post a nerdy pic of yourself (past or present). here is mine....

[The Straight Story]

I lettered in Chess in high school, and the jacket is from the career center where I took mechanical drafting.....(1982)





me now:

[crim son]

1. You have improved!

In every way, I'm sure.

Only one year ago (in three days, one year exactly):

[The Straight Story]

2. Where was that taken at (state)?

The weather looks nice and pretty green trees.

Does not seem to be many customers there :)

And you don't look nerdy at all!

[crim son]

4. I was at my happiest and most prim. A complete nerd.

It was taken in Merida, Mexico on a gorgeous hot day.

[Maestro]

10. Merida?

Beautiful city. Has it gotten real touristy? It used to be a little jewel in Mexico.

Oh and my nerdy pic is right here. It's from '87 I think. I thought I was Elvis Costello or something. :eyes:

[crim son]

23. You do have the Costello mystique going on there!

Not nerdy at all.

I don't think Merida has been overrun by tourists although we were told that foreigners, largely Canadian, were buying up all the old houses near the center of the city. We in fact stayed at one of these houses which is owned by a friend. However we didn't see many gringos during our weeklong stay. I'd go back, definitely.

[billyskank]

14. That's nerdy?

I guess I always thoughts nerds were awesome anyway. :loveya:

[crim son]

25. I tend to prefer nerds myself.

I feel most comfortable with my peers. :loveya:

[billyskank]

29. Yay!

:hug:

[graywarrior]

21. Nice shirt, tho.

:spray:

[crim son]

24. I got a lot of compliments on that shirt!

Not. :rofl:

[graywarrior]

61. TJ Max? or Target?

[crim son]

65. Wal Mart.

Seriously. WalMart. All my summer clothes were packed and this was an impromptu trip, so I went out to look for warm weather clothes. None of the stores had any out but WalMart. Hence the chic look and high quality. :P

[graywarrior]

93. I LOVE Faded Glory. LOVE their stuff!!!!

:headbang:

[SPKrazy]

82. Nerdy? Nahhhhh ...

really kinda hot in that Marion librarian way! :loveya:

[crim son]

101. You are probably one of the few DUers who know

that I am in fact Marion the Librarian IRL. :loveya:

[SPKrazy]

110. Well Marion Is Pretty

HOT too..

especially with those little plaid skirts on and...

oh never mind...


:rofl:


:loveya:

[mainegreen]

3. I have one picture, and I'm NEVER EVER posting it.

Its a miracle I turned out as I did!
:rofl:

[crim son]

5. Aw come on.

Don't you understand that it will just make us love you all the more? Or, find you really vile and strange.

[mainegreen]

6. All I'm gonna say is 'Ocean Pacific' and that I was twelve at the time.

With plaid nickers.
And pulled up tube socks. The white kind with the green stripe.
And plastic frame glasses.
And freckles.
And bowl haircut.

It's too frightening to behold.

[The Straight Story]

7. can't be any worse than my ugly geek ass

We won't make fun of it, promise (ok, well *I* won't anyway, I can't vouch for other lounge lizards!)

[crim son]

8. I am sorely tempted to post me at nine in my ballet

leotard but the mere contemplation of such an act gives me the shivers. Social suicide. I understand, my friend.

[Rhythm]

9. sweet 16... circa 1982

My best friend Jeff and I, getting ready to go out somewhere...



He and i were the best of friends for years, but never actually 'dated'. We just found each other to be better company than most anyone else we knew.

[gbate]

20. I love your shirt! I think I had one just like that, with the high collar and ribbon at the neck.

Cool!

[Rhythm]

121. At the time, that was a wardrobe standard for me...

I attended a uber-conservative parochial school from age 13-17, and the ensemble that you see there would have been accompanied by an ankle-length wool blend skirt if i had been heading for school.

As it was, i think i was wearing a pr of black slacks and chunky heels that night...

[Qanisqineq]

11. here's my goofy picture

Taken in November on my birthday. I was trying a facial mask to look younger. The resolution isn't that great because it was a frame captured from a video.

[Drum]

17. Actually that's really neat.

Puts all of the focus on your expressive eyes, which are quite lovely.

