    Not only do I still play AD&D, I insist on only playing AD&D 2nd edition
    I can recite "Monty Python & the Holy Graii" (in addition to many other MP bits)
    I have a Simpsons quote for every occasions (The Simpsons applies to *everything* in life!)
    When I bought my home, even though I live alone, I made sure that I had enough rooms so I could devote one entire room to books and have a library.
    All the books in my personal library are shelved by category.
    I have my history degree and actually enjoy writing research papers.
    I worked at a university library (until they lost funding for my job)
    I've read "The Silmarillion"
    I know that Frank Miller has gone mad with power.
    I know that Alan Moore is a demi-god
    One of my self-designed tattoos includes Latin and some 15th Century French artwork.
    My friends (who are also nerds) frequently have whole conversations in movie quotes from SciFi or Fantasy movies.
    I know that Comicon has become a joke and should be called "Everything Con"
    I was a paid Renaissance Faire musician for many years. I played authentic music on period replica instruments. (I stopped performing because the lack of historical accuracy at all the faires began to annoy and frustrate me).
    I love opera
    I love classical music
    There is more to prove it, but I don't need really to prove it to anyone. It is painfully obvious.

    I was bullied mercilessly as a child & teenager for being a nerd. Now I own it. Take that, haters. :D
  • MrDude_1
    MrDude_1 Posts: 2,510 Member
    I was bullied mercilessly as a child & teenager for being a nerd. Now I own it. Take that, haters. :D
    oh yea?
    well i fart in your general direction......etc.. you already know it.
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