So we're all nerds then?

So your responses to my post from yesterday prompted me to pose this question to you: If everybody has some sort of 'nerdy' tendencies, what are yours?

Aside from my obsession with counting and calculating everything, here are some of mine:

1) On occasion, I have been known to read and thoroughly enjoy science-fiction novels. (One of my all-time favorite books is "Ender's Game" *blush*) Mr X harasses me to no end on this one but he can't really talk because he loves to play video games. Oh and he has some sort of DRAGON-creature on his treasured snowboard. Very mythical and nerdy, no?

2) I love documentary movies. In fact, at our house we have "Documentary Sunday" every Sunday.

3) Along the same lines as #2, I love stations on TV like PBS and the History Channel. In fact, when we lived in CA, there was this UCSD science professor that regularly taught classes on the PBS station there and I LOVED it. Much to Mr X's disgust I would sit there entranced by his lectures on things like genetics and such. If Mr X had the remote for the television you can bet we'd have been watching Max X or something.

4) I am a database administrator and a developer for an accounting system. Judging by my coworkers, that's pretty high on the 'nerdy' scale.

Aside from those things, though, I'm pretty darn cool. (aha ha ha ha ha...oh please.)

Why would one do this?

Today is my second-to-last day of work for the year. *squeeeeak*

I just came back from using the ladies room (If you are wondering what my point is, I assure you there is one) and I feel the need to discuss something I have noticed going on in there: Chatting on the cell phone while in the loo. What's going on there? Why would one decide that's a great place to chat? I mean there you are having a nice conversation with so-and-so with the sounds of tinkling and other bodily noises in the back ground, not to mention the inevitable industrial strength flush. If one of my friends was chatting with me and I heard these noises I would be bothered. I mean, is my friend peeing while she's telling me about what this guy said to her last night? And even if she's merely standing there, I would be distracted by the sounds anyway.

Oh, and no I have never witnessed this at any other job I have had. Have you seen people do this? Or do you do this? I'm curious...

Name poll

Okay so Hubs says he doesn't want to be referred to as Hubs anymore. His reason? Because Hubs spelled backward is "sbuh." ???? I don't know why that matters. He has selected some choice names for himself but he can't decide which to go with. I decided I'd let the readers vote for their favorite name for him. So please vote by submitting your choice in the comments. Here are the (his) choices:

a) Sea Bass
b) Chode Lovens
c) Mr. X
d) T-Bone
e) OBJ