Three Nerdy Confessions
Posted on November 26th, 2008 in Simple Living
It took me awhile to come to grips with a certain, somewhat painful fact: I am a nerd. (My husband will confirm this readily.) As I’ve grown into myself, though, I’ve come to appreciate some of my nerdier traits. They are, in the end, what make me me. In the interests of embracing our collective nerdiness, I’m going to share three nerdy confessions with you.
- I watch Flashdance every time it’s on TV. And it totally makes me want to achieve all my wildest dreams.
- My favorite joke is, “What do you get when you cross an elephant and a rhino?” Elephino! (It was on The Muppet Show, and like the audience in the clip, it took me about four times before I got it.)
- I know all the words to pretty much every Michael Bolton song you hate. And I love them all.
Alright, batter up, folks! If you’re game, trip into the comments and share three nerdy confessions of your own. In the meantime, I’ll be shining my pocket protector. 
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November 26th, 2008
You totally need to watch the Muppet clip to get that joke – it’s aural.
My nerdy confessions:
- I can say supercalifragilisticexpialidocious backwards – both dociousaliexpilisticfragicalisuper as in the song AND suoicodilaipxecitsiligarflilacrepus, which was my own invention when I was about 10. I can also recite the alphabet backwards at speed. My obsession with saying things backwards continues into adulthood – hence my URL to my personal site (see link).
- I like puns. Even bad ones.
- I went to Tunisia and bought a Star Wars cloak and posed for a photo by a troglodyte home in the real Tatouine.
Caitlins last blog post..Hatches, matches and dispatches
November 26th, 2008
My kids have this real negative connotation of the word “nerd”. Not that it stops them from saying I’m one – but like you, Sara, I wear the term with pride!! They should have a parade for us – bring the pocket protectors, the RPN calculators, the taped up glasses – maybe we could be in the Macy’s day parade – that’s better than the Rockette’s! (well…maybe not…)
And, just so you don’t think – geez – he really is a nerd (does he have the greasy hair too??) – I exaggerate on here!
So, my nerdy confessions:
1. I like computers, and trying out all sorts of software programs.
2. Electronic gadgets – another turn on (not that way!).
3. My college degree – engineering. I lived the “nerd” life for four years straight…
I love the joke (but it took me a couple of times to get it). And…you can have the Michael Bolton songs! That’s just plain weird…
Lances last blog post..With Many Thanks, We Dance
November 26th, 2008
Hey don’t call my friend a nerd!
3 nerdy things about me
1. I read Barron’s every Saturday
2. I sometimes laugh so hard I snort
3. I dance like a fish.
i am sure if you asked my husband, brother or friends, they could come up with many more.
November 26th, 2008
1. I competed in, and sometimes won, math contests in high school.
2. As if No. 1 weren’t enough…my favorite channels on TV are Science Channel and PBS.
3. I balance my checkbook three different ways. Every week.
Annie Joness last blog post..Something for (Almost) Nothing: Soup Jar Soup
November 26th, 2008
“Nerd” is just a common term for intellectual quirks. It’s too bad that kids are being taught (from their peers) that being nerdy is undesirable.
Excuses aside, here are mine:
1. I love chess–I have more books about chess than any other subject.
2. When the setting is just right, I get in “the zone” and write programming for hours on end.
3. The books I read for pleasure are usually related to science/engineering (non-fiction, that is… I’m not a *sci-fi* nerd).
November 26th, 2008
3 nerdy things about me. Limiting it to three is the hard part.
1. My bikes. Working to get them just the way I want them. Sometimes this means going deliberately low tech(steel frames, leather saddles, etc).
2. Reading. Always working on at least one book(usually two) and a magazine.
3. While Michael Bolton isn’t for me, I still listen to John Denver. That’s pretty nerdy.
Got the joke right away(and liked it),I must really be a nerd.
What do you get if you cross a Bull Terrier and a Shi Tzu? Uh, never mind.
November 26th, 2008
Not only am I a nerd, I’m a librarian! The double whammy! Let’s see, three nerdy things…
1. I watch every Star Trek movie every time one comes on TV.
2. I love maps. The walls of my office are decorated with maps.
3. I still say “Far out!” when something exciting happens.
Hopeless, I am.
