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[dolari]

Nerd Meme
From gentlegamer

How nerdy are you? Put an X next to each item on the list that describes you and then tally them up. Got 15 or more X’s? Welcome to the Nerd Core.

Have you ever:

[X] Solved a Rubix cube? (I can get one solid color and two rows of all the other colors - but not the last row or the bottom without reading a pattern book)
[x] Coded HTML? (my webpage is a mix of Frontpage and handcoded HTML, before 2000, it was all handcoded)
[x] Been to a Renaissance Fair? (With erinlefey, tangentsferret and tx_drew)
[x] Been to a ComicCon? (I've been to _A_ ComicCon, but not THE ComicCon)
[ ] Bought a comic book and charged it to your credit card?
[x] Used webspeak IRL (Especially with Dean and Emily)
[x] Edited a Wikipedia? (Edited?! I WAS IN IT!)
[ ] Participated in a roll-playing game?
[x] Tried to memorize Pi past 3.14 (three sig figs) in your free time? (3.141592654341 I think, still, more than 3.14)
[ ] Used an ergonomic desk chair or keyboard?
[x] Quoted Monty Python back and forth with a friend? (Every damned day)
[ ] Discussed Nintendo’s name change of the Revolution to the Wii?
[x] Participated in a trivia night or trivia contest? (And often win)
[ ] Won a debate tournament?
[ ] Played chess at lunch in school?
[x] Watched your friends play video games for more than an hour? (Absolutely and often)
[ ] Been to a Harry Potter midnight party?
[ ] Recognized yourself in J.D. from the TV show Scrubs? (Who?)
[ ] Seen an episode of Beauty and the Geek and thought the guys were cute? (Who?)
[ ] Programmed extras into your graphing calculator?
[ ] Been to a MENSA meetup? How about Phi Beta Kappa?
[ ] Done a happy dance after bowling a strike?
[ ] Referred to Lord of the Rings out loud as LotR?
[x] Developed a shelving system for your books? (Legos and wood planks)
[ ] Hated the people on principle who said high school was the best time of their life?

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[gwenners.livejournal.com]

[ ] Solved a Rubix cube?
[x] Coded HTML? (You mean you can use programs to do that? Why?)
[x] Been to a Renaissance Fair? (*Married* at the Renaissance Faire)
[ ] Been to a ComicCon? (No, I did gaming cons)
[ ] Bought a comic book and charged it to your credit card? (Never used a CC for them)
[x] Used webspeak IRL (Guilty as charged)
[x] Edited a Wikipedia? (Yup)
[X] Participated in a roll-playing game? (How abotu a *Role* Playing game?)
[x] Tried to memorize Pi past 3.14 (three sig figs) in your free time? (3.14159)
[X] Used an ergonomic desk chair or keyboard? (Work has an ergo keyboard; I also used one in my Kinkio's days)
[x] Quoted Monty Python back and forth with a friend? (I can probably still quote all of Life of Brian)
[ ] Discussed Nintendo’s name change of the Revolution to the Wii?
[x] Participated in a trivia night or trivia contest? Many will not play against me)
[ ] Won a debate tournament? (No, but have participated in such, an did win debates - just not in tourneys)
[ ] Played chess at lunch in school?
[x] Watched your friends play video games for more than an hour? (I was a willing spectator of Half Life 2)
[ ] Been to a Harry Potter midnight party? (No, but Bon has)
[ ] Recognized yourself in J.D. from the TV show Scrubs? (I'm more of a Perry)
[ ] Seen an episode of Beauty and the Geek and thought the guys were cute?
[ ] Programmed extras into your graphing calculator?
[ ] Been to a MENSA meetup? How about Phi Beta Kappa?
[X] Done a happy dance after bowling a strike? (What else woudl you do?)
[X] Referred to Lord of the Rings out loud as LotR? (only once, I think)
[x] Developed a shelving system for your books? (Often. Music too)
[ ] Hated the people on principle who said high school was the best time of their life?

