I am a nerd and I love it.

It's taken me a while in my life to figure out that I am a nerd.  I knew it in HS and in college then I tried to become "cool" but I could never pull it off.  I stayed in denial about being a nerd for about 8-9 years.  The last few years have changed me to understand that being a nerd is great.  I have so many random facts and a great memory for such unimportant items.  It makes me sad that I didn't accept this fact earlier. 

Here are some reasons for why I am a nerd.

- I have the nerdiest text notifications - Bazinga!, Chewbacca's roar, a Star Wars lightsaber opening up, the Old Spice whistle, Mr. T's "I pity the fool" and Fozzie the Bear's "Waka Waka", Willy Wonka's Oompa Loompa song...okay, they are just lame and nerdy.

- I study Wikipedia like it's nobody's business.  Random link after random link for the next nugget of information.

- I love history and learning new information about it - I like to know who ruled what and when and where.  I like to learn the most obscure facts.

- I am developing a snort to go with my laugh...I have no clue that I had it but it's showing up.

- I love trivia and I love answering questions.  It's the only thing I know I'm really really good at.

- I dress in a kinda nerdy trendy way (minus the pocket protector).

- I love sports but I like to know stats like WHIP, +/- for NBA & NHL, HBPs (for some weird reason), Net Punt Averages, MPHs for any type of racing, points scenarios for all leagues, 4-4-2, 4-3-2-1 or 4-4-1-1 formations.

- I make spreadsheets and enjoying doing that from time to time for things like my budget and test score averages at school.  Then I'll make a statistical analysis....

- I like movies too but I'll look at IMDB for actors and actresses just to see who they might have acted with in the past and looking at biographies...Wikipedia works well for that too.

- I used to collect comic books.  I still have a couple hundred of them.  My favorite group is the Thunderbolts...not X-Men, not Avengers, not Justice League.  I just like the underdog and a good story better.

- I love Transformers and G.I.Joe growing up.  I collected figures and I still have quite a few Transformer figures.  I still many of the characters and their background stories.

It may never get me a girlfriend, but I accept and embrace that I am a nerd.  If you'd like to share any nerdy tendencies I have, please do.  I won't be offended.  I know who I am and I'm more than okay with it.

-CP