:hi:

[Cannikin]

12. This is when I'm at my geekiest.

[Oeditpus Rex]

40. What type is that

in the first photo?

I went up in an RV-6A once. Not the smoothest flight in history, but a helluva lotta fun. :7

[Cannikin]

71. That is a Diamond Katana DA-20. Great for training.

Here's a review:

The Diamond Katana is a 2-seat training aircraft with a European motorglider heritage. It is statistically safe, slow, forgiving, reliable, quiet, and cheap. You can buy an 80 hp Rotax-powered DA20-A1 for between $35,000 and $50,000 or newer versions with engines up to 125 hp for prices that approach $100,000. The Rotax-powered DA20-A1 can cruise at 95 knots indicated airspeed while burning just 3.25 gallons per hour. This article will concentrate on the 80 hp DA20-A1 because that's what the author has personally trained in (total of nearly 90 hours).
What is most addictive about the Katana is the visibility of the low-wing design combined with a plexiglass canopy. You feel as though you're part of the sky. With its constant-speed prop pulled back to 1900 RPM the interior is remarkably quiet and you're still cruising at 95 knots, just shy of the 104 knot standard cruise.

Pilots who regularly fly $500,000+ airplanes love the Katana. The examiner for my Private checkride was a 25,000-hour guy who has instructed on multi-engines and turbines. When I said that we were taking a DA20-A1 he said "I love the Katana; it is so much fun." My 1500-hour friend who owns a 240-knot Mooney Bravo also loves to goof around in the Katana and rents one whenever his Mooney isn't available.

The DA20-A1 cannot be IFR certified due to its lack of lightning protection.

Safety
The Katana has an excellent safety record. In the April 2001 issue of AviationConsumer.com the article "The Safest Trainer" (Jane Garvey and Paul Bertorelli) gives high marks to the Cessna 172 and the Katana. If you're unsure about the Rotax engine, you'll be comforted by this quote from the article: "The trainer with the best engine reliability record was the Diamond Katana, with only two engine failures, one of which was operator induced by lack of oil." Should you kill yourself in a Katana, you'll be the first American to do so. The plane's fatal accident rate of 0.2 per 100,000 hours is entirely due to a Canadian VFR-into-IMC incident. The AviationConsumer article does caution Katana pilots to ensure that the canopy is well and truly closed. Three in-flight incidents, none resulting in serious injury, have occurred due to pilots failing to latch the canopy fully.
No Diamond airplane has ever caught fire after an accident.

Preflight
Passenger and baggage capacity with the 20-gallon fuel tank full is about 460 pounds. Baggage is stored on a shelf behind the two front seats. A cargo net prevents it from coming forward and hitting you during radical maneuvers. There is enough space in the baggage area for at least two large duffel bags full of clothing, books, etc.
Preflighting the airplane takes less than 10 minutes. There are a couple of Plexi inspection panels underneath each wing where you can look for loose control rod nuts. For creaky 38-year-old me these involve kneeling on the tarmac. Wear bluejeans.

There are no power points for noise-cancelling headsets. There is no cigarette lighter outlet. You plug your headset into sockets just behind the seats and then step on the little metal step to get into the plane, something that can be easily accomplished without stepping on the leather seat.

At 6' tall, 205 lbs., I find the legroom and elbow space just barely adequate. You sit hip-to-hip with your passenger or CFI and if you're both putting on the 4-point harnesses at the same time, someone is going to get stuck in the ribs. Headroom is ample, even with massive Dave Clark headset bands.

Taxiing the Katana in a straight line via differential braking is an acquired skill.

