Audra told me I had to check out Weird Al Yankovic’s newest video, White and Nerdy. I am not ashamed to admit that I relate to it. But my question is, WHAT THE HECK IS DONNY OSMOND DOING DANCING IN THE BACKGROUND!?!? Did everyone else see him too or am I halluncinating?
DONNY IS NO NERD! DONNY IS COOL!

Let’s run through and see how well I relate:

First in my class here at MIT – Nope but I was pretty high up there at Rosemont
Got skills, I’m a champion at D&D – Never played it
M.C. Escher, that’s my favorite M.C. – Yeah, my favorite too
Keep your 40, I’ll just have an Earl Grey tea – Bingo!
My rims never spin, to the contrary
You’ll find that they’re quite stationary – Yup
All of my action figures are cherry – I have a couple
Stephen Hawking’s in my library – Actually, he isn’t

My MySpace page is all totally pimped out – It is very pimped
Got people beggin’ for my top eight spaces – not really
Yo, I know pi to a thousand places – I am math phobic
Ain’t got no grills but I still wear braces – Only for a year back in 1990
I order all of my sandwiches with mayonnaise – More of an oil and vinegar gal
I’m a wiz at Minesweeper, I could play for days – I play Spider
Once you’ve see my sweet moves, you’re gonna stay amazed
My fingers movin’ so fast I’ll set the place ablaze – I don’t even have to look down

There’s no killer app I haven’t run (run) – 🙂
At Pascal, well I’m number one (one) – Not at all
Do vector calculus just for fun – Again, math phobic, I blame my father
I ain’t got a gat, but I got a soldering gun (what?) – I’m not that crafty
Happy Days is my favorite theme song – I actually prefer the Mary Tyler Moore theme
I could sure kick your butt in a game of ping pong – nope
I’ll ace any trivia quiz you bring on – BRING IT ON!!!
I’m fluent in JavaScript as well as Klingon – I dated a guy once who used to dress like a Klingon and I remember a few phrases
I been browsin’, inspectin’ X-Men comics – Wonder Woman more like it
You know I collect ’em
The pens in my pocket, I must protect them – Gosh no
My ergonomic keyboard never leaves me bored – I use laptops
Shoppin’ online for deals on some writable media – LOVE IT!
I edit Wikipedia – Never
I memorized Holy Grail really well – Life of Brian was my fave
I can recite it right now and have you R-O-T-F-L-O-L

I got a business doing websites (websites) – I don’t make any money off mine
When my friends need some code, who do they call? – When they need tech support they call me
I do HTML for ’em all – That is pretty true
Even made a homepage for my dog, yo – I DID! For both Lily and Bobo
I got myself a fanny pack – NEVER!
They were havin’ a sale down at The Gap – I am a little too old for the Gap now but I used to love it
Spend my nights with a roll of bubble wrap – Hell yeah!
Pop, pop – hope no one sees me, gettin’ freaky – Good times!

I’m nerdy in the extreme and
Whiter than sour cream – I am olive skinned
I was in AV club and glee club – Foreign Language and Prose club
And even the chess team – nope
Only question I ever thought was hard
Was “Do I like Kirk or do I like Picard?” – KIRK RULES
Spend every weekend at the Renaissance Fair – That’s more Audgie than me
Got my name on my underwear – Yeah, if my name was WONDER WOMAN or SUPER GIRL!

Oh gosh, I am a nerd.