♪ It's the Circle of Nerds, and it moves us all ♪

Hello Nerds!

         

          Today I think I’ll talk about how I go about being a nerd (and yes, how my parents and teachers put up with it)!

          First off, I try to make friends in every kingdom of the Nerd world, be that Manga, Comics, Movies, Games, you name it. The nice thing about my position being a high school student is that I have a never ending world of diversity at my finger-tips, not to mention the students who study under them… yes I do in fact me the goofiest, rowdiest, funniest, insane-ist, weirdest people to walk the earth, that’s right you guessed it: THE TEACHERS.

          The teachers are the elders of the Nerd world, they carry with them experiences and knowledge from their youth, education, and college years, and in the real world, where as we only have the education and youth going for us. Hopefully you’re friends with your teachers, I now I am, in fact I think I have a Nerd crush on my Geometry teacher (he’s just so cool), and even if you aren’t friends with them, try to observe them in the halls talking to one another. You’ll often find that they joke around, tell funny jokes, and be just like teenagers around each-other. To paraphrase Ben Kanobi: you will never find such scum and villainy, just replace scum with pranksters and you have yourself a teacher’s lounge my friends; filled with plotting, scheming, and studying  the students every move in which they report to the head Nerd of the lounge, to think up ways to prank us, deceive us, and ultimately humiliate us. My people.   

So the next time you see a teacher talking real close to another teacher, pray that they overlook you in their master plan of villainy. Be afraid, be very afraid.

          On to the students: We have a very small involvement in the Nerd world right now, think of us like the peasants or fifes to the Manor’s Lord. We do the back breaking work, so that one day we can step up to take the torch, and educate the younglings until such a time we deem fit to pass it along. We have much to learn, but fear not, Nerds always win, anyways.

Resistance is futile

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Nerd Kingdom!

Hello Nerds!

            It’s gneiss to see you again!

I think every week will basically follow the Tuesday, Sunday blog posting until Marching Band stops, and I’ll have my Saturdays to myself again (Yay!)

Today I have an idea of what I want to talk about, though it might end up being multiple small strands of information, again I apologize because Saturdays!

            Nerds, in my opinion bring people together more than tear them apart; they create social groups wherever they are, whether they inhabit schools, villages, cities, shacks, and neighborhoods. Nerds (especially kids) since the invention of the baseball-card, you always see in movies around twenty to thirty years ago, kids finding and trading baseball cards. This was the birth of the social interaction which many nerds are experts at today. This as you know, is not linked only to baseball-cards, but Magic the Gathering Cards, Pokémon Cards, and many more ‘Cards’. There are nerd groups in everything, not just comics, movies and the sort, there are also Art nerds, making elaborate origami, sculptures from toothbrushes, dresses from Kool-Aid packets, and everything else from A to Z. Nerds of Science go and do little experiments, although I won’t give examples because odds are you have at one point in your life watched “The Big Bang Theory”, liked or not. Women and occasionally men would start book clubs, where they, the nerds of literature, read and analyze books; the list goes on and on.

            My point of all of this is that Nerds build a natural habitat by seeking out others to live around, and occasionally find a mate (hopefully) in which to spawn the next generation of Nerds. We seek out others to converse with, and grow with, and sometimes we stumble upon a new lump of clay to mold, to shape in our image, expanding the possibilities of the future of the Nerd race. I remember my mentor; he showed me many things, and I eventually wanted to impress him, so I started going on my own on a quest for knowledge, a never ending search for how to improve my Nerdiness. Therefor I challenge you: Look out in the world today and see how many different types you can see, they are usually sitting together, in a game together, or conversing together, whatever, just look and see if you can find more than what meets the eye, and I’d bet you’ll be pretty amazed.

Resistance is futile

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Rant #1: Clothes and Complements

Hello Nerds!



            Today I’d like to just touch (hopefully) briefly on the typical judgment of clothes in today’s world. Today I am wearing a suit, and it comes with a bow tie and a somewhat tweed-looking jacket. I tell you this because it is very similar to what Matt Smith’s Eleventh Doctor wore on “Doctor Who”. I really do appreciate the comments about how I look like him, though it does get tiresome. I’ll give you another example: I was walking around the other day with a Redhead hat on, which does bear a resemblance to the hat Indiana Jones wore in the Indiana Jones movies, and everyone immediately goes to that instead of thinking it’s just a hat. I feel that American and British cinema and television has been so overly bastardized and type-cast that we really don’t know what’s what anymore. These items of clothing were here before any television show was around, suits have been around longer than any Doctor, and cowboy hats have been around long before Harrison Ford. Are we really this blinded people? Must we always link things to other things, I mean… We’d all make great homicide detectives because we link so many things together, and do it instantaneously(This is going to be a rant, so if you don’t want to hear more about why I hate modern society’s views on nerd clothing, you don’t have to, I just need to rant a bit).

