Currently at Friendly's for a REAL New England frappe.
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Location:Main St,Stoneham,United States
Saturday, January 29, 2011
Interim Break - Day 1
Well, at least the plane didn't crash. What a landing. We lost a wheel, and we landed sideways. It didn't help that we were landing at a speed that really shouldn't be used when landing a Boeing 737.
Currently at Friendly's for a REAL New England frappe.
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Currently at Friendly's for a REAL New England frappe.
- Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone (BECAUSE I CAN!)
Just because I can
Well, now I've hit new levels of nerd for both blogs. I'm posting....from a plane. Here's proof:
Yes, I CAN be that smug.
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Yes, I CAN be that smug.
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Location:30,000 ft.
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
I'm not sure what this means
Why do I still have this? It makes no sense.
A bit of background info. This was my first iPod, the 2nd generation nano. Naturally, it don't work no more. Target has a deal where you bring in your old iPods and cell phones and exchange them for gift cards. I was supposed to do so with this one over winter break. That was a month ago. Whoops! I'll just head over to Target Nashua this weekend and deal with it then.....something tells me that there will soon be a Target Online PersID associated with me....oh joy.
Best wishes, I bet this will be the final non-AmCon post on this blog for a LONG time, possibly until summer break.
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A bit of background info. This was my first iPod, the 2nd generation nano. Naturally, it don't work no more. Target has a deal where you bring in your old iPods and cell phones and exchange them for gift cards. I was supposed to do so with this one over winter break. That was a month ago. Whoops! I'll just head over to Target Nashua this weekend and deal with it then.....something tells me that there will soon be a Target Online PersID associated with me....oh joy.
Best wishes, I bet this will be the final non-AmCon post on this blog for a LONG time, possibly until summer break.
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Monday, January 24, 2011
Finally
Okay, it seems as if I've finally made the blog look pretty. The major changes over the past few weeks came from a thought process that went like "Well, I'm stuck doing this, I can't escape, guess I'd better make myself feel at home!" This blog will be a bit of a combination of Henry Goodwin-esque and ClariNerd-esque Internet styles, so be prepared for some final changes before the beginning of second semester. I will have plenty of posts once it gets underway, and I will succeed where I failed this past fall.
Sincerely,
The recently reunited minds of Henry Goodwin and ClariNerd.
Sincerely,
The recently reunited minds of Henry Goodwin and ClariNerd.
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
Geek Love: The Boston Globe's Perspective vs The ClariNerd
http://www.boston.com/lifestyle/relationships/articles/2011/01/16/geek_love_can_a_gaming_and_fantasy_fanatic_find_romance_outside_his_realm/
Of course, it isn't the article that I'm concerned about, it's the comment section that caught my interest. Argh, these guys can REALLY make me mad.
My calm collected response is as follows:
Looking at the comments, I'd say that most of the haters here have never actually met a nerd, and are drawing from the stereotypes they learned by being lied to by Disney. This is also why girls these days are always disappointed in their boyfriends, because they grew up on a diet of Disney's Prince Charming stereotype of the ideal mate.
Prince Charming does technically exist, but he tends to not be AT ALL loyal to anyone, as he is always the type who believed porn. Always asking "Where is my insatiable......hypersexuality patient?" I wouldn't recommend him, I recommend the nerd.
Nerds these days are different than what you guys say we are. We are more adaptable than you think, we just don't show it when we're in public, especially at Comic Con.
The modern nerd is a bit attractive, highly skilled at logic and reasoning, fiercely loyal, hypersensitive to emotion, and eager to please. Furthermore, there is no longer a general "nerd" classification. We have a whole set of subnerds. We have music nerds, anime nerds, otaku, band geeks (I'm a subnerd of band geek, ClariNerd, get it?), orch dork, science guy, etc.... We also have multiple specialties.
Now, about that jock you girls were attracted to in high school.
Could he sing? In tune and correctly, I mean? Could he play a musical instrument? Was he sensitive to your every need? Was he tender? Could he help you with your homework? Could he fix your computer/cellphone/ipod? Probably not.
I'll tell you what he could do, though: Sit in the couch all day, drink beer, know far more info about sports than is considered healthy, always loud and vulgar, and permanently obsessed with control.
Which would you prefer? Someone who cares what you want/need/think, or someone who walks all over you without any thoughts for how you feel about it?
I know which way I'd lean.
When it's something I really care about, I can get some very good writing out there....
Of course, it isn't the article that I'm concerned about, it's the comment section that caught my interest. Argh, these guys can REALLY make me mad.
My calm collected response is as follows:
Looking at the comments, I'd say that most of the haters here have never actually met a nerd, and are drawing from the stereotypes they learned by being lied to by Disney. This is also why girls these days are always disappointed in their boyfriends, because they grew up on a diet of Disney's Prince Charming stereotype of the ideal mate.
Prince Charming does technically exist, but he tends to not be AT ALL loyal to anyone, as he is always the type who believed porn. Always asking "Where is my insatiable......hypersexuality patient?" I wouldn't recommend him, I recommend the nerd.
Nerds these days are different than what you guys say we are. We are more adaptable than you think, we just don't show it when we're in public, especially at Comic Con.
The modern nerd is a bit attractive, highly skilled at logic and reasoning, fiercely loyal, hypersensitive to emotion, and eager to please. Furthermore, there is no longer a general "nerd" classification. We have a whole set of subnerds. We have music nerds, anime nerds, otaku, band geeks (I'm a subnerd of band geek, ClariNerd, get it?), orch dork, science guy, etc.... We also have multiple specialties.
Now, about that jock you girls were attracted to in high school.
Could he sing? In tune and correctly, I mean? Could he play a musical instrument? Was he sensitive to your every need? Was he tender? Could he help you with your homework? Could he fix your computer/cellphone/ipod? Probably not.
I'll tell you what he could do, though: Sit in the couch all day, drink beer, know far more info about sports than is considered healthy, always loud and vulgar, and permanently obsessed with control.
Which would you prefer? Someone who cares what you want/need/think, or someone who walks all over you without any thoughts for how you feel about it?
I know which way I'd lean.
When it's something I really care about, I can get some very good writing out there....
Sunday, January 16, 2011
Welcome Back
Okay, after first semester's epic failure, I've made the decision to start blogging (yeah, I know, it's already >50% of the way through interim, deal with it) again to get into the habit. This should stop a repeat of last fall. Toodles for now.
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