Takeoff
Keep the center-mounted stick neutral, some right rudder in, and rotate smoothly at 51 knots. The Katana really wants to fly. If you're doing soft field takeoffs and hold the stick back all the way, you'll find that you go from rolling on the runway to stalling in the air within the space of an eyeblink. It is probably best to hold the stick no more than halfway back to avoid having to shove it forward in a panic for a reasonable soft field takeoff.
The 80 hp airplane climbs quite nicely from cold New England sea level airports but has a reputation as a dog down in Florida. Floridians also complain of baking underneath the canopy while taxiing out. When it is really cold, i.e., below -10C, Diamond recommends obstructing one of the cooling air inlets with a small metal plate. If you leave this in when the temperature is closer to 0C, climb out becomes very interesting. At maximum power, the engine temperature heads rapidly for the red but won't quite reach the red line. Any oil that you spilled during the preflight oil check starts to burn off and produce a burning smell in the cockpit. Your instructor calls the tower and asks for a precautionary landing. The smell goes away. The engine cools down. You taxi back and take off again. The engine temperature soars. Your 600-hour instructor begins to freak out again. You suddenly recall the existence and presence of that little plate. Not that this has ever happened to me ...

Cruise
When cruising you pull the prop back to between 1900 and 2200 RPM. In most Katanas this results in a substantially quieter ride. In some Katanas this results in a lot of vibration. Test before you buy.
The Rotax engine is water-cooled and therefore has more thermal mass than traditional air-cooled airplane engines. This means that you don't have to worry too much about shock cooling the engine when descending at very low power settings. The carburetor is auto-leaning, which means that you have only two engine controls: throttle and prop.

The Katana has only one fuel tank and a single on-off switch. The cruise checklist is very short: boost pump off, landing light off, power settings reasonable, gauges check, align DG to wet compass. There is no vacuum system so you don't have to worry about instruments flaking out. Everything is electric and very reliable in my experience. The narrow King GPS that was an option in most DA20-A1s has a user interface that is way too complex for in-flight operation. The moving map is monochrome and cryptic. Basically the King GPS is good for two things: (1) bearing and distance to a designated airport, and (2) one-button information about the 5 closest airports in case of a problem in-flight.

Sadly the Katana is not fuel-injected and therefore you really ought to apply carb heat periodically inflight. That's what the books say. However, despite having flown the Katana for 90+ hours in a medium-cold medium-wet Massachusetts winter, I never noticed that the carb heat had any positive effect on the engine. I.e., the Rotax does not seem to be prone to carb ice.

After 2 hours of cruise you'll notice that the fuel tank is more than half full and that your back and neck are starting to hurt. The Katana seat backs have a substantial and fixed recline angle. One's natural tendency is to crane one's head forward a bit to get a closer look at the instruments and the world outside. This is a huge mistake and will result in a stiff neck. Force yourself to lean back in your seat and accept the recline angle. Diamond makes this tough because there are no headrests in the DA20-A1.

Landings
Because it has huge wings (14:1 glide ratio) and no mass (1600 lbs. gross weight), the Katana is highly susceptible to crosswinds. If you can learn to land the Katana in a gusty crosswind, any heavier plane will seem remarkably stable.
The recommended approach speed is 57 knots, well above the 37 knot stall. If you're a sloppy student and come in at 65 knots you'll float an extra 500 feet or more down the runway. Coming in with half flaps to deal with that gusty crosswind? At 65 knots and half flaps, you'll glide an extra 500 feet over the numbers before you know it and then float an extra 500 feet. This is when you'll recall that best glide is 72 kts. and half flaps.

The landing gear on the DA20-A1 are fixed, simple, and strong. Students pound the stuffing out of the planes all day every day and the gear never seems to suffer.

Transport of Dogs
If your dog weighs less than 35 lbs., he can probably fit comfortably in the baggage area. A larger dog wouldn't be comfortable in the baggage area and might not be safe sitting in the right seat, due to the fact that the stick is part of the seat. It is a real shame.
Night Flying
Most of the instrument lighting comes from a couple of little bulbs behind the pilots' heads. The gauges are tough to read at night. If you do fly at night you might want to bring a passenger whose job is to shine a small flashlight on the engine instruments periodically.
The backlit instruments in the DA20s that I've tried are the following: wet compass, radio (includes a bar-graph VOR CDI), and the GPS. Basically I ended up using the GPS as my primary flight instrument due to its superior readability.

