My English capstone class is full of nerds. i count myself among their number. however, worse than it being full of nerds is the fact that these are nerds who love to hear themselves talk. these are pretentious nerds---arrogant nerds. nerds with attitude.
i am happy that we are all in college and have gotten past the "i can't show my intelligence because someone will beat me up after class" complex. really. but seriously. even fellow geeks like myself do not want to hear you relate a philosophy that concerns literary criticism to obscure ideas or novels that no one has read besides you because you're sitting in on a friday night by yourself, breathing heavily over said obscure novel. these are the kids that i stare at intently all during class, wishing with every particle of my being for them to just. shut. up.
i am an enlightened nerd. i go out and party and drink and interact with living, breathing people. i enjoy class, i adore debating over ideas, i love learning. but it is not my sum total purpose for being.
so look down on me if you will.
but at least i'm not speaking to hear myself.
self-important windbags.
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