Am I a nerd?
I talked briefly to my friend Kristin and she asked me how I was doing and then I told her I’m enjoying my time here in the laboratory doing experiments and studying. And then she told me, “yeah, having fun with all the nerds.” I just laughed. But then I thought about it more seriously.
Today I stayed in the lab until about 11 at night. Even then I was one of the first ones to go home. There were just a lot of experiments and preparation to do. When it was getting kind of late I finally started to realize hey, I am kind of nerdy. I always thought I was pretty normal or even borderline cool, but as I thought about it more I kind of questioned myself. Who goes to Japan to do experiments in a lab? Isn’t Japan supposed to be a vacation or place to do business? Then I thought about my summer when I went to work at Agilent. Working with Dr. John made me feel cool when I was doing “cool science.” But when I tried to explain to others what I was doing it must have seemed pretty boring. I decided to just think of myself as a “cool nerd” from now.
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