Alexs last blog post..Thanksgiving
November 26th, 2008
I have way too many nerdy quirks to just list only 3, but I’ll try:
1. I watch Princess Bride every time its on. That’s high up there on the nerd factor with Star Wars and Star Trek movies.
2. I love checklists of all kinds.
3. I have a whole bunch of little “emergency” kits. I keep the daily one in my purse, the “in the woods” one in a backpack, a car emergency one in the trunk of my car. I even have an emergency cocktail party kit that I’ll bring along to weekends away that has a cutting board, knife, cocktail picks, and the like.
November 26th, 2008
Haha! I’m loving this! Keep ‘em coming! And bring on the bad jokes.
November 26th, 2008
Hey, I was a nerd way before being a nerd was cool in a nerdy way! So I have lots of nerdy quirks, but let me see if I can list three primary ones:
1. I build my own desktop computers. I’ll buy prebuilt laptops but then I’ll have to customize them, at least by adding memory and installing open source software.
2. I’ve been a voracious SF/fantasy reader since I was a pre-teen.
3. I love doing crossword puzzles and Sudoku, especially the 16×16 version.
Julias last blog post..Old friends
November 26th, 2008
I can only list three nerdy things! Well, I’ll try.
1. I loved math in high school. Math homework was particularly fun.
2. My whole family watches the National Spelling Bee on TV.
3. I love Sudoku games. My favorite are on the computer, but I also like to play them on paper.
Fun thread!
Catherines last blog post..Tempt My Tummy Tuesday – November 25, 2008
November 26th, 2008
Signs of nerdness:
1. Advanced calculus in 6th grade
2. Wire wrapped 64k memory cards, 80 column cards and disk controller cards for Apple IIs
3. Got a Sinclair ZX-80 built from a kit to play Space Invaders
4. Have every episode of every Star Trek Series and all the movies
5. Have own Starfleet uniform with appropriate rank insignia and branch identification to be Fleet Engineer, with communicator pin, tricorder, data PADD and hand phaser.
6. Have own Clone Trooper outfit.
7. Repairs own motherboards.
8. Was shocked at how closely Eric Raymond had described me.
http://catb.org/jargon/html/appendixb.html
9. Many people say that English is only my 6th language (superceded by VBScript, JavaScript, VB.Net, C#, and C)
10. Helping a friend put together a killer S-100 system.
11. My life as a Software Systems Engineer, stretching back several years, and even more as a hobbyist.
November 26th, 2008
1. I know all the lyrics to all the songs in all the Muppet movies … not mention lines like “Light the lamp, not the rat”
2. I am a former COBOL progammer, and I actually like COBOL
3. my favourite comfort food is macaroni and cheese with ketchup … lots and lots of ketchup
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November 26th, 2008
1. I have a degree in Computer Science.
2. I have a degree in Computer Science.
3. I watch Star Trek, all generations.
4. I have done Ironman, twice.
I scare boys and full grown men when they discover these 4 points.
November 26th, 2008
1) I love my old van.
2) I compost everything.
3) I love thrift stores.
I don’t necessarily think these things are nerdy. But my kids do and that’s why I list them.
Vals last blog post..Deborah’s Baptism (Thanksgiving 38)
November 26th, 2008
I’m teaching my kids that nerdiness is cool.
1.) I was always a Math geek and now am in charge of the Math department for my school district.
2.) Love video games and all kinds of computer stuff.
3.) Love all the typical nerd movies – Lord of the Rings, Star Wars and many more.
I can tell from reading that others have me far beat, but I think its all great! I’d rather embrace my inner dork than hide who I am in order to be ‘cool’. Now if I can just brainwash my kids to believe this way, too…
November 26th, 2008
Too cute.
I’m a huge nerd too. I enjoy grammar and editing; I prefer reading health books to sitting in front of the tv, and in every single one of my classes at university I sit in the front row.
Isn’t it fun to be nerdy?
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November 26th, 2008
Sorry. I have many terrible character traits, but being a nerd is not one of them.
Thanks for the laugh and Happy Thanksgiving!
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November 26th, 2008
1. I watched the entire series of Babylon 5 (and bought the DVD’s of the first season)
2. I am a big Star Trek fan (though I’ve never been to a Star Trek convention, and never will be)
3. I have all of the Harry Potter movies on DVD, as well as the Lord of the Rings
Marelisas last blog post..55 Things To be Grateful For
November 26th, 2008
OH, I think I’m a big nerd as well (But not as big of one as Mr Chiot’s).
