A Nerd, I am ... Sort of

Have you heard of the show called "The Big Bang Theory"? Apparently, smart is the new sexy. When did this happen?

Cat's inner monologue: Gee, this would've come in handy during high school. I wonder if it is now cool to be on the yearbook committee and the stock market club. I'll pass the message onto my little cousins.

All I can say is that the show is awesome! Made esspecially for nerds like moi. I can understand most of the jokes and I think they're funny. Not to mention all the nerdy awkwardness. Wow. Halo nights? Puh- lease. Am I in Waterloo, again? Indeed, television is making progress. Either that, or I'm missing university just a little. Just a little.

Anyway, after watching way too many episodes of this awesome show the past long weekend. I thought it might be funny to post an email between a mathie and an engineer. Mathies always make fun of engineers because we guestimate. In turn, engineers make fun of mathies because they always have to prove every last detail. It's funny (at least to me). You know, going with the nerd theme and all.

Mathie: I think I need to work on making less food. I haven't cooked in awhile so I'm losing my perception of quantity. Estimating was never one of my strong suits. I'm not an engineer.

Eng: "You mathies need to prove everything to the most minute detail. [enter scoff] Ha! And you make fun of us engineers for estimating. Muahahahaha."

Mathie: "We're being thorough, hence, before the term is through I will have aformula named after me. [Mathie] Theorem: By inputting certain parameters the formula will output the exact amount of each ingredient needed to produce the perfect portion size."

Eng: "Right. You do that. I will continue to estimate. Mathies. Pfff."

The next day, I get an email titled "I figured out the equation" and I was actually excited. But, no, Mathie was just pulling my leg. He didn't figure it out. It was dissappointing.

On the topic of nerdiness, I am still not an authentic nerd, unfortunately. I cannot deal with computers. My laptop is running in safe mode, and that is the only way it will work. I think there's something wrong with my registry. Every time I boot up, I just get the wallpaper. No icons, no start menu, no nothing. Any suggustions would be much appreciated.

Note to self: Back up things more often. Computer / electrical / software engineers cannot be trusted to make a program that actually works.