Nerds are a sub-culture

In today's standards, I would be classified as a nerd.  In all honesty, I love it.

Of course there are different sub-categories with in the title of nerd, but they all have some things in common.  1.) People who do not blend in with the crowd or 2.) have no desire to blend in with the crowd.  3.) People who have interests are contrary to the interests of the large majority of people and 4.) exploit those interests when possible.  5.) People who are seclusive or 6.) people who simply have no urge to hang out with the popular crowd, due to the fact that they are not 7.) accepted or 8.) are viewed as oddities.  

I just started reading this fantastic blog on the MacLean's website, made by a sixteen-year-old bio nerd (self-christened) who is going into university next year.  

It's interesting how some people feel a pressing urge to climb the social ladder, while others feel comfortable where they are, and therefore do not care.  It's also interesting how much the views on a certain stereotypical culture group change depending on who you ask.  An example would be the term emo, which actually means emotionally unstable and is actually rude to call someone, vs. the kid in my class who lives a self-proclaimed emo lifestyle and scrawled Life, Death, Emo! on a portable door last spring.

I am a self-proclaimed music nerd, but I know people who would rather jump off a cliff than "insult themselves" in that fashion.  *smirk*  One person's trash is another's treasure I guess.