Nerdgasm: Just For Fun

So I thought I would do this just for fun. Maybe it'll help me with my writer's block. Maybe it won't. Either way, I hope to be an absolute geek and hope others will geek out too. So for starters, what makes me nerd out? First and most important, dinosaurs. I'm going to school them so they should come first. Let me tell you nothing annoys me more than people saying pterodactyl is a dinosaur. It's not and it's pronounced pterodactylus (tear-o-dack-toe-lus). It is in fact a pterosaur or flying reptile. Then there's the whole Brontosaurus thing. Sorry guys, Brontosaurus doesn't exist anymore. His name is Apatosaurus. Anyway, more on that later.
Next on my list of nerdiness is the one and only Harry Potter. Up until the last movie came out all my birthdays had been Harry Potter themed. I was lost last year. I had no idea what to do for my birthday because I had no movie to see. Pathetic, I know, but hey that's what it means to be a geek. In fact, I took an online quiz to see how many of the 200 or so names of characters I could name in as little time as possible. I got all but like four. For a college student, I really have no life.
So, without Harry Potter, I needed something else to cling to. That is where Doctor Who came in. I was lost, alone and felt as though I'd lost my best friend and the Doctor swooped in and saved me. I am now an avid fan waiting in desperation for November 23 and the epicness of the 50th anniversary episodes. In fact, I only started watching Doctor Who because one of the Doctor's was in Harry Potter. Even with Harry out of the picture he influences what I watch.
On a much smaller scale are several other things that keep me quite happy. I love Star Trek: The Next Generation. Picard is the bomb. I will watch TOS though. I mean it's the original, why not? I even saw a few episodes of Enterprise. I am a big fan of the Stravanganza series by Mary Hoffman. If you haven't read them you are missing out. The first book is called The City of Masks. Some seriously good summer reading material right there. I am also and avid bird watcher. I took a field ornithology class and now I love identifying not only birds but mammals, reptiles, amphibians and plants. It makes family vacations to Yellowstone and Glacier a lot more entertaining.
Anywho, I hope people enjoy the nerdiness and where it takes us. To finish off I will prove how much I adore the Harry Potter series.

This is my cat Albus. He didn't have a middle name until my little brother asked so now it's Albus Severus.