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Show A6 Opinion MONDAY, MARCH 31,2008 • THE COLLEGE TIMES SMOKE from A5 NERD from A5 things, all they amount to is the equivalent of the last genuflect of the condemned -- a nod to dogma — just before the moment of death. Last week in class, Michael Minch, a professor of philosophy, said, "It's wrong to go around complaining about people's apathy. The right question is to ask why people are apathetic." J don't know, but it sounds like a good topic for the next ethics conference. Sometimes I didn't come home for weeks. I take full responsibility for the gray hairs on my parents' heads. I spent two weeks walking around L.A. with an ax when I'd had enough of people trying to solicit prostitution from me. 1 don't care how hungry I get, the world's greatest pastrami sandwich isn't worth that much. It took me a while to figure out that I actually wanted to expand my knowledge of life, the universe, and everything beyond what the school of hard knocks could teach me. I went back to school. Now I'm a history nut and can nerd-out on people the second they ask me anything about the Civil War or most mythologies. But 1 love the medieval stuff almost as much L. *' r- as my husband does. I was even affiliated with ARMA (Association for Renaissance Martial Arts) for a while and can swing a sword halfway decently. My husband has a wonderful, nerdy impression on me. He is the biggest Star Wars freak I've ever met, a collector to the extreme, and still plays Dungeons And Dorks, er. Dragons every weekend with the same guys from high school. Then he likes to go and do things thai scare the bejesus out of me, like rock climbing — often without equipment. For a beanpole, his balance is remarkable, but that doesn't stop me from worrying. He's actually pretty careful for an adrenaline junkie, so I let him get away with it, as long as he keeps that life-sized, cardboard-cutout of R2D2 " " I applications available in SC220 Positions available li: :;atUVU Review: Managing editor Editor at large Web manager x Assistant Web manager j i i , ' J ' -. •- -r Photo editor Assistant Photo editor Photographers | » « ;• •>E 1 BT. ;/.-.- ., J .- Features editor L «?/ , News editor Assistant nevys editor v News writers • •t<': •-i" E-.;, - S v j f j • • • - • - , - : - . . ' • . •• • . . • . •••;-;. ;; :; Opinions editor Opinions writers ; Life editor Assistant Life editor Life Writers i=j..r:-t".: r • Sports editor Assistant Sports editor Sports writers Lead designer Designers Lead Copy editor Copy editor » Multimedia manager Ad Sales representatives Distributors iicatioiis due and C3PO out of the living room. Of course, my friend stopped at "nerd" and the fact that the Radio From Hell folks couldn't pronounce my name (no one can, really, unless you speak fluent German). They could have done worse, I guess, but I don't mind. Oh, and I got some hate mail for the same article. But I've gotten hate mail for suggesting people spend less on brand-name clothing and more on humanitarian efforts, so I guess 1 can get hate mail for just about anything. Thanks for noticing me, X96. Now everyone knows that I'm not just a "liberal" (a four-letter word in these parts, even if not all your views are liberal) or a "space cadet" or "hippie chick." In at least three counties, everyone knows I'm a nerd. |