Nerd (noun)

I have a confession to make. I am...a nerd.

Nerd: noun. "An unstylish or socially inept person...one slavishly devoted to intellectual or academic pursuits."

Okay, so the first part doesn't really apply to me...and I wouldn't say that I am "slavishly devoted" to school, although I am determined/motivated to do well. But I do think that the term "nerd" has another meaning that isn't listed in the dictionary. That meaning? The ability to recite this:

"Space...the final frontier. These are the voyages of the starship Enterprise. Her ongoing mission: to explain strange new worlds, to seek out new life, new civilizations, to boldly go where no one has gone before." -Star Trek

Most of that was from memory. I had to Google to find the exact wording for new civilizations, but you get the point. Being a nerd doesn't have to mean that someone is geeky looking and does nothing but math and science and has no social life.

I've loved Star Trek and Star Wars for as long as I can remember...add Harry Potter in around third grade and you've got early on-set nerdism. Add in a love for miscellaneous SyFy shows like Eureka, Haven and Stargate Atlantis and you've got me today. Okay, so I'm not as crazy about the SyFy shows as some people can be, but I sure do enjoy watching them and going "What the...?" And nothing excites me more than the possibility of a new Star Trek movie, or anything Harry Potter related (can you say theme park and Deathly Hallows?). I stand in line for midnight movies and book releases. I play Halo with my dad and the day will probably come where I will be standing in some really long line for some really awesome video game.

I marvel at the technology that goes into making movies...I love tech stuff for theater and movie making. A good example of that is the fact that my brain explodes a little when I even THINK about the movie Inception (I mean, REALLY. That fight scene choreography...guh).

I've known that I'm that kind of nerd forever. And I'm not afraid to admit it. But it really clicked today when I found myself obsessively refreshing my Twitter home page for Comic Con updates...and when I found myself adding "attend San Diego Comic Con" to my bucket list, with the hopes of catching a Harry Potter panel (right around the time part 2 of Deathly Hallows comes out in theaters) or a Star Trek panel revolving around the sequel to the most recent Star Trek movie.

But you know what Bill Gates said..."Be nice to nerds. Chances are you'll end up working for one."