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Annie Sertich likes to give me shit about blogging. She's one of the funniest women (onstage and off) that you'll ever meet, and she's currently one of the standouts in the Acme show we're doing on Saturday nights. Last week after the show, a gang of us hung out, drank some beer and shot the shit. It's what I've missed the most about theatre; the camaraderie and the feeling of being a cast member. After the show is almost as much fun as during the show.
Anyway, this past Saturday, Annie launched off into a hilarious rant on blogging. I bet her that she'd end up here anyway (Thus the busted thing.) Of course, she did end up here, and wasted no time hazing me via e-mail:
Dear Blog,
Now that I have been "busted," I wonder when the nerd
police are gonna come take me to nerd jail. Boy oh
boy, I've heard BAD things about nerd jail...only 5
minutes of Internet access a day! Can you believe it
Blog? Me neither. I better get my fill of Internet
poker and go fish. (By the way, I won 100 bucks last
night in a nasty game of solitaire with some joker in
Torrence. "Cha-ching!" Have you heard that phrase
Blog? "Cha-ching?" Yeah, it's pretty new. I'm gonna
bring it to nerd jail and make the other inmates shit
their pants with my coolness).
Ok Blog. I gotta go work on my G7 Mac Panther MSDOS
machine with underscore dock preferences.
Boo-bitty-boo-boo-bing-bing-sound effect-sound
effect...
Signed,
Me.
elbow and...
Send.
Oh, quick thoughts:
1. I love hot pockets.
2. Check out the song Mr. Jones by Counting Crows.
It's cutting edge.
3. Shane Nickerson, if you are reading this, you are
busted to INFINITY.
(I can't write the infinity sign because Yahoo doesn't
have symbols. Stupid Yahoo. Maybe I can invent
something while in nerd jail. Good thinking Blog.
You're the best).
You win this round Annie.
You win this round.
I've only been into blogging steadily for a few months, and it's funny how obsessive you get about it; not just writing your own, but also reading everyone else's. It becomes a little big deal for you. But then the people you work with and friends that you have don't even know what blogging IS...and they look at you as if you are, as Annie stated so well, a nerd. That's okay. They're just missing out. Half the people I work with can't spell worth a damn anyway.
Posted by: Jennifer Lankenau | October 18, 2005 at 05:01 PM
I'm adding "underscore dock preferences" to my repertoire of cool phrases that I say to repel the lady-types.
Posted by: AJ | October 18, 2005 at 05:06 PM
I think that little ditty qualifies Annie to at least the triumph of TWO rounds...
Posted by: xtx | October 18, 2005 at 05:07 PM
Give Annie another 10 minutes and she will have a blog of her own. It is the new pink, ya know?
Looking forward to seeing you at Acme this weekend. If I see you in the bar afterwards I will make sure to introduce myself and buy you a beer. ;)
There is two beers in it for Annie upon the launching of her blog. *gauntlet thrown down*
p.s. Here is your infinity: ∞
Posted by: Matt | October 18, 2005 at 08:41 PM
You should have knocked it closed, Shane.
Posted by: Wil | October 18, 2005 at 09:59 PM
Yes, Annie must have her own blog. Even one dedicated to the Nickerblog would be awesome.
Posted by: Unsomnambulist | October 19, 2005 at 08:23 AM
Annie is my new favorite person.
Posted by: Kate | October 19, 2005 at 10:29 AM
Awesome. I want to get stuck in nerd jail with Annie.
Posted by: communicatrix | October 19, 2005 at 05:43 PM
Black Flag, Shane. Black Flag.
Posted by: Dariush | October 19, 2005 at 08:39 PM