The Fellowship of the Nerd

Oh I do love Dilbert. He's a little cartoon genius he is. You see, I have hereby entered the business world. As a geek. So I feel a sense of kinship with Dilbert. We nerds have a fellowship - and i'm going to prove my geekiness by calling it the 'Fellowship of the Nerds'

It was about three years ago that I realized I was part of this fellowship. For years. . I denied it. Assuring myself that I wasn't a nerd, that instead I belonged with the "cool" kids. I"ll never forget the day I realized I wasn't cool at all. I was sitting in one of my computer programming classes, and my teacher cracked a joke about SQL. It was hilarious, and I laughed. But - I also realized that not one of my friends would have understood this joke. oh. . the harsh reality that is finding yourself in the fellowship of the nerd.

I have since embraced my identity. I tell my friends that I "embrace the title of geek with pride". I now receive multiple phone calls a day from friends who haven't yet realized I don't live in India, and I'm not their local 24hr Tech-Support agent. I love to talk about my MacPro - and it doesn't even phase me to see my friends faces glaze over when I start to get excited, talking about how much GHz, and Ram this machine has. (*Honestly you guys, if you had any idea. . . ). I have an obsesssion with anything that has an Apple emblem on it - and if Steve decides to upgrade the Iphone again - you'll see me watching the KeyNote, and you'll find me outside the doors of AT&T the day it comes out.

I love my nerdiness, I think it makes me endearing. Cause heaven knows, if I didn't have the nerdiness, I'd only be known as Diet Coke Kat. Not Nerd Kat. And that - that would just be sad.