Winter Flying
It is difficult to remove snow and ice from a plastic airplane. If you can't get a hangar you'll have to use fabric wing covers during the winter months. This adds about 15 minutes to the already miserable cold and windblown experience of being out on the ramp.
Once in the air, however, the Katana is wonderfully warm and well-sealed. On sunny days the greenhouse effect from the canopy means that you won't even need to use the cabin heat.

Stalls and Spins
The Katana is very well behaved in a stall and can be maneuvered easily right down to its full-flaps stall speed of 37 knots. Even with most of the wing stalled, the ailerons remain functional. This can actually lead to some bad habits if the student moves to an older design or aerobatic plane. Most airplanes require "stepping on the high wing" with rudder.
The DA20-A1 is also spin-certified. Russ Hustead, renowned for his HK36R motorglider instruction (see www.skykingsoaring.com), previously instructed for 400 hours in the DA20. Hustead says "It is a great airplane for teaching spins and learning recovery. The Katana has a very vertical nose-down spin. Sometimes it takes about 1/4 turn to 1/2 turn to stop the rotation with opposite rudder."

The Continental-powered Version
Diamond produced 331 Rotax-powered DA20s in Canada from 1995 through 1998. Since 1998 the North American branch of Diamond has used only air-cooled Continental and Lycoming engines in its planes, not counting HK36 R/T motorgliders. The new DA20-C1s, which are named "Eclipse" and "Evolution" rather than "Katana", are substantially faster than the Rotax-powered DA20. If you fly from a hot high airport, i.e., in high density altitude air, the extra power would certainly be nice. But for most student pilots, power and speed is the last thing that is needed. The faster you fly the faster your small errors turn into big unintentional altitude and heading changes. Flying under the hood at 95 kts isn't so tough; try it at 135 kts in the new improved DA20 and you might find yourself all over the sky.
If you slow a DA20-C1 down to DA20-A1 speeds, the airplane will be comparably quiet inside, despite the Continental engine's lack of a constant speed prop. At maximum speed, however, the C1 will be noisier than a throttled-back A1. Everything else about the interior of the C1 is much plusher than the old A1s and you can get fancier avionics, e.g., Garmin 430 GPS, S-TEC two-axis autopilot. The C1 has 4-point harnesses like the A1 but they're on inertia reels. You can crack the canopy of the C1 for improved comfort when taxiing on hot days. The seat back recline angle on the C1 is less extreme.

Retail prices on the DA20-C1s range between $125,000 (stripped Evolution) and $170,000 (loaded-with-avionics Eclipse). Diamond also makes a version with the flight instruments in front of the right seat. This is the airplane used by the United States Air Force for primary flight training at the Air Force Academy.

The Katana 100 Version
The Katana 100 is a factory retrofit of a DA20-A1 with a brand new 100 hp Rotax 912S. This yields a useful load increase of 44 lbs, to 1654 lbs gross. Conversion also entails improved cooling, various new and improved parts, and a complete mechanical and cosmetic refurbishment. It costs about $30,000 and the airplane comes out looking like new.
One option for the budget-minded owner is the following:

buy a 7-year-old DA20 today for $35,000
fly the plane until the Rotax engine is just about due for its 1200-hour overhaul
fly the plane to London, Ontario for a refit into a Katana 100
enjoy the "like new" plane for a couple more years
take the wing off and send the Katana 100 on a container ship to Europe (the Diamond factory in Ontario can do this for you)
fly around Europe for a few weeks
sell the plane in Europe where demand is probably stronger (Europeans love Rotax-powered airplanes as much as North Americans hate them)
Maintenance
Mechanics at Hanscom Field report that the DA20-A1s are easy to maintain. Unlike a metal airplane they don't have a lot of inspection panels so a 100-hour inspection can be done in as little as one day. The Rotax engine will be unfamiliar to the vast majority of American airplane mechanics. Thus, if you plan to fly around in the boondocks and get oil changes or 100-hour inspections, the Continental-powered DA20 is going to be easier to live with. The Continental will go 2000 hours between overhauls and the Rotax just 1200.
Owners report that they do their own oil changes on the Rotax 912 and that it is easy. Best to change oil every 25 hours to prevent lead fouling, with an oil filter change every 50 hours unless you fly infrequently, in which case the filter should be changed at 25 hours along with the oil.

