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Despite being a Pretty Hot Nerd (tm), there are several points on which I fall short of being the ultimate Nerd God/dess. I don't know as much about comics and graphic novels as I should (despite being obsessive about those I am up on), I don't find thunderstorms even remotely sexy (quite frankly, they make me want to hide under the bed and considering how many stories I have that go "and then lightening struck the ground about 20' from where I was standing and knocked me off my feet" I think I'm entitled), and I don't have the Monty Python receptor site. I get why it's mildly amusing, but beyond that, and the whole quoting thing? Nope, don't get it.

That said, coming home on the bus tonight were two music college students who after discussing what is really the most played piece of music ever ("Minuet in G!" "Which minuet in G?" "Minuet in G!") started going through that business about the unladen swallow or whatever it is. But they were so charming and emeshed with each other that I couldn't help but think it sweet as opposed to the nerdly equivalent of sandpaper. When we got to the last stop on the bus the stupid driver wouldn't open the back door, and we all hollered for it at the same time, "back door!" -- and then they went right back to their little skit. For half a second, I was part of their little world, and I might have maybe even understood it, just a tad. I sure did smile anyway.

Meanwhile, bought lots of raw food because the good stuff is amazing and really good for the celiac situation. I've got these chewy raw cookies that are lemon, coconut, honey and cashews and taste like nothing I've ever had. Good texture too. Fucking should. Raw food stuff is obscenely expensive.

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I think that many of the things you mentined that make you ' not nerd ' are really stereotypes. Consider that I am a computer nerd, but I don't wear a pocket protector, tape on my glasses, or live in my moms basement. Also the comic books / graphic novels ( with the exception of Sandman ) are written by friends, and Monty Python sticks with me becasue it was my first exposure to another culture at a young age when all the world was curious and new - the way some young boys are drawn to cowbows, spacemen, and so on.

Saying that a nerd must love comic books and Monty Python to me is like saying a gay person must wear a rainbow power T-shirt, or a hippie must wear all hemp clothing.

I thnk what does make you a nerd god/dess is your ability to absorb and successfully use technology instead of dismissing it or becoming a victim of it. As a duly noted reprensenative of the male geeks/nerds out there , our population could use more women like you.