            This may be a news flash to some of you, but maybe that person hates the thing you’re referencing! Maybe they have no clue or simply don’t care who Matt Smith is or David Tennant, maybe they’re just wearing those clothes because they were closest in their closet! Maybe those clothes are the only clothes that they enjoy wearing! Sometimes I wonder why wearing one thing one day and another thing the next is such a big deal to people. People don’t think before they speak; they’d rather say what they want to say and not care whether that person even knows the same reference! Not everybody in the world knows about “Doctor Who”, “Star Trek” or “Indiana Jones” references. Some people, just receiving the complement of “That looks nice!” or “Lookin’ sharp there” is enough, you don’t need to go further or more complex than that. It seems to me like phrases like “I like such and such” is far better and more diplomatic than attaching or branding the person to something else, it makes them feel less genuine.

            Well, thanks for letting me have this rant, and if you didn’t like it, well… it wasn’t for you, it was more for me anyways, see ya soon Nerds!



Resistance is futile

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Batman/ Origins

Hello Nerds!

                This is part two to my last post, where I talked about how I got to be such a big Star Trek fan. I thought today I would talk about how I became invested in Batman.

                Like every other nine or ten year old, I liked the idea of Batman, but never really gave him a second thought. Only two years ago did I discover a man who would change my life, not only outside the classroom, but inside as well. His name is Joshua Harris, and we became friends over Batman, when we did, I decided I would learn all that I could, and to my luck I’d just discovered a Youtube gamer under the name of Knightwing. I stumbled upon one of his character walkthroughs for Lego Batman 2 DC Superheroes, a game I was slightly stuck on at one point of the game. What I didn’t realize is how deep Kwing’s knowledge went on Batman. I started learning all that I could from him, and still continue. (Here is link if you want to check his stuff out…which you all should at least one video https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmzwIHGPWtxd3SgNG9qlctg ) And so my love for Batman began on a whole new level. I started watching the movies…. Not my best choice; but then I went to the Animated Series, where I found my favorite voice actor to date: Kevin Conroy. If you’re reading Kevin, you’re awesome, please don’t ever leave voice acting, your fan, Leif………… Then I went onto the Adam West series, classic though humorous. After that I went to Batman Beyond, binge watched Justice League, Justice League: Unlimited, and many others. This was the reason all of third term that I came home, went into my bedroom to watch Netflix with soda and crackers in my bed, well…that and a girl…

Nerdom giveth and nerdom taketh away… who says the Vulcan’s aren’t wrong with concealing emotions…

Anyways (sniffle) back to the blog, what to talk about…

When one looks at his or her origins, one can unlock many secrets, Batman’s is no exception, though I won’t tell you about it, just go read on the internet and you will know what I’m talking about.

You back yet?

Good.

What I like about Batman’s origin is that no one knows who really killed his parents, unless you subscribe to the Nolan Films (and I believe some comic incarnations), where Joe Chill killed his parents, then… yay for you… but for those who don’t you know what I mean, we never really know who killed his parents, which makes the mystery of the bat much cooler in this nerd’s opinion.

Well, I’m tired, and still a bit sick, and it’s late, so I’m going to go to bed soon, have a good week and I hope to be back onto the more normal Tuesday Thursday Saturday schedule next week, untill then good-bye

Resistance is futile


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Why I'm A Nerd/ Origins

Hello Nerds!

                This week I have been sick quite a bit, and do apologize for the lateness of my posting. I had to put you all on the back burner in favor of school work and getting better, and am still sick… fun right? Well I decided that I wouldn’t let my sickness get in the way of blogging tonight, in a special two part blog!

                Every year, was I was a child, I would have a Star Wars marathon consisting of all six prequel and sequel, then I started watching Star Wars: The Clone Wars on Cartoon Network. That series carried me through a scary part of my early existence: starting middle school, it still does in High School with its premier of a new series in the fall under the name of Star Wars: Rebels.

