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Every day I have the great pleasure of judging meeting people. Just the other day I was at Changing Hands Book Shoppe checking out some Magic cards when in walked a group of the dorkiest guys I’ve ever seen. They fit almost every stereotype for nerds you can think of: well-spoken and bright, long hair, glasses, strange, unkempt facial hair, t-shirts tucked into shorts, 2-liter bottles of soda in hand. They started talking about wizards and goblins. It was pretty funny.
As I enjoyed the irony, I was suddenly struck with an unsettling thought: am I a nerd? I mean, there I was in a used book store picking up supplies for my next fantasy gaming session. I’ve always thought of myself as a kickass bastard, but the more I considered it the more worried I became. Eventually I sat down and compiled a list.
NERD QUALITIES
- The fact that I’m making a list about this in the first place
- Fantasy gamer
- Susceptible to motion sickness
- English major and all it entails
- Skinny
COOL QUALITIES
- Awesome hair
- Great dresser
- Not a lot of complaints from the ladies
- Tinted windows on my car
- Strong anti-mathematical stance
Well, crap. It’s a tie, and even I have to admit that some of those cool qualities are pretty weak. I guess this means that I’m a nerd. I might be the only one who is surprised.
I’m totally shocked.