[angharads-house.livejournal.com]

--evidently I am low on the geekerie....
[ ] Solved a Rubix cube?
[x] Coded HTML?
[ ] Been to a Renaissance Fair?
[ ] Been to a ComicCon?
[ ] Bought a comic book and charged it to your credit card?
[ ] Used webspeak IRL
[x] Edited a Wikipedia?
[ ] Participated in a role-playing game?
[x] Tried to memorize Pi past 3.14 (three sig figs) in your free time? Succeeded.
[x] Used an ergonomic desk chair or keyboard? Chair. Still have and use it.
[ ] Quoted Monty Python back and forth with a friend?
[ ] Discussed Nintendo’s name change of the Revolution to the Wii?
[x] Participated in a trivia night or trivia contest?
[ ] Won a debate tournament?
[ ] Played chess at lunch in school?
[ ] Watched your friends play video games for more than an hour?
[ ] Been to a Harry Potter midnight party?
[ ] Recognized yourself in J.D. from the TV show Scrubs?
[ ] Seen an episode of Beauty and the Geek and thought the guys were cute?
[ ] Programmed extras into your graphing calculator?
[x] Been to a MENSA meetup? How about Phi Beta Kappa? The former, not the latter.
[ ] Done a happy dance after bowling a strike?
[ ] Referred to Lord of the Rings out loud as LotR?
[x] Developed a shelving system for your books? Does LC coding them count? TN 800 is my favourite.
[ ] Hated the people on principle who said high school was the best time of their life? Felt sorry for them, though.

[fragment00.livejournal.com]

[ ] Solved a Rubix cube?
[x] Coded HTML?
[x] Been to a Renaissance Fair?
[x] Been to a ComicCon?
[x] Bought a comic book and charged it to your credit card? (does manga count?)
[x] Used webspeak IRL
[ ] Edited a Wikipedia?
[x] Participated in a roll-playing game?
[ ] Tried to memorize Pi past 3.14 (three sig figs) in your free time?
[x] Used an ergonomic desk chair or keyboard?
[x] Quoted Monty Python back and forth with a friend?
[x] Discussed Nintendo’s name change of the Revolution to the Wii?
[ ] Participated in a trivia night or trivia contest?
[ ] Won a debate tournament?
[x] Played chess at lunch in school? (not every lunch.. just some)
[x] Watched your friends play video games for more than an hour?
[ ] Been to a Harry Potter midnight party?
[x] Recognized yourself in J.D. from the TV show Scrubs? (well i'm sorta a mix between J.D. and Elliot with a splash of Dr. Cox)
[ ] Seen an episode of Beauty and the Geek and thought the guys were cute?
[ ] Programmed extras into your graphing calculator?
[ ] Been to a MENSA meetup? How about Phi Beta Kappa?
[ ] Done a happy dance after bowling a strike?
[ ] Referred to Lord of the Rings out loud as LotR?
[x] Developed a shelving system for your books?
[x] Hated the people on principle who said high school was the best time of their life?

so what do I win?

[jenndolari.livejournal.com]

All expense paid trip to the kitchen for some cookies. :)

[kireishojo.livejournal.com]

[ ] Solved a Rubix cube?
[ ] Coded HTML?
[x] Been to a Renaissance Fair?
[ ] Been to a ComicCon?
[x] Bought a comic book and charged it to your credit card?
[x] Used webspeak IRL
[x] Edited a Wikipedia?
[x] Participated in a roll-playing game?
[x] Tried to memorize Pi past 3.14 (three sig figs) in your free time? (3.14159)
[x] Used an ergonomic desk chair or keyboard?
[x] Quoted Monty Python back and forth with a friend?
[x] Discussed Nintendo’s name change of the Revolution to the Wii?
[x] Participated in a trivia night or trivia contest?
[ ] Won a debate tournament?
[x] Played chess at lunch in school?
[x] Watched your friends play video games for more than an hour?
[ ] Been to a Harry Potter midnight party?
[ ] Recognized yourself in J.D. from the TV show Scrubs? (Who?)
[ ] Seen an episode of Beauty and the Geek and thought the guys were cute? (Who?)
[ ] Programmed extras into your graphing calculator?
[ ] Been to a MENSA meetup? How about Phi Beta Kappa?
[x] Done a happy dance after bowling a strike?
[x] Referred to Lord of the Rings out loud as LotR?
[x] Developed a shelving system for your books? (once i had acces to all the bookshelves in the attic and chategorized then entire households books based on fiction (and genre) and non fiction)
[x] Hated the people on principle who said high school was the best time of their life?

[stellabambino.livejournal.com]

"[x] Tried to memorize Pi past 3.14 (three sig figs) in your free time? (3.141592654341 I think, still, more than 3.14)"

Bzzz. it's 5358 (regarding the second 5), have some bonus numbers too:

3.1415926535897932384626

and a Video

[jenndolari.livejournal.com]

Damn you Doctor Who! You gave me the wrong number!

And I love that song - it's so hypnotic.