Dec 31, 2005

On Gamespot today, someone posted a forum question asking “What makes you a nerd?”.

A full-on battle of the geeks ensued, and here was my entry:

Hmm.. How much space you got here?

If it has an “ON” switch, I own it and have probably taken it apart to find out how it works.

I collect DVDs, video games, own 2 lightsabers and at least 4 die cast mechas over 15 inches tall.

I, more often than not, am tanning by the light of dual monitors, basking in the heat of the 5 computers in my home office.

With the exception of the laptop, I built all the above rigs.

I have 3 digital and 2 film cameras, a webcam and at least 3 PC headsets. I have 4 different pairs of headphones that are selected for the situation I’m going to use them for and a CLOSET full of joysticks, game pads and funked up sundry controllers.

My cellphone has more features than most people’s PC – and, I actually use them…

Must I go on?

I spent more time researching home theater equipment than most people spend looking for a house, and I’m still not happy with the outcome.

I spent a month of my life in college proving that 1 was indeed, 1. I can do multivariable calculus, but I can’t multiply.

In a game like Balderdash, I can fool 3 out of 4 people, 3 out of 4 times.

I wear a watch with C3P0 and R2D2 on it.

I can program in several different languages and have been making websites since the dawn of the graphical browser.

I’ve seen every episode of Star Trek The Original Series, The Next Generation and Enterprise. For Christmas and my birthday, I just received the entire Deep Space 9 series on DVD, so that will soon follow. I’ve seen every episode of Farscape and Smallville. I own all three LOTR movies in both theatrical and extended versions. I can name most of major planets in the Star Wars Universe and tell you what races, etc. live there.

I invented “noise cancelling” technology in my 7th grade science class, but my teacher told me it was impossible. DARNIT! Bastard probably works at Sennheiser now!

I’ve spent 30 minutes on this silly question, just to be thorough.

Oh crap! I really am a nerd!