nerds nerds nerds!
WOO! Four-day weekend ahoy! Ba-zing! I wish there was more relaxing on the docket, but there's some, anyway. And I slept extremely well last night, even after drinking a bottle of wine over at nesthead's. We got tipsy, ate very fresh Girl Scout Cookies, and played Talisman. It was just like the old days, except with an eight-year-old daughter who totally kicked all our butts and won the game. (Team Eleanor! Or am I Team William? I don't know... I'm in love with both kids. Whatevs.)
Today I am going to walk around a whole bunch, then watch a ton of Alias, watch MEMENTO, and start writing Stars Fall. Within a few weeks, I should hopefully have some content and a structure, and then I'll decide whether or not I want to preview it online, and how public that should be. (Your suggestions and comments on this matter welcome.)
I mostly wanted to post to provide a link to a great piece called "Why Nerds Are Unpopular". It's very well thought-out and funny (and recognizable), and explains quite a bit about why I am the way I am, and helped me to think about what happened when I went from friendless geek loser to the beloved social gadabout that you see today. (Hint: it took some study, a little work, some alcohol, and Paxil - but more than anything, it was going to a college where there were almost no people who WEREN'T nerds. Oh sure, social hierarchies still asserted themselves; anybody who went to Reed between 1987 and 1997 knows about the reign of the Coolies. I remember thinking that such a thing was extremely strange, but I knew I didn't fit into anything even at Reed. I have never fit in anywhere with anything I've ever done. I'm just used to it now, and it's okay - it means that I have much, much greater flexibility and choice than most people. It's a tradeoff I am willing to accept.)
Today I am going to walk around a whole bunch, then watch a ton of Alias, watch MEMENTO, and start writing Stars Fall. Within a few weeks, I should hopefully have some content and a structure, and then I'll decide whether or not I want to preview it online, and how public that should be. (Your suggestions and comments on this matter welcome.)
I mostly wanted to post to provide a link to a great piece called "Why Nerds Are Unpopular". It's very well thought-out and funny (and recognizable), and explains quite a bit about why I am the way I am, and helped me to think about what happened when I went from friendless geek loser to the beloved social gadabout that you see today. (Hint: it took some study, a little work, some alcohol, and Paxil - but more than anything, it was going to a college where there were almost no people who WEREN'T nerds. Oh sure, social hierarchies still asserted themselves; anybody who went to Reed between 1987 and 1997 knows about the reign of the Coolies. I remember thinking that such a thing was extremely strange, but I knew I didn't fit into anything even at Reed. I have never fit in anywhere with anything I've ever done. I'm just used to it now, and it's okay - it means that I have much, much greater flexibility and choice than most people. It's a tradeoff I am willing to accept.)