This year's Halloween costume...

Hmm. I wonder whose idea it was for me to dress up as Sally Jupiter? 
Five points if you get it right. 

"I met a traveller from an antique land" Part Two

So Optimus Nerd made me read The Watchmen, and of course I willingly obliged.  But I should get an award.  Seriously, I teach high school English!  I get paid to read, talk abut reading, and read some more.  Now if only I could get my students to stop writing "IDK" and "cuz" and write the actual words instead.  A girl can dream, now can't she?

Despite the fact that last semester I was reading three novels simultaneously, I still finished The Watchmen before the film was released in theaters.  Well, I finished it on the plane right before the epic movie night, but still.  I did it.  I was like a reading machine.  A proud one at that.  Also, it helped that Nerdman drilled with questions and mini-quizzes on what I had read like EVERY NIGHT.   I had to have something to report.  You don't understand what it's like to hear my nerdy lover's disappointing tone when I hadn't read the night before.  And he isn't exactly interested in hearing me yammer on about how I think it's cool that the author Alan Moore integrated two frame stories within the main story.  You know what I mean?

How do you know if your bf is nerdy? Part Two

You know your bf is nerdy when you relate to an episode of Greek, not only because sororities are the shit, but because this particular episode featured a trip to Comic-Con.  Ugh. My life.

P.S. I promise to write an extensive post soon.  That is, as soon as those Ninth graders give me a break.  :)

How do you know if your bf is nerdy?

After a long week at a new job (teaching high school English to be exact), a good boyfriend would offer to rub your feet.  A good nerdy boyfriend would offer to rub your feet and talk to you about Warhammer 40K.  An awesome one can do all that and make it entertaining.

I'm a very lucky girl.

"I met a traveller from an antique land" Part One

Not to toot my own horn or anything, but I am the perfect girlfriend.  Seriously.

Alright, fine.  I may have been exaggerating a little.  So I may not be perfect, but I still think I make a pretty awesome significant other.  For instance, I've always taken the time to give my boyfriend's interests a chance.  Especially Mr. Nerdtastic's passions.  (And that's because I kind of like him the most, but don't tell).  But while I think past boyfriends eased me into their crazy obsessions, Night Nerd II did not.

After only a couple months or dating Optimus Nerd, he introduced me to one of his favorite graphic novels: The Watchmen.  Maybe "introduced" is the wrong word.  It definitely is, because my boyfriend pretty much handed me the bright yellow and black book and said something like this:

"This AMAZING film is coming out soon, so you must read this before then. Cause we're going." At least, that's the gist of what I got.

But I knew I was actually going to like the bee-colored super comic.  A handsome man dressed up as an owl, an evil hero wearing a bright yellow smiley-face button like the kind I used to wear on my shirts in fifth grade,  a naked blue man with a six-pack,  AND an over-marketed super hero inspired by and named after my favorite Percy Shelley poem...

Where can I sign up?

Until next time,

Image from filmgrenade.com

Why nerds are better boyfriends...

The end.

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Straight-to-DVD Part Two

Last time on Help! I'm Dating a Nerd, we had a sneak peek at one of my first dates with Mr. Nerdtastic: direct-to-video movie night. Now I couldn't say that I liked my nerdy man's first pick for the evening, Resident Evil: Degeneration, nor could I say that I even remember what it was about. However, his rants on the relationship between Claire and Leon were so adorable that I became inspired to pay more attention to his nerdy passions.

His next choice film was a cinematic winner both produced by and starring Matthew McConaughey called Surfer, Dude. In my research today, I learned that Surfer, Dude enjoyed an extremely limited release in theaters, barely making more than $50k in box office profit. So while it isn't actually direct-to-video, it is pretty much just as bad.

Now most girls, including myself, prefer this beast of a man being photographed running around the beach with his shirt off. Yummy! And I'm pretty sure Optimus Nerd wants to be just like him, because he loves McConaughey's chilled out attitude, and he wants the same athletic physique. Oh man crushes... So I'm sure it's no surprise that in the last few months I've seen several of his films.

Anyway, Surfer, Dude portrays McConaughey acting like himself: a laid back surfer spending as much time with only shorts on. His character is a huge stoner who struggles to find good waves during a drought. I think the outcome is that he discovers himself or something. Yeaaaaa brah. Fortunately Professor Nerd didn't talk as much through this one; in fact, he spent the entire film laughing. I'd like to note that Nerd #2 seemed to love this film as well.

I really enjoyed observing Nerd Squared watching the film together, with their dorky comments and what not. Or in other words, laughing at them is super fun. The bf thinks this film is superb, and he even went on to purchase his own copy. That means I'll probably get another (unfortunate) chance to watch this film. So I guess the joke's on me.

At least I had a good laugh.

photo from wikipedia

Straight-to-DVD Part One

Celebrity blogger Perez Hilton often makes fun of actors whose movies travel straight-to-DVD. And rightfully so, because who would cough up the $12.50 movie ticket for a piece of cinematic garbage like Into the Blue 2: The Reef? Note to Audrina Patridge: Please go away, thanks.

