Pure Nerd 78 % Nerd, 34% Geek, 30% Dork

For The Record: A Nerd is someone who is passionate about learning/being smart/academia. A Geek is someone who is passionate about some particular area or subject, often an obscure or difficult one. A Dork is someone who has difficulty with common social expectations/interactions. You scored better than half in Nerd, earning you the title of: Pure Nerd. The times, they are a-changing. It used to be that being exceptionallysmart led to being unpopular, which would ultimately lead to picking upall of the traits and tendences associated with the "dork." No-longer.Being smart isn't as socially crippling as it once was, and even moreso as you get older: eventually being a Pure Nerd will likely bereplaced with the following label: Purely Successful. Congratulations! Also, you might want to check out some of my other tests if you're interested in any of the following: Buffy the Vampire Slayer Professional Wrestling Love & Sexuality America/Politics Thanks Again! -- THE NERD? GEEK? OR DORK? TEST

My test tracked 3 variables How you compared to other people your age and gender: You scored higher than 89% on nerdiness You scored higher than 42% on geekosity You scored higher than 50% on dork points

Link: The Nerd? Geek? or Dork? Test written by donathos on Ok Cupid, home of the 32-Type Dating Test

I lost an excellent post about Pesach (Passover) due to Bell Canada's crap broadband service.

Summary:  I don't eat matzah for 8 days straight, I do make kickass kneidlach, and it amuses me that my 35-year-old brother has to say the Four Questions this year.

It is far too frustrating to have the only thing connecting you to your job go dead on a regular basis, and sometimes be selective about what it will allow you to view.

Turns out I am going to a seder (traditional first two days of Pesach meal/ritual)!  film at 11.  Well, not really.  But I'll tell you more tomorrow I'd guess.

I did promise I would write about Boy X, didn't I?  Well, a friend of mine is having trouble with an ex right now and this stuff is on my mind, so now is a good time I think.

I think my breakup with Boy X would have to be: I dump him but he thinks he dumped me, and then we have a couple of "oops" nights and then we stay friends but awkwardly.

Averaging things in relationships is funny.

I think I'm pretty lucky in that one of my ex-boyfriends became one of my best friends on earth, and now he's a friend of Joey's and mine, which is most excellent.  I stayed good friends with another ex for a long time, we've kind of fallen out of touch over the last year though - he didn't much care to hear about my wedding, I think, and that was totally fine.  But other guys from my past, well, it can be too painful to stay friends.  I miss one of them despite myself - despite knowing that the friendship probably couldn't be productive since there's still some anger remaining, and despite the anger itself.  I imagine we'll see each other again, still lots of connections, but it's just too difficult for us to be friends, for various reasons.  I miss his family, and some of his friends, and they could possibly see this entry, and I hope they remember me fondly too. 

But my life is elsewhere now, and I just have to put it aside.  I'm allowed to think about it, but I try not to dwell.  I'm married, I have a whole new existence in another country, I'm looking for a job, someday we'll buy a house - and these men, except for Dave, aren't the present.  When Joey and I got together I was finally able to recognize a good relationship and hang onto it.  No exit strategy necessary.  I hope everyone gets the chance to be sure about someone, it's a very good feeling.  I have doubts about things all the time - did we make the right decision to live in Toronto, what are we going to do about X,Y,Z - but I never doubt that Joey and I are perfectly matched.

I hope my friend never settles for less than that.

I have a lot on my mind, mostly things I can't blog, and it's proving difficult to sit still.  I do have an errand or two to run, so maybe I'll just do that and come back to my computer later.

One bit of news - Joey and I will be in Boston for a couple of days later in the month and it looks like there will be blogger dim sum.  Blogger dim sum = good.  No, we do not grind up bloggers for dumpling filler.

So I did end up finishing my Top 10 yesterday, and Marni, the new and lovely editor-in-chief, made it the featured site on the homepage today, which is great.

She paired it with Weight Loss.

Marni's never met me in person, so clearly not her intention, but the teen girl still living in my head still thinks it's a hint.  Sheesh. 

By the way, seriously had a hard time picking that tenth feed (just too many good ones!) and completely copped out.