Spin-off: What's the "nerdiest" thing about you?
 

(Inspired by Marissa's foreign film thread)
I never took a relative to the prom or anything, so I'd have to say it's that I am perfectly happy & sometimes enthralled watching any number of PBS historical documentaries.
:cool: (Picture this smilie with white tape over the nose bridge.)

- Jake

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If there's European History on TV, i'm there. If there's a French film on TV or if it's just been released in theaters(especially if Catherine Deneuve is in it), i'm there. I like Fleetwood Mac. I'm I've been known to screw my friends over and sit home listening to Fleetwood Mac and watching documentaries and French films (they yell at me). Unlike most my age, I don't like to party. In high school I was on the bowling team, in choir, and I was in the culture club (not the band, Jake, because I know you'll go there..lol). I may not look like your typical nerd, but for those reasons and more, I am :D :nod:

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Margate Margate Margate Margate Margate chameleon...
You come and go...you come and go...
Seagulls would be flying if the shorelines could just stay clean
Todd Whitman clean...Todd Whitman clean

I did debate for a year in high school. Jason, were you the one who recently posted that you did, too?

- Jake

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We need a smiley that shakes it's head instead of nods. I saw that one coming from a mile away. I think you can add King of Song Parodies to your nerd profile :nod:

We didn't have a debate team but had there been one, I most likely would have been on it.

I don't really think all of these things are dorky, but my friends certainly think so *sigh*.

I like Fleetwood Mac, U2, Blondie, Heart, The Police, The Rolling Stones, Ozzy Osbourne, Jefferson Airplane, etc. And most people my age have not even heard of them. I'm extremely into audio-visual stuff. I wear a lot of vintage (or vintage-looking) clothing, and it's all black. I like dying my hair different colors. I wear mis-matched earrings. I have a huge Garfield collection. I only watch Bands Reunited, What Not to Wear, and old TV shows like Roseanne, Cheers, Get Smart, The Drew Carey Show, etc. I have more records and CDs than my parents do. I like English, Literature and Art more than most of the kids I know. I could go on and on and on... lol.

I was the same way. Nothing wrong with that at all though :wavey:

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What the heck is :distress: ?

- Jake

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That would be a box with an X in it...it never works :laugh:

Wow. If that's an old show, I'm feeling like an old nerd.:(

- Jake

1. i watch The Bold & The Beautiful. generally i'm not a soaps viewer, prior to this, i only followed Dallas and Dynasty back in the 1980's.
it started in 1996, when i was working with 3 girls who were all addicts and were discussing the series all the time, so when i saw it on tv, it was really easy to sink in coz i had the contexts already, so depending on my schedules over the years, i've been following it ever since, sometimes i'd catch an episode per week, but if my schedule allowes me, my motivation would be to watch the whole 6 episodes.
as embarresing as it may be, watching series that my grandma watches as well can be great, i try visiting her when it's on, so i can watch it with her and i don't have to communicate with the old bag other then on commercials breaks.

2. i bouget them many years ago, and i don't expect to ever listen to them again, but i still have them. michael bolton's first 6 albums. :eek:

OK!! Everybody raise their right hand and swear they won't laugh....Got 'em up??....OK....the 'nerdiest' thing about me is....I am a closet "Diamondhead"....Yes....I confess...I like Neil Diamond...I think he's one of the most prolific and amazing songwriters ever.:nod:

Well, actually let me clarify. I'm talking pre-Jazz Singer. Songs like Brooklyn Roads...Brother Love's Travelin' Salvation Show...Shilo...Girl, You'll Be A Woman Soon...Stones...all the great classics...Very cool stuff if you give it a listen :cool:

Uh. . . I like Neil Diamond too. And I even like the Jazz Singer error. How can you beat "Hello Again?"

And I may possibly somewhere have a Barry Manilow CD or two. (Pre-Copacabana days) Hey, he was a big star when I was in grade school! He sang tender ballads. And I didn't know what gay was back then.

There may be an ABBA record or two in my collection.

And possibly John Denver.

Not that I would ever admit any of this.

I was your basic smart-girl geek in school. I didn't even go to my proms!

Dual major in English & Political Science.

Not only do I watch PBS, I even worked for them for awhile!

I can name every single of Elizabeth Taylor's husbands--in order.

I can program my VCR.

I can hook-up any computer and all the little accessories.

I never got over Jane Eyre or Wuthering Heights.

I'm fascinated by documentaries.

I read a lot of biographies--last one read was about the 6 wives of Henry VIII.

Wow--I really am a closet geek.

Hehe. A couple? I have all of their remastered CDs, the live album, and abba gold & more abba gold.

The geekiest thing about me is probably my love of older music. It's also one of my favorite things about me so it's all good.

I also know lyrics to a lot of older music. Last night I was singing 'Let's Stay Together' with my youth pastor. So funny.

I can name roughly 77 US Senators...most of them along with their state. If I'm bored, I'll make my friends name a state and I'll tell them the Senators.

Gosh...I'm always thinking what a dork I am...haha...but lets see...

I work for an NPR affiliate...but around here that's considered really cool :D hehehe...unless you're 12 in which case working for the local crap station (which I used to do) is cooler...

