an ode to my hubby on our 10 month anniversary
September 10th, 2007 @ 11:35 pm | love, miscellany | Post a CommentForget Britney and her alleged “comeback,” here at Blonde HQ, the musical topic of the day is one near and dear to my husband’s heart: Weird Al. Yep, that weird guy with the weird songs. (I think it’s safe to say his name is very fitting.)
Last year, Weird Al came out with a song called “White & Nerdy,” a parody of Chamillionaire’s song, “Ridin’.” (If you haven’t heard it, stop right now and go watch the video. The rest of this post will make so much more sense, I promise.) Anyway, Andrew immediately deemed this song his own personal theme song and sent out a mass email to his friends declaring as much. No one disputed it.
The challenge: Is there anyone on Earth reading this blog who is, or is coupled with, someone whiter and nerdier than my husband?
Rules: Count one point for each thing that describes you (or your significant other) as per Al’s lyrical definition of white and nerdy. Partial credit is allowed if there is some gray area. Tally up the score at the end. Anyone who can beat Andrew’s score get a special white and nerdy gift in the mail from yours truly. (Oh, and I abridged the lyrics just to get rid of all the choruses and whatnot, mmmkay?)
“White & Nerdy”
First in my class here at M.I.T. [.5 pt for graduating from MIT]
Got skills, I’m a Champion of DND
MC Escher that’s my favorite MC [1 pt]
Keep your 40, I’ll just have an Earl Grey tea [1 pt for always ordering tea after dinner]
My rims never spin to the contrary, You’ll find they’re quite stationary [1 pt]
All of my action figures are cherry
Steven Hawking’s in my library [1 pt]
My MySpace page is all totally pimped out
I got people begging for my top 8 spaces
Yo I know Pi to a thousand places [.5 pt for knowing the first 7 places]
Ain’t got no grills but I still wear braces
I order all of my sandwiches with mayonnaise [1 pt]
I’m a whiz at minesweeper I can play for days
Once you see my sweet moves you’re gonna stay amazed,
my fingers movin’ so fast I’ll set the place ablaze
There’s no killer app I haven’t run
At Pascal, well, I’m number 1 [1 pt for writing a senior thesis on Pascal]
Do vector calculus just for fun [1 pt]
I ain’t got a gat but I gotta soldering gun
Happy days is my favorite theme song
I can sure kick your butt in a game of ping pong
I’ll ace any trivia quiz you bring on [1 pt]
I’m fluent in Java Script as well as Klingon
They see me roll on, my Segway!I’ve been browsing, inspectin’
X-men comics you know I collect ‘em [.5 pt for loving the movies]
The pens in my pocket
I must protect ‘em
my ergonomic keyboard never leaves me bored
Shopping online for deals on some writable media
I edit Wikipedia
I memorized Holy Grail really well [1 pt]
I can recite it right now and have you ROTFLOL
I got a business doing websites [.5 pt for wife having a blog]
When my friends need some code who do they call?
I do HTML for them all
Even made a homepage for my dog! [.5 pt for being obsessed with lolcats]
Yo! Got myself a fanny pack
they were having a sale down at the GAP
Spend my nights with a roll of bubble wrap
POP POP! Hope no one sees me gettin’ freaky!
I’m nerdy in the extreme and whiter than sour cream [1 pt]
I was in AV club and Glee club and even the chess team! [1 pt]
Only question I ever thought was hard
Was do I like Kirk or do I like Picard? [1 pt]
I spend every weekend
at the renaissance fair
I got my name on my under wear!
Andrew’s White and Nerdy Score: 14.5
Can you beat it? Oh, and I love you, honey!
Jase is pretty white and nerdy …
But I think I’ve got him beat!
Happy 10 months!
written by alyndabear
September 10th, 2007 @ 11:27 pm
FYI - those reading in the feed may see a score of 13.5 but I edited it later to be 14.5 — oopsie! now I look like a cheater at my own game.
written by janet
September 10th, 2007 @ 11:37 pm
I haven’t done a total tally, but I think my boy has a few points up his sleeve… LOL!
written by E :)
September 11th, 2007 @ 12:30 am
Oh, Janet, my twin. AS is also white and nerdy, but in different, less academic ways than Andrew. For example, he doesn’t know from calculus, but he does happen to have a business doing (in part) websites. And he was president of the AV Club. He went to SUMMER CAMP for the AV Club. One of his fondest high school memories is coming in on Saturdays to WIRE THE SCHOOL FOR CABLE.
written by Laurel
September 11th, 2007 @ 7:44 am
Oh, it’s on. JG is psyched about calculating his nerd index.
