I was commissioned to do a “Bri’s World” video about nationals, but I think it’s probably safer to just leave it be. It is what it is, let’s move on. (I was one rank away from breaking to semi-finals and Joe has a picture of shirtless Captain Apollo from BSG as his phone’s background)
This blog is basically a realization blog about how nerdy I’ve actually gotten. Like, when I was younger, I was pretty nerdy. I made up algebra problems to solve for fun. I went to see The Phantom Menace like four times in theater. My only hairstyle was pigtails and stupid bangs.
But since then, I’ve started to distance myself from those days. In the past seven years, I’ve managed to build myself from scratch into someone who, at first glance, isn’t all that nerdy (unless you catch me at Borders at 10am scratching my head and typing furiously). I wear makeup that doesn’t make me look like an emo raccoon, I wear clothes that flatter what’s left to flatter about this body, I wear contacts, my hair doesn’t look nearly as stupid, and I’ve gotten really good at pretending to care about things of a non-nerdy persuasion.
This summer, however, I have seen a return of the nerd to fierce that I’m a little bit afraid. Examples:
*Craig and I went to Wal-Mart on Friday and I bought two posters: How to Train your Dragon and Star Wars.
*I have the Doctor’s sonic screwdriver next to my bed
*The majority of my teeshirts have some sort of nerdy graphic or saying on them
*I’m obsessed with Battlestar Galactica
*I’m planning an original Star Wars marathon because it’s been much too long
*I’m actually getting kind of good at Super Smash Bros
*I have a Transformers calendar
*I got really excited that I don’t have to buy dayplanners anymore because of my iPhone’s iCal
My college roommate had better be nerdy or tolerant, otherwise it’s gonna be a long year.
Speaking of which, THIS IS THE LONGEST SUMMER EVER IT NEEDS TO COME TO AN END NOW.
