Entries tagged with "nerds"

Ok, fine, you're Boba Fett and you're Grand Moff Tarkin.

posted by srah on July 9, 2007 5:07 PM

Tags: alfie, can't hardly wait, movies, nerds

While watching Can't Hardly Wait: X-Phile #1: There's going to be drinking there. What are you going to do? They're going to kick you out if you don't drink. William: Well, I will be drinking. X-Phile #2: (shocked) But William! You could get drunk! X-Phile #1: You could get addicted. William: I downloaded this little baby off the Net. I will know exactly how many spirits I may imbibe without affecting my judgment or my behavior. me: That's totally us. That would have been us in high school. Alfie: Except we didn't go to any parties in high school. We...

'Green Eggs and Ham?'

posted by srah on October 10, 2003 7:17 AM

Tags: nerds, school of information

My User Interface Design group had a... uh... meeting last night (a meeting which consisted of drinks, dinner, Outburst, Taboo and poker) and got to talking about how nerdy everyone at SI is. They disagree. They don't consider themselves nerds because they don't think they're smart enough or work hard enough. And yet, despite their love for the Lord of the Rings and younger propensities for Magic: The Gathering (you know who you are), they don't consider themselves geeks. Dorks didn't seem to appeal to them either. How difficult are they? Just accept one name and embrace it, because you...

Viva Nerdia!

posted by srah on June 5, 2003 5:04 PM

Tags: movies, nerds, revenge of the nerds

We watched Revenge of the Nerds in two parts last night, with an Auberge Espagnole break in the middle. I almost feel sorry for the cool crowd because there are so many movies about the nerds and outsiders overthrowing them, and because their lives are basically sad and empty and they are all going to grow up to be failures. Plus, the nerds are always more attractive....