                Then, when watching and re-watching the Star Wars movies became monotonous, I started re-watching Star Trek: TOS seasons. This happened for many years before I knew about the newer Star Trek. I then was moved onto the fourth movie “Voyage Home” where the nerd inside of me was revived; reminded why I became a nerd in the first place. Months passed in this fashion, until, while perusing the channels on the telly, I came upon “Generations”, which was about to start, and noticed that Kirk (William Shatner) co-stared. This intrigued me, as I thought it was the perfect opportunity to give the new generation of Star Trek shows a chance. I have never seen such a moving movie in my life, so many touching moments, which is really something for me to admit. I certainly cried and do to this day. The movie was so well written, executed, and tied up in a nice little bow of references. I fell in love with the “Next Generation” cast, and decided to watch the series.

                For some odd reason, I bet my 7^th grade English teacher, Mrs. Burken, that I would watch all series in chronological order by the end of the year (some 7 weeks away). I did. I watched Enterprise, TOS, Next Gen., DS9, and Voyager. Again, I was reminded why I became a nerd. That reason is, I feel so blessed is the best word, blessed that I can live a life that permits me to devote a good portion of my time into these things, and I am grateful every day.

Resistance is futile


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On Television Theory

Hello Nerds!

                Today I’d like to talk about a little theory I’ve developed about how with television shows usually sucks within the first couple episodes, or even series.

                Think about a television show that you have watched, you’ve experienced the ups and the downs, know the ins and outs of every character, and you think you are pretty well versed with the show. Now think if this theory fits with that show; my theory is that in the beginning stages of a show, the writing will be crap at best, the characters will be rigid and 2-D, and it may be hard to dive into it at first because it’s hard to follow. All of this is very understandable because no- one involved in the creation and production of the show are new, and not comfortable with their characters yet, but once you get into around the middle of season two, or sometimes early three, then the show will be so comfortable and things flow so easily that you don’t notice how much it’s changed.

                Television shows that I think are good examples are: “Star Trek: The Next Generation”,    “Voyager”, and “Deep Space Nine”. I exclude “The Original Series” and “Enterprise” because I thought that they either didn’t have those problems, or technically never had a star episode (TOS) that branched in a chronological fashion. Many shows will follow in suit, but sometimes it’s hard because the cast might change up often; case in point “Doctor Who”… not one person is on that show for more than three seasons max, unless you count the T.A.R.D.I.S., in which case that is a philosophical debate that I will not get into, ever. Batman Movies also exhibit this problem occasionally, though you need a series to compare and contrast, because they generally have the same actors. If we just went off saying that one movie or actor was worse than another that’s just speculation, and is hard to see from a non-biased perspective, although when you look at a progression of how the same actors become more comfortable with their role, it will become easier to see.

            You can also see this in many animated shows as well, like with Family Guy and American Dad and even The Simpsons, all of these have a very different coloring style at the beginning than they have at the end. This will usually clear itself up within the first couple of seasons, by looking much finer in detail and color.

Resistance is futile


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Nerd life

(Star Trek: TOS theme playing)

These are the voyages of the library nerd club

Our mission: to explore new ways of being nerdy, 

To seek out new ways of using Mac computers 

To boldly use our speak and spells

Like no nerd has done before

            Above is what I found myself singing out loud with my mom in the room, while I was trying to think of a topic for my blog today. My mother commented that I should just write that down, because: A. it’s extremely nerdy and B. because it would be a nice way to start out my blog for today.        

            Nerds I feel are very smart in the sense that we are so overly nerdy, our brains fill up with so much knowledge that eventually we invent something that out-nerds even ourselves. We are also very imaginative people, if you can explain using analogies the way a warp engine works (which I have), or how the light saber works, or even how Dungeons and Dragons works (because I have no clue how it does, but bullocks to you if you do, you sir or ma’am are a proper genius.

            When you live with a nerd, or are around nerds a lot, you might pick up some strange thing, or saying, that will engage your thought processor, mine is a Dell because I can’t work a Mac (again, if you do, bollocks to you, you strange person), and by doing this, your brain is instantly although in a minor way reshaped to think differently about the world around you, even if you don’t notice it. When you pick up on little things for years and years and years, you will become so fluent in that way of thinking that you are probably able to start talking differently, too.

            Nerds are also a bit to get used to sometimes. If you live with a nerd presently, you’ll probably remember your adjustment period, where for around the first couple months you just stop listening to them by turning up the volume on your TV during Wheel of Fortune, just so you don’t have to give an opinion on what bubble-gum suspenders look better with their pizza striped jacket (that was a bit farfetched, but you know what I mean). And for those of you just living with one or newly together, hold on tight, because it’s going to be….interesting for lack of better term….oh wait! Psychotic works great, so to all of you newly moved-in-together people, I hope you’re both nerds, because if one’s not it could be a long….long adjustment period for you, best wishes.

-       Fellow Nerd

P.S. Resistance is Futile

            
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