Factory support for spare parts is apparently very good.

Personal Conclusion
Despite my positive experience as a flight student in the DA20 and its low price and operating cost, I decided not to buy a DA20. Although my main goal is to fly day VFR and see those aspects of the world that aren't visible from the ground, I want the option of flying IFR and flying comfortably at night. More importantly, I want a back seat so that I can bring my dog Alex with me. So I shelled out about 5X the cost of a used DA20 on a brand-new four-seat Diamond DA40.

[xchrom]

83. now see -- i thought you were a sexy pilot -- not a geeky pilot.

[TheMightyFavog]

13. Me at the controls of a Camera in UWSP's old TV Studio (RIP) ca. late 2004/early 2005

[billyskank]

15. All my pictures are nerdy since I am an inveterate nerd, so you can have this:

[mainegreen]

16. Whoa!

You in some kind of monastary there?

[billyskank]

18. That was at the European Hare Krishna Festival 2006

It was held in Paderborn, Germany last April.

[Control-Z]

126. And I was thinking

prison cell - but was too polite to ask (the cot, you know). :rofl:

[graywarrior]

22. OMG, that is so hawt, billyskank!!!!!!!!1

:loveya:

[billyskank]

30. Heh

I don't think that was the idea. ;) But thank you. :hug:

[crim son]

27. You don't look nerdy there... you look philosophical.

At peace. Who took the pic?

[billyskank]

28. I did, using the timer

Hi crim son! :hi:

[crim son]

31. Hello, my friend.

Happy Sunday.

[billyskank]

32. Same to you

It is not going so badly here. :*

[crim son]

33. I'm glad!

I only got up an hour ago which makes it pretty good over here too!

[billyskank]

34. Then please accept a hug

They seem even better when things are pretty good. :hug:

[crim son]

35. Oh, thank you. Now

I'm all set for the day. One for you too, billyskank. :hug: No, two. :hug: :hug:

[Cobalt Violet]

127. Your wearing white! So that means your not celibate?

Is that right? Is that what it means?

[gbate]

19. Here is one of me from the early 80's.

I'm the one on the left.

[XemaSab]

26. In the not-too-distant past....

[swag]

46. St. Helens?

[XemaSab]

62. Yup

The look on my face is pure giddiness at seeing St Helens. :D

[swag]

63. It's amazing up there, isn't it?

I need to go back up now that Johnson Ridge is open again.

Not sure that I need to hike through Ape Cave again, though.

[XemaSab]

76. Totally awesome

My favorite part were all the good visitor centers.

[Shell Beau]

36. Will silly do?

[billyskank]

37. No. We demand a nerdy shot.

:P

[Shell Beau]

38. What counts as nerdy?

I am sure I have a nerdy pic around here somewhere!!!!

[billyskank]

39. For you? I dunno.

Have you ever done anything that could be called nerdy? You never struck me as a nerd. :)

[Shell Beau]

41. I did have to wear glasses once. But then my dog ate them and I never

got anymore. They were really just prescription reading glasses!! :)

[billyskank]

43. Yup. That's the closest you ever came to nerditude.

;)

[Left Is Write]

52. What?! Wearing glasses is nerdy?

[billyskank]

54. Nope

You make it sexy. :D

[Beer Snob-50]

135. silly drunkeness???

:beer:



:loveya:

were you ever then type to just get plowed and then moon the world around you?

:wow:

[Oeditpus Rex]

42. This is the best I can come up with

Sophomore year of high school. I shoulda been shot for that hair. :blush:

[billyskank]

44. My favourite of you is still the one

where you have the baseball on TV and a look of utter astonishment and disgust on your face. :rofl:

[Oeditpus Rex]

45. Heee!

That was a look of "Oy! Dodged a bullet!"





The Giants player on the screen had just smoked one into the right-field seats, but about 10 feet foul. :crazy:




I realize you have no idea what that means, you silly Brit. So just trust me. :7

[billyskank]

48. That's the one

That look says, "holy fucking hell."