1. I love to read, always have, always will (I read many many books a week), and not cool books either, no steamy novels for me – boring educational stuff or financial stuff or gardening stuff.
2. I’m a money tracking nerd, I could tell you exactly how much money I’ve spent on cat litter each year for the past 10 years (or I could average it out for you, or calculate the percentage of increase each year). And this doesn’t just apply to cat litter (I do it for everything!!!).
3. I frakking love Battlestar Gallactica!
Susys last blog post..OOOOOOO, Opossum
November 26th, 2008
1. i love plaid!
2. i love writing letters!
3. i take notes on everything i read; i can’t think without a pen in my hand. (i’ve been in grad school for too long.) ‘everything’ includes the newspaper.
neimanmarxists last blog post..Pretty, Fancy.
November 26th, 2008
If there were a Nerd Olympics, I’d be getting my ass kicked right now! It’s becoming clear that I’m not even nerdy in a cool way. I’m just lame. Now if you’ll excuse, I’ll go console myself with a round of “Said I Loved You But I Lied.”
November 26th, 2008
I love your blog. Cracking me up!
I am a nerd too. I have gotten very geeked up about my chargepod. Has anyone heard of this thing? Google it…it’s amazing. It can charge up to 6 things at once while using only one plug and it looks awesome…like an alien device. ha! I love my gadgets and my finance stuff…sound like a geek, don’t I?
Check out my geeky blog if you want to: http://beefupyourpiggy.blogspot.com ha ha! All geekdom there…
Beef Up Your Piggys last blog post..Routine Saves Time & Money
November 26th, 2008
OK here goes.
1. I’m a serious Trekky.
2. I enjoy Willy Nelson (ouch)
3. I think the Jackson 5 rocks (did I just put that in writing?)
The truth hurts…
Adam
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November 26th, 2008
Hey, I love Willie Nelson! Funny How Time Slips Away is just so cool, and My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys always makes me pause. Plus, the man smoked a joint on the White House roof–that’s gotta earn some kind of non-nerd points!
November 27th, 2008
Hi Sara. I can’t think of anything nerdy about myself. Nothing stands out. I’m old fashioned, but that’s not nerdy. I loved the joke. I had to think about it though before exploding into laughter.
Davinas last blog post..Small Steps To Empower Your Attitude
November 27th, 2008
Ok, here goes…
1. I thought an SEO t-shirt with the message “Your only backlinks are from your mom’s myspace account” was pretty funny!
2. I like Billy Joel (did I just say that “outloud”?)
3. Sometimes when I see a magazine or newspaper layout I don’t like, I think to myself, “hmm – how about DIV style=”text-align: center” (oh the shame!)
(unofficial number 4 – I’m a massive, massive “Amazing Race” fan!!! woo!)
Rosss last blog post..So you’ve heard it all before? Part 1: Gratitude
November 27th, 2008
OK after reading several of these post I’m not so nerdy as I thought. I think, and I could be wrong, the new “nerd” word is actually geek. I have a friend that gets the magazine Geek. Yes, their is a magazine called Geek and is bought and read by programmer types(I think).
So, I’m a nerd, or a geek, because:
1. I love listening to talk radio.
2. I record cooking shows on the Food Network.
3. I read this blog
JP
November 27th, 2008
It’s only been in the past few years I have owned my nerdiness. I don’t think it’s something to be embarrassed about though – I’m an out and proud nerd! (Every online profile I have says so.)
Nerdy facts –
1. I absolutely love the music to the Big River musical and sing it in the bath with gusto (I live alone).
2. I get excited about the Target puzzle in the weekend papers (it’s a grid with nine letters and you have to make as many words as possible, all of them including the middle letter and there’s one word that uses all nine letters).
3. I have a list of favourite words…which I have committed to the interwebs at http://www.listography.com.
I could go on….
November 27th, 2008
I met Michael Bolton in an elevator once. He is Absolutely Wonderful in every way that our 2 minutes together could reveal.
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November 27th, 2008
Oh three things…
1. I love the feel of new socks on my feet.
2. I love gardening books.
3. I love Michael Bolton in elevators.
Jannies last blog post..Thankful Unveiling
November 28th, 2008
Ha! That Muppet video was awesome. Thank you for that.
