Non-nerdiness?

We've determined that i'm nerdy - that is not a question at this juncture. So, what do i like and do that are not nerdy?

Actually, my life as it stands today is fairly low in (obvious) nerdy content. Sure, i write software, but that stays at work - i'm not one of those people who love coding in their spare time. i enjoy playing the guitar, and lately i've been taking a lot of photos. i love spending time with my wife and son. Perhaps the most surprising aspect of my life, given my introverted track record (see: high-school, college - i was once told that i was pretty introverted even on the Caltech scale of introversion), is the number of friends i have. Sometimes i feel like i have too many friends - i just can't spend the time to get to know them all as well as i might like. That's just weird to me (and probably weirder to Adam). Not only that, but pretty much none of my local (Portland-area) friends are friends because we share a love of math or anything similar. i'm pretty sure a few of my friends think i'm smart because someone told them so (hearsay, i tell you!), not because i've ever proven it. Of course, i'm still fairly quiet, so that helps in the perception (in that i don't prove myself not smart/nerdy).

Given all that, there is always a strong undercurrent of nerdiness in my life. i don't often reveal it in day-to-day life, but it's always there, and occasionally i have to express it. Usually this ends up being a comment or conversation with Michelle, who, thankfully, also enjoys the nerdier side of the world. i also greatly look forward to any time we can spend with classmates from Caltech, but it's hard to make that happen very often. So this blog has been an excellent way for me to let it all out. You've been treated to a very large helping of the part of my life that doesn't get expressed as much elsewhere. Thank you for listening.