[swag]

47. I want that jacket.

[Oeditpus Rex]

57. Oooo, yeah!

A generic racing windbreaker. Mondo cool. :eyes:

[dropkickpa]

59. Dude, that hair and jacket would

Make you an Emo all star today!!

[jus_the_facts]

49. Stoopid me....

:silly:

[HEyHEY]

50. Me nerded up for work the other day

[billyskank]

55. That shirt is way too sharp for nerditude

Sorry dude. ;)

[HEyHEY]

56. You should see the matching cufflinks!

[Left Is Write]

80. That's nerd chic, which isn't technically nerdy.

[GirlinContempt]

125. Not nerdy.

I'd hit it.

[HEyHEY]

131. haha

Woohoo! This nerd's getting action!

[GirlinContempt]

132. Don't you always?

:D

[HEyHEY]

133. depends how long the bar's happy hour is

[Left Is Write]

51. 5th grade (school year 1976-77)

[HEyHEY]

53. haha

That's a cute pic

[Left Is Write]

58. I always thought it was so amazing...

that such a skinny kid (maybe 50 pounds in 5th grade) could have such chipmunk cheeks. I hated my "fat cheeks."

[Oeditpus Rex]

97. I never woulda gotten any schoolwork done

Just woulda stared at you all day. You were even prettier'n Susan Yednak. :loveya:

[Left Is Write]

104. Then I wish we'd gone to school together...

'Cause I'm pretty sure none of my classmates had his schoolwork suffer because of me. :)

[Burma Jones]

60. As a Cub Scout

[Guava Jelly]

64. You have been warned!

Me in my Charlie and the chocolate factory days.

me in 1979 eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeek!

[joneschick]

78. I don't know how to break it to you hon

but I would recognize you from that second photo in a heart beat! :hi:

[Guava Jelly]

102. As being fugly maybe

:):hi:

[joneschick]

105. nuh uh! fu'dorable.

:hi:

[Guava Jelly]

108. Thanks

:hug: :loveva:
:hi:

[graywarrior]

92. God, are you cute or what!!!!

:yourock:

[Guava Jelly]

103. probably more on the or what side

:7

[graywarrior]

106. No, you are definetly cute.

:evilgrin:

[graywarrior]

66. Ugh.

[Omphaloskepsis]

74. You have lovely eyes...

I'm not sure why I feel this way.. But, I think you could beat me up.

[graywarrior]

77. Pfffttt. Probably could.

But wouldn't want to.
:evilgrin:

[Left Is Write]

86. Not nerdy.

[graywarrior]

90. I was never nerdy. A freak in high school, but never a nerd.

Sorry....:cry:

[SPKrazy]

88. Warn A Guy Before

he sees her royal hotness!

:hug:

[graywarrior]

91. You say that to all clowns.

[SPKrazy]

109. No, I've Never Said That To A Clown That I've Known Was A CLown

:shrug:

:hi:

[graywarrior]

111. OMG, what a great sentence!

:rofl:

[SPKrazy]

113. Well....

it is certainly possible, no probable, that I've said things to clowns who were out of clown garb. I can't remember everything I have said in my life. I don't know if things I said to someone were being spoken to clowns out of uniform who didn't tell me they were really clowns.

:crazy:

[graywarrior]

114. Undercover clowns.

The Bush Administration!

[SPKrazy]

117. They aren't very well undercover then...

anyone can recognize them for the clowns they are...

the other clowns from outer space are infiltrating our planet and hiding amongst us. You may be sleeping next to a clown? You might not know it either.

[graywarrior]

120. OMG, my cat could be one!!!!

[SPKrazy]

122. That's not a cat that is a CLOWN!

hit it with the book, it is trying to learn our customs and behaviors, using osmosis as the method of absorbing literary information. They will soon have all of our books absorbed into their clown brains and then they will know what we know.. :P (then they will be truly fucked,eh?)

:rofl:

[graywarrior]

129. He's clowning around.

[ironflange]

67. Rrrrowf! Come and get it, girls, there's lots to go around!

Man, I had great hair. My HS grad pic in 1976.