And Laurel - AV Camp? For real? That’s even a notch nerdier than band camp, where I went for two summers. I stand in awe.
I think these nerdy husbands/boyfriends need to hang out while we girls do something, uh, shopping-like.
written by RA
September 11th, 2007 @ 9:12 am
That song is hilarious. One of our local radio stations did a spin off of Chamillionaire’s song, too. It’s a popular one
written by Michelle
September 11th, 2007 @ 9:15 am
Um, going by that my husband has a score of 18. But seriously, he’s really cute.
SIGH.
written by Valerie
September 11th, 2007 @ 10:58 am
um…. 17 points… scary. When I was using match I mentioned nerdy/geeky one the second line of my profile….
written by Daniel
September 11th, 2007 @ 11:04 am
Damn, I was SO hoping for a white and nerdy gift! But Tim and I only scored 6.5 and 5 respectively. I guess we’re more dorky than nerdy.
written by Audrey
September 11th, 2007 @ 11:36 am
Oh man.
I scored a 10.5.
I gave myself half a point for working at the GAP.
And what’s wrong with writing your senior thesis on Pascal…..
I should get 2 points for that.
It took FOREVER!
written by Julie
September 11th, 2007 @ 12:01 pm
Oh I scored Ian as a 5. Although he was not in AV/glee/chess clubs, he was in a Robotics club which I thought merited a definite point
He “says” it was for the free trip to the Florida conference each year in Orlando, but I have my suspicions!
written by Tanya L.
September 11th, 2007 @ 3:07 pm
I really expected Ted to score higher, but he only got a 5. Of course, he’s a poet, so his nerdiness revolves more around being excited to look words up in the dictionary. He could have gotten points for having more than 10 dictionaries…but it just wasn’t meant to be!
Cute post!
written by Erin
September 11th, 2007 @ 8:00 pm
Edgar would not beat Andrew’s score…and he’s totally hispanic so does that even count? I guess it does. To me, white is more than a color…it is a state of mind. I answered my own question.
Edgar is the biggest computer nerd…so if this were more computer focused, he would totally win. He has his own LLC and creates websites for companies. His day job is working for a company that also does that. He plays World of Warcraft in his spare time.
I love that Al Y. song, btw!
written by Lindsey
September 11th, 2007 @ 9:30 pm
Wow. I don’t know what to say…other than that we are remarkably less white and nerdy than I thought. Between the both of us, we only scored a 2.5. Yet I always think of myself as a huge nerd. Huh.
written by Maya
September 11th, 2007 @ 11:50 pm
Happy 10 month! Joel scored surprisingly low on the white n’ nerdy scale. But really anyone who had a tee-shirt made that says “I heart Daphnia” is a complete nerd. Science major, what can I say?
Daphnia: Daphnia are small, mostly planktonic, crustaceans, between 0.2 and 5 mm in length. Daphnia are members of the order Cladocera, and are one of the several small aquatic crustaceans commonly called water fleas because of their saltatory swimming style (although fleas are insects and thus only very distantly related). They live in various aquatic environments ranging from acidic swamps to freshwater lakes, ponds, streams and rivers.
Ha!
written by Ashlie
September 12th, 2007 @ 8:26 am
This cracked me up..seriously..I like both versions….
written by Princess Extrordinaire
September 12th, 2007 @ 4:00 pm
Weird Al! is playing at our city fair this month. Rad.
Also: Happy! TenMonth-Oversary. : )
written by kerrianne
September 12th, 2007 @ 4:30 pm
I remember the first time I heard that song, I literally laughed out loud. I LOVE it. My husband was a Game Master at an online gaming company for a short while if that tell you anything….
written by Nap Queen
September 12th, 2007 @ 10:52 pm
My husband isn’t white but Chinese, which if based off of stereotypes, should give him extra points. And he does wear glasses. And has been known to get excited when his SQL Server magazine comes in the mail. What is SQL Server? you may ask. Perhaps your husband knows if he is a computer nerd.
written by Sijbrich
September 13th, 2007 @ 12:19 pm
We would listen to that song on every robotics bus trip we took. So funny.
(And, yes, Tanya L, I think the robotics club merits a point.)
written by Janet
September 13th, 2007 @ 1:45 pm
11.5 here — that .5 was from not owning a soldering gun at the moment, but planning to purchase one in the near future. Which yes, is very random. I almost think that should count as a full point.
written by angela
September 13th, 2007 @ 10:54 pm