I dunno... I think there's different types of nerds. I fall asleep whenever Star Trek is on, I don't believe in the Matrix, I absolutely
hate Lord of the Rings, and I'm not too big on Star Wars, either (I enjoyed them, but I'm far from fanatical and I have a hard time remembering characters). Unlike most, I was impervious to the addictive powers of
World of Warcraft, finding it rather boring and monotonous after a pretty short period of time. I never played with
Magic cards, RPG games bore me to tears, and I've never played
Dungeons and Dragons. I'm somewhat athletic, playing "soccer" week after week, and the longest I've ever been single has thus far been a hearty six-month run right after high school, but not because I couldn't find a date, I just didn't want to be with anyone (lost a girlfriend in a car accident, so dating was the furthest thing from my mind).
But then, I dunno. I'm designing a watercraft based on the Innospace Dolphin. I made a "go plane" at one point that everyone was too afraid to fly. I spend every waking moment designing, coding, playing, and thinking about games. I play Battlefield 1942 with frightening sincerity, flying my Corsairs and Mustangs with an uber-expensive Saitek X52 Flight Control System, which I love like some might love their children (if I had kids, I think they'd have to compete with the X52, and what an uphill battle they'd face!). I love Ferraris, not because they're cool to pick up chicks in, but because I'm obsessed with how they're designed and built and love that genuine Ferrari engine sound (some day maybe I'll get to own one, hehe). In fact, if I see some leggy blonde washing a Ferrari in a skimpy outfit, I feel obliged to rescue it from her evil clutches. And I love history, especially ancient Mediterranean and WWII history. So I dunno, I think I'm a nerd, but a different kind of nerd. I think there's nerd classifications, I'm just not sure what those are, hehe.
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