Edit time: Might as well show what it turned into, I'm on the left:

[NewWaveChick1981]

68. Me being the big ol' science fiction nerd that I am...

:rofl: Circa 1983 sitting on Richard Hatch's lap. (Battlestar Galactica Richard Hatch, not that Survivor loser... :rofl:)

[Shell Beau]

69. Who you gonna call?

:P


You were very pretty!! And still are!

[NewWaveChick1981]

70. Thank you, Shell Beau!

:hi: I appreciate that very much! :D :hug:

[Guava Jelly]

72. I just love that one!

But you know this :)
:hi:

[NewWaveChick1981]

73. Thanks, gopsux!

:hi: :D Who'da thunk it? :P

[Guava Jelly]

75. Hell you were adorable!

Still are :)

[Left Is Write]

79. THAT is the nerdiest picture you could come up with?

I am sorry, we'll have to revoke your nerd credentials.

There is nothing nerdy about this at all.

[NewWaveChick1981]

98. Hey! I was a card-carrying nerd back then...

:rofl: Had my National Honor Society membership card in high school and hung out with the Science Fiction Club gang in college. All my other nerdy pictures are acne-riddled, so I'll stick with this one. :P :hi:

Thanks, LIW! :hug:

[SPKrazy]

81. What A Lucky D00d!

you were a cutie NWC

:loveya:

of course you still are...

I'd forgotten how good you looked back in college, even though we were separated, I still have these remembrances of that time.

:shrug:

:rofl:

[NewWaveChick1981]

99. Thanks, SPK!

:loveya: Yeah, even though we'd never met each other, we were connected in so many ways... :P :rofl: :hi:

[SPKrazy]

112. Maybe It Was...

some sort of out of body experience we shared for 4 years?

:rofl:


:loveya:

[gbate]

136. Damn! You're one lucky lady!

[SPKrazy]

84. I Think This Is Kind Of Nerdy...

or at least goofy..

from the other day at the clown attack at work...


wearing a clown nose...

[jane_pippin]

85. The fact that I thought to do this is quite possibly the nerdiest thing about it.

Man oh man. Am I ever bored. Whatever shall I do?





Yes! A book is just the thing.





Verdict? Thumbsup!! But don't take my word for it. Visit your local library and find out for yourself!

[SPKrazy]

87. Your Actions Are NERDY

but you don't look nerdy at all!

:hi:

;)

[jane_pippin]

94. They sure are!

Thank you.

:hi:

[SPKrazy]

115. De Nada!

:pals:

:hi:

[billyskank]

89. I aspire to meet nerds like you.

:loveya:

:D

[jane_pippin]

95. Thanks, Billy

:hi:

[Pierre.Suave]

107. So thats how they read Plato in Wisconsin...

That actually explains an awful lot.


























jk, you look great though, I dig the glasses.

hello from MN.

here is a nerdy pic of me, from my halloween party.

[jane_pippin]

119. Ha! I've been meaning to tell you

that that costume is hilarious! Every time I see it I crack up. It's such a good picture.

Thanks for the compliment, too.

[Pierre.Suave]

123. I am glad you like it

I personally dont think it is a very great picture of me, but it does say a lot about me, I think...

what that is though is up for debate I guess.

Anyway, you are welcome.

edit: this picture was actually taken by a very inebriated friend, I was also very inebriated.

[Labors of Hercules]

118. wow! You can read upside down???

COOL! Are you married?

[TOhioLiberal]

96. Here's me:

From High school. (please don't tell me I'm cute. I hated my hair that day.x( )



I don't look happy here, (I was depressed) but I sorta like the picture anyway. :shrug:

[Left Is Write]

130. I don't think you look nerdy.

(I like the second picture too.)

[Redstone]

100. Sorry, I got nothing.

Redstone

[Left Is Write]

116. I am very much not surprised by this.

:)

[The Straight Story]

124. you gotta have something :)

Weren't you in the D&D club or something ;)

[Left Is Write]

128. I can't imagine Redstone having had a nerdy day in his life.

And I mean that sincerely.

[BarenakedLady]

134. How about geeky?

Yes, I was tipsy at the time. And much larger, yikes.