Hmmm… dorkiness, nerdiness, ok here we go:
1. I am a HUGE fan of professional Korean Starcraft (computer game). I watch English commentaries of the tournaments everyday. They make me happy.
2. Back to the Future and Princess Bride helped shape who I am today.
3. I was the spelling bee geek in middle and high school. Don’t yell at me if I misspelled a word in this comment. I probably did.
Sara, your new theme is killer. I am so jello of it. I am glad you finally went through with it and took the plunge.
Happy Thanksgiving.
- Jack Rugile
Simple Sapien
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November 28th, 2008
I think I’ve become more and more geeky, now that I’m addicted to blogging. All I can think about are websites and blog commenting….LOL!!
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November 28th, 2008
Perhaps there is a regional difference, but I think I would label myself as a geek and not a nerd. Geek evokes images of the smart kid with eclectic interests. Nerd makes me think of a complete lack of social skills.
Regardless, I think it is becoming more and more acceptable for kids now to be geeks/nerds. Just look at the comments to this post. All these people excited about sharing our collective dorkiness!
November 28th, 2008
Jannie: So, so, so insanely jealous!!
And on the nerd/geek differential, I can testify to that. I have a friend who self-identifies as a geek, but is completely offended if he’s called a nerd. For me, I’m fine with either label; it’s not going to change what I like, however uncool it may be.
November 28th, 2008
1. I know pi to 15 places past the decimal point, and my son knows it to 30.
2. I wear sneakers and bobby socks with my shorts.
3. I work at a high school and a) know more about computers than my students; and b) haven’t a clue what they’re writing when they write strange things on the white board (but I have my suspicions!)
November 29th, 2008
Hi Sara,
I gotta admit I am a sucker for princess bride. In fact I am a movie geek and constantly quote movies.
And Jack, I used to be such a starcraft addict. I crushed everyone at the special game evolves.
Cheers,
Jeremy
Jeremy Days last blog post..Guest Writing Galore
November 29th, 2008
oh I am with Neiman – I love plaid too!! I refuse to believe plaid pants are dorky.
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November 29th, 2008
1. I always read the instruction manual.
2. I’m 58 years old but have a photographic memory where numbers are concerned. I may not remember your name but tell me your phone number and it sticks in my brain like forever.
3. Crossword or sudoku could be my middle name.
November 30th, 2008
1) Libraries are my favorite places. People know their local video store like I know the inside of a library. It’s one of the top stops {used bookstores are a close 2nd] to visit when I am on vacation in a new place.
2) I say words like “banana!” or even “darn it!” instead of the more standard expletives that we all know so well. The word “nerd” is also used as a term of endearment by me.
3) I sit in the front row in classes, workshops, lectures, anywhere possible. This is partially because, even with glasses or contacts, I can never see quite well enough. But it is also because I love to learn and being physically close to the person presenting the learning absolutely thrills me.
Elizabeth M. Johnsons last blog post..Aggresssion in girls
November 30th, 2008
First off, that Muppet Clip made my day.
Speaking of Muppets, I was a nerdy kid because I liked Bert more than Ernie. Bert was serious and Ernie was such a goof off!
December 1st, 2008
Hehe, my husband is much more of a nerd, but I definitely have my nerd side.
(Let’s see who’s the first who can name that line)
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– I love to use the come-back line “I don’t know… I can imagine quite a bit”
– I will watch the original Star Wars any time they’re on TV
– I LOVE the Discovery Channel (Mythbusters, Time Warp, Dirty Jobs, How It’s Made… the list goes on
December 2nd, 2008
Ha, I just wrote a post about my nerd offset credits. Glad to see others embracing their inner dorks. <3
1) I took a class on Lord of the Rings and the prof deferred to me on a question of the Elvish language.
2) My blog is the fusion of my obsessions with WoW and knitting.
3) I made a spreadsheet to balance out (offset) my nerdiest things with slightly less nerdy things. The nerdy won, and my inner dork is once more embraced.
Yay, fellow nerdlings!
Nims last blog post..Nerd offset credits
December 4th, 2008
My g/f totally says I’m a nerd!!!
In college I used to color code my notes (red pen, blue pen, black pen, yellow hi-lighter and red hi-lighter). Oh, oh…and I had post its too! This is where I stop because the rest is just to painful to tell
PS> I’m diggin’ the new site design Sara
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