I LOVE Little House on the Prairie and have three of the seasons on DVD..and will be getting the fourth on the day it comes out!!!

I still have a blankie :)

I still have my old bear bear

I have memorized Steel Magnolias, Smoky Mountain Christmas abd Wizard of Oz

don't be embarrassed about not having their entire discography like us, the respectable people.

Great thread!
 

Nerds unite!! LOL

I loved English and Science when I was in school.

I like '80s country music...like Ronnie Milsap, Dolly's stuff, George Strait, Alabama, etc..

I don't party, I stay home and watch TV...like last night, I came across a movie with Timothy Dalton (YUM!!), Peter O'Toole and Kate Hepburn in it...and stayed up until 1AM to watch it. LOL I think it was Lion in Winter or something.

I collect keychains. :nod:

I never went to a football game in high school, but I did root for them at the pep rallys. :rolleyes: LOL

I didn't go to prom either, but I did go to the Save Our Seniors gambling night thing after prom.

Well, whenever I have to go to the bathroom, I always run the water in the sink. :laugh: Even in public restrooms (that are only used in dire situations).

Ummm...You're supposed to use the TOILET, dissention.:) :wavey:
No wonder I haven't had you over yet.

- Jake

Me too!
 

Yep, I love Little House too, SMC and WOZ. :nod: Those darn Little House eps that make you cry, dangit. :mad: LOL!!

:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

You know what I mean!!

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Seriously!! haha..The other day I saw the two parter where the three kids (who later get adopted by Mr. Edwards and Grace Snyder) mother dies...and Pa has to find a home for them lol...I cried and cried...then was laughing at myself for crying at the end...that damn show...it's a tear jerker...

here's another...

After watching Little House so much lately I've decided Pa is the ideal man...! haha

Okay, but I don't want to hear that you'll only use fine linen table napkins to wipe yourself afterwards (oh, I meant after eating).:laugh: :laugh: :eek:

- Jake

He so is!!
 

Yep. He's a real man who can do things and he gives good advice, he's loving and caring, easy on the eyes ( ;) ) and smart!

I miss Michael Landon. :(

I have a lot of qualities of essential "nerdiness", so I'll make it short:

I know how computers work, and how to run programs

I collect both CDs and records of older music

My favorite year of music is 1982... :D

Someone can name off a band/musician and I could name them either what Top Ten hit they had, or some stupid fact about them

I'm still good at Algebra :eek:, History, Art, Literature, and English

I've never been to my prom (that's okay, my parents told me theirs sucked anyway)

I still love stuffed animals and animation

I still draw cartoons

I get excited if there's a program about painters on PBS

I looooveee old movies

And...

At one point, I could (and sadly I still can) can do the entire movie "Twister", line by line...

Edit: Even though I had the CD, I listened to Mirage with my old record player, in its entirety. It may not be geeky, I just found that weird...

Well, tough tacos. I demand 700 count napkins, thankyouverymuch. And no embroidery, either!

I have some Kenny G and Journey CDs :laugh:

I've always been an "English geek"

I love the "classic Hollywood stars" and think Paul Newman in his prime was hotter than any celebrity today
:nod:

I love Star Wars, Harry Potter, and school.

:D

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:laugh: I never went to the prom either but I did go to one football game. I hated it. :rolleyes:

I'm obsessed with Star Wars, love researching the history of junkfood, I wacth cartoons like a 2nd grader (and its not the cute Spongebob and Winnie the Pooh. Its ALL of them. its getting a bit out of hand...) I'm 14 years old and a coffee adict, and I live on this message board

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How's a box with an X supposed to work?

- Jake

Ok here's me. I'm a freshman in high school

-Love PBS, volunteer as a "standing-by-the-phone-to-take-your-donations-person"
-I on the Debate Team and do Mock Trial
-I watch the History Channel all the time
-My favorite subjects are History and English
-Sometimes I watch the Senate on C-Span for fun :confused:
-I try to translate movies on the Spanish channel for fun
-I've read the Lord of the Rings trilogy twice
-I know every line of the old Star Wars trilogy and the names of the obscure random Imperial generals that nobody cares about (lol SiriRuane)
-I listen to music my mom listened to in high school

Lots of other stuff, now I feel geekier than I thought I was! :D

Shamus:)

Touching. Anybody else starting to well up?

- Jake

Ten years ago I dated a huge Diamond & Manilow fan.
We didn't make it. I'm a Steviehead, so this kind of inter-nerdal relationship had no chance.

- Jake

Which one? I've read several. (This is called nerd interfacing.)

- Jake

Ever see the That Seventies Show sene where the mom & the youth pastor are singing Jesus is just alright with me...:laugh:

- Jake

Now I'm thinking of the peanut guy in Best in Show.:laugh:

- Jake

How bad are you? Please say you don't yell at the screen every time Nelly gets her way.

- Jake

The only soap operas that ever held interest in, are the spanish ones. Whenever they're opn I'll stop. :laugh:

I've actually read two in the past few months: One by Allison Weir and the other by David Starkey. Did you see the PBS series based on David Starkey's book? It was excellent-he narrated. Very cool.