Nerdiness Points

So apparently there's some internet rule about blogging everything in April... Well, I guess I already failed that, but I suppose I could try starting now (though I can't promise all the posts to have much substance since my life is incredibly dull at the moment).

Anyway, I believe I left myself some topics in my last post, so I'll at least have something to write about for next couple of days.

I recall proclaiming myself to be a nerd in my last post, so I suppose I should support my claim with facts... Well that, and I just feel like talking about how much of a nerd I am (and besides, it might help explain some things about me).

1. I love, love, LOVE reading for fun. Now, this in itself is not so much nerdy as it is bookworm-y, but don't be too quick to pass judgment; I recently spent over an hour standing in the Barnes and Nobles Classics section of the bookstore debating on whether I should purchase Jane Eyre or Wuthering Heights. Basically, not only to I love to read outside of my school required reading, but I enjoy reading the types of books (classics) that other schools require their students to read. That is both bookworm-y AND nerdy.

2. I play videogames. Not quite a religiously as some, and I'm not amazingly good at them, but I still find them very enjoyable. The games that I play most often are COD5 (well I supposed that I play Black Ops more now...), Super Smash Bros Brawl and Melee (Melee is my favorite), The Phoenix Wright games, and Pokémon (currently playing Black).

Now, I will say that while I play all these games, they are not my life and I'm not that great at them, so that sort of counts against me in nerdiness points. Regardless, how many girls at your school openly admit to owning and playing Pokémon games?

3. I'm pretty sure you've already guessed this, but I am a major grammar-spelling- syntax-perfectionist. Whenever I read something that my friends write, whether it be on Facebook or in a note, I unconsciously edit it for mistakes (it's quite sad). I've gotten better about keeping these edits in my head instead of voicing them constantly, but I still let one slip on occasion.

4. I am obsessed with Harry Potter. The books, the movies, (but mainly the books)— I can't get enough. I've read the Harry Potter books thirty-some times. (This estimate is based on the amount of times I have read any of the books, not the series as a whole.) I quote the books in casual conversation, and I am able to sit down quote the movies seconds before the actors, creating an echo affect. It's also a very well-known fact to both friends and teachers that I would love to marry Ron Weasley.

5. I watch "The Big Bang Theory". I think that being friends with Sheldon would be really cool. And all of the sciency things that they talk about intrigue me. (Points against me would be that I don't really understand anything that they talk about, but it is interesting!)

6. I find grammar jokes to be highly amusing.

7. I am obsessed with AVPM/AVPS and Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog; two internet musical sensations. (I also know the words to all the songs.)

Well...there's an abridged list of reasons why I am a nerd. I'm sure many of you can find various things to laugh at me about, so feel free— I live to amuse.

The Great Harry Potter Miscalculation

I was organizing my locker afterschool last week, something I do many days afterschool (yet another aspect of my OCPD), and I found a list that I had written last year. It was all the books that I had read last year, or at least all of the books that I had remembered. The first seven titles were the Harry Potter books. The first four actually had "(read this twice)" written next to them.

At first, this filled me with pride because it meant that I had read eleven Harry Potter books last year, nothing record-breaking, but considering that I had read a great deal of other books as well it was a pretty decent accomplishment. Then I became a little upset because I had realized something- I had been underestimating the total number of times I had read a Harry Potter book. I had been saying that I'd read them somewhere in the late teens, early twenties range, but after seeing that I had read them eleven times last year alone, I realized that I had actually read them about thirty plus times. A much more impressive, albeit nerdy, number.

And as nerdy as getting upset about such a little thing is, I am slowly becoming okay with the fact that I am a major nerd. I have come to the conclusion that as much as I have, somewhat unsuccessfully, tried to repress it, nerdiness will forever be a part of who I am, and I'm proud of that. Well, I'm proud of that when I'm around other nerdy people, or alone. I'm still working on being okay with it when people are judging me for it. Someday...

Anyway, this realization had inspired a few blog post topics (different types of nerd/the difference between a nerd and a geek, more Harry Potter stuff, and probably one about my nerdiness in general), so look forward to those whenever I find another time to write.

Until that time comes, try to embrace who you are.