In a recent online discussion I was having, someone asked about “my biggest nerdcore moment”. As I began to respond, I realized the list was getting a little long. So, in a sub-nerd moment (nerding out on my nerding out), I’m making a blog entry to share my constant ridiculousness with the world.
Design Related
- I take pictures of certain textures/lighting in the real world so I can try and synthesize them in Photoshop later. I once spent 6 hours making a chrome gradient because of a toyota logo I saw on the back of a truck while I was stuck in traffic.
- I play “guess the font face” with restuarant menus. No one else likes this game, so I play it in my head and I’ll shout the answers when I feel confident that I’m right. If you ever see me shout “Helvetica Neue Black Italic!” in public – you know why.
- I generally refuse to frequent any establishments that use 72PPI artwork on their signage. If I NEED to frequent that establishment, I always ask if they want a better designer. You can ask Misi, as I did this in Vegas at the Rio cause their door hangers were printed with 72PPI artwork. So tacky.
- When I go to the grocery store, I make sure everything is placed on an imaginary grid, usually in order of its size (if I have time). I won’t even let the items get rung up if they’re not positioned correctly. People hate going to the grocery store with me.
Internet Related
- I have GMail alerts pushed to my phone (which means they come in automatically, without my having to check them) and Google Alerts set up for myself. This means that if you write about “mitcz” online, I’ll know about it within 24 hours. (this includes when I write about myself, like I am right now)
- I’ve actually interrupted arguments at parties, half-drunk, holding my phone as it’s pointed to an informational page (wikipedia, snopes, etc) because I needed to prove that (for instance) “yes, in fact, you DO use more than 10% of your brain”
- If someone mentions pregnancy around me, I immediately yell “OMG! PREGGERS! LOL”.
- Nad and Misi were right when they made a secret bet that I would, in fact, look up the hierarchy of poker hands on Google if we ever played poker together.
- Yesterday, I was in the mall food court w/Nad (waiting for Iron Man to start). While staring up at a FuddRuckers ButtFuckers, I actually thought to myself “I CAN has cheeseburger!”
Random Geekery
- Whenever I make a minor mistake (like knocking something over), someone in my head yells “Shit! Undo!” (and I’ve actually thought of reaching forth to hit Command-Z on an invisible keyboard in front of me)
- Instead of counting sheep, I type out the alphabet and random phrases on a keyboard in my head
- I’ve gotten so familiar with coding basic/intermediate Flash, Javascript and PHP that I’ve come to document my thought processes like so :
if ( I’ve explained Myself == true) {
wait for answer;
if (they agree) {
give ‘em a hug
} else {
walk away angry
}
} else {
rephrase argument;
return false;
}
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