But guess who made me watch not one, but TWO of these lovely films? If your answer was Luke Nerdwalker, you're correct. Good job. If your answer was Chace Crawford (Nate Archibald), well you're wrong, but I'm pretty sure that man could get me to do plenty of things that are worse than watching crummy movies.

Moving on. Keep in mind that I'm not insulting my nerdy bf's entire taste in films, just two gems we watched together in the early stages of our relationship: Resident Evil: Degeneration and Surfer, Dude.

First, Awesome Nerd picked out Resident Evil: Degeneration for us to watch with his best friend from high school (let's call him Nerd #2). Now you should know that before Mr. Nerdtastic entered my life, I didn't play many video games. In fact, my video game career is limited to a few hours of Crash Bandicoot on my dad's PlayStation and a couple feeble attempts at Mario Kart. Thank Sigmar (nerd reference) that my poor skills in race car games have not reflected on my driving record. Whew.

Anyway, Degeneration is an animated movie based off of the Resident Evil video games that Nerdman and Nerd #2 both like. I could try to explain what the film was about, but I really have no idea. And not because I wasn't paying attention either. No, Nerdman TALKED THROUGH THE ENTIRE MOVIE.

I think he was trying to give insight or maybe distract from how bad the film actually was, but either way, he sure was entertaining. And adorable. AND while I had absolutely no idea what Nerd of Worldcraft was talking about, his passion in his explanations made me like him even more. Go figure. Not only did I want to date him, now (gasp) I wanted to embrace the nerdiness for myself. It seemed like fun.

Of course, Mr. Nerdtastic's movie night didn't end there.

To be continued, dude...

Pootie Tang

Let me be clear: I had no idea Mr. Nerdtastic was a nerd when I met him. In fact, he had me fooled for at least three of our first dates. He seemed so charming, so cute, so normal. He seemed like the perfect potential new boyfriend.

And then it happened. During what felt like a normal dinner at Buca di Beppo, the nerd began to emerge. I'm not sure what I said to trigger this transformation. Maybe I commented on how tasty the oil and vinegar was with our bread, but out of Mr. Nerdtastic's mouth suddenly pops this lovely choice of words: "Sa da tay."

Sa da huh? I think he was showing agreement over the delicious, tangy vinegar or something. But he must have noticed the strange look on my face. As our conversation droned on about his friends in San Francisco, or how good the food was, he kept intermittently dropping these weird sayings: "Ra da ta!" On a scale of 1-10 of how awkward I felt at that moment, I was definitely at 15.5.

I remember at this moment wondering if I should get out. Red flag or cute quirk? But thankfully, Luke Nerdwalker revealed his secret: he was quoting the hit film (read: flop) Pootie Tang.

Have you seen this film? It's about this super hero-esque man, adorned in what most people would call "bling," who talks nonsense, but fights drug dealers and other bad guys. For instance, Pootie Tang doesn't simply say "no" to some evil drug dealer trying to bust a cap in an innocent hooker near by. He says this: "I gotst to say na nay no." Wait, what?

Pootie Tang is also narrated and produced by comedic genius Chris Rock, so obviously it's Oscar-worthy. It's funny, but in an it's so awful you have to laugh way. But Nerd Man LOVES it. And he made me watch it. Heck, I think he has forced all of his friends watch it. But while the first uttering of "Sa da tay" made me cringe, the experience of sharing that dorky film together actually helped me appreciate my nerdy bf more. It made us grow closer. Who knew? Of course he still quotes the film to this day.

It was at that point that I figured out that my relationship with Mr. Nerdtastic would be more memorable than those other frat losers I dated in college. Sa-da-tay!

Image from imdb.com

I'm not a nerd, I swear!

This is my confession. For the past 10 months or so, I've been dating a nerd. Let's call him Mr. Nerdtastic. Minus five points if any of you get that reference, since that would make you a nerd too. Seriously. But I am no nerd.

There isn't even much that is nerdy about me. First of all, I was in a sorority in college (boom boom ladies). Everyone knows sorority girls are totally not nerdy, and especially ones from a certain well-known PAC-10 school with a bad-ass football team. Also, I'm blonde. Well, maybe not according to my driver's license, but that DEFINITELY makes me not nerdy. Nerds don't pay for highlights. And I'm going to go ahead and throw modesty out the window: I'm attractive. SO NOT NERDY.

Just in case you needed more proof, I don't have nerdy interests either. I love Jane Austen (it's trendy, not nerdy so don't hate), and I'm addicted to ever-so-fabulous, CW guilty pleasure Gossip Girl. Gorgeous Nate Archibald is the farthest thing from nerdy. Yum. Let's just say, if I hung out with him, we wouldn't be playing World of Warcraft.

But I kind of like my nerdy man, and I'll even go as far to say that dating a nerd is way more exciting than dating any of the frat boys found in my little black book. Well, it's at least more entertaining.

Stay tuned.