Coming out......
You guys, I think I might be.......a nerd. I really have tried to fight it and have never wanted to fully call myself a nerd, but it is becoming more and more apparent that that is, in fact, what I am! I have been denying it for so long now, trying to convince myself that it was just a phase.....I think everyone else knows it already, but I have been trying to fake cool anyway. I'm sure they would all be supportive and treat me the same if I told them, I just can't seem to just let myself get over trying and wanting to be cool. I feel so akward when hanging around with the "in" crowd and have felt for a long time that I really don't belong there...... I guess I was meant to be this way though, so I should just stop fighting it. I actually feel pretty sad about this realization, but now that I have admitted it to myself, I can finally start trying to accept it!
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NERD PRIDE
Accepting yourself is the first step, well done! Being a nerd isn't wrong so don't be afraid to be proud of who you are. Thanks to Seth Cohen, being nerdy is almost cool. I said almost. Some believe all humans are nerdy to an extent, no one can really be 100% cool.
Don't worry--I'm like...on the verge of being a geek
I thoroughly enjoy reading manga and watching anime. And I would say I'm a bit..obsessed with it.
But the way I turn my almost-geekiness into being cool, is by having a really good sense of style. I tie shoelaces into my hair, have half pulled to one side and gel the rest around and into my face, I wear aviators, jeans + band shirts is always a winning combination, and the best accessories are ties and suspenders.
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We don't have to be stars exploding in the night
Or electric eels under the covers
We don't have to be
Anything quite so unreal
Lets just be lovers
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I'm SO a geek
I mean, I love math, I spaz out during math class. I read Shakespeare and am one of the only person who actually cares about getting their science project done. I spend all day doing geeky things on the computer, I read megatokyo, I'm into anime... and my favorite kind of article of clothing is scarves.
And I'm fucking PROUD! =D
Be yourself. Because if you're busy being someone else, then who's gonna be you?
Even 'cool' people got some
Even 'cool' people got some nerd in them. They either let it out, hide it, or just don't talk about it to the people around them cuz' they won't relate. So you either have to bring out the nerd from the people around you, or go out of your way and meet other nerds!, some of them are pretty cool! For me it was backwards, kinda. I went from cool kid, to quiet nerd, started talking again and became known as a 'cool nerd'?/the average schmuck with a few nerdy characteristics. It;s like coming out of the closet!... but not lol. Anywho it's quite satisfying now cuz' I like being able to talk to and relate with a variety of crowds :)
"What they don't know can't hurt them
but it sure as hell can hurt me"
I look into your eyes and
I look into your eyes
and see that your colors changing
I wish that I could change with you
and when you said forever did you mean it to be true?
or was it another tale from you?
I think nerds are cute personally. Being cool isn't everything anyways. You can have so much more fun being yourself then constantly trying to fake who you are to "friends". Real friends accept you for who you are. I wonder if you can make a nerd pride bracelet...
nothing wrong with that!
nothing wrong with that! nerds are more interesting! i am probably a bigger nerd than you...i never recognize any famous singer/actor, but i read my ap biology book and scientific america for fun...that is when i'm not playing soccer. anyways, everyone has "uncool" things about them, but comeone, "cool" is subjective, or to be cheesy, i could say, "'cool' is in the eye of the beholder"
I prefer the less socially
I prefer the less socially crippling term "geek" myself. Oh yeah, I'm a total geek. Hell before I was a writer I was a computer technician. How much geekier can you get?
I have to say though, there is nothing geeky about my book. It is totally and completely cool. You all should totally order one, even you nerds. Just click on my signature below, and don't forget to save 15% by using the secret coupon code oasis when you check out. Okay I'm sorry, but I'm a struggling writer trying to build a fan base. I have to plug the book once in awhile.
- Pat Nelson Childs
"bringing strong gay
characters to Sci-Fi & Fantasy"
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Lol that post was so funny!nerd is the new 'cool' apparently.
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent-Eleanor Roosevelt