Tuesday, July 8, 2008

ode to geeks

i am a chemical engineering student. i know, i know; the stereotype is that i am a complete geek, nerd, socially awkward weirdo. i mean, come one, who gets excited about hydrogen bonding? who gets excited about the high heating value of water, ∆H of formation of propane, or mechanical and internal energy balances? who sees an integral or a partial differential equation with love and anticipation? i admit, i am quite the nerd. but really i am cool. really, most engineers are cool. talk to us; you will see. unfortunately, as i will explain, this is not the case for all engineers and tech gurus.
i was on the internet the other day searching for a father's day gift for my father. he, too, is an engineer. i thought