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What Kind of Nerdfighter Are You?: Book Nerd

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I read a lot. I teach people to read. And I train guide dogs to lead the blind.

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What Type of Nerdfighter are You? Your Result: You are a Writing-type Nerdfighter Whether it's poetry, stories, or comic books, you like to put things down on paper. Writing means a lot to you. It's how you express yourself. You've also probably read one...or both of John's books :)
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Favorite Books, Movies, Music, and more: Twilight Saga (Yeah, I know, I know, but I can't help that I love it, so let me do my own nerdy thing. I won't go fangirl on you, I promise.)

Looking for Alaska

The Underneath (by Kathi Appelt)

The Poisonwood Bible (by Barbara Kingsolver)

The Age of Innocence (by Edith Wharton)

And all the works of Jane Austen and John Stienbeck

What's your favorite thing to put on your head?: My cockatiel, but only when his nails are trimmed.

If you could do your happy dance with anyone who would it be with?: Hmmm...probably a dolphin. They are very happy creatures.

When did you start watching the Vlogbrothers?: December

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On Christmas Vacation, in which I write 30,000 words and get a visit from the Ghost of Christmas Past

I've done NaNoWriMo twice now. I've written another 50,000 word novella besides that. And if I added up all the words in the many, many files of unfinished work stored on my iMac...well, it's just too many words to bother with counting. But this Christmas has topped them all. In five days of vacation, I've accumulated over 30,000 words of new material. That's just the stuff I save. Not the time I spend writing blog entries, and commenting, and posting to boards on the internet. Today I sat down… Continue

Posted on December 30, 2008 at 6:08pm

The Benefits of Puppy Raising

'Kay. This isn't going to be all afterschool special, but in the spirit of nerdfighting (i.e. decreasing world suck), if you are in the position to be able to raise a guide dog puppy, I encourage you to do so. I'm currently raising a pup named Wren for Guiding Eyes for the Blind. It's totally voluntary, but definitely made of awesome!

Here are some ups to the job--

--free dog

--free SUPERSMART dog!!! (seriously, she scares me sometimes with the things she figures… Continue

Posted on December 29, 2008 at 8:57pm

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At 5:48pm on February 3, 2009, Melanie24 said…: umm i don't like twilight. sorry!!

At 8:59am on January 4, 2009, Louser said…: Zomg sealz : O.

At 7:50am on January 4, 2009, Char' said…: thank you for the something nice comment (:
it was very nice.

At 12:52am on January 2, 2009, Bryan said…: happy new year!

At 11:32pm on December 30, 2008, Heaven Leigh said…: heya thanks for the add and yeah, I'll be seeing you. =]

At 12:39am on December 30, 2008, Amanda/Bryce said…: thanks, I'm very proud of my book selection, lol. I'm actually not really that into Twilight. I enjoy it, the story at least, but I'm not fangirly about it, lol.

you liked Trickster's Choice? have you read the other series by Tamora Pierce? About Ali's mother and foster family?

Welcome to the ning if you're new. I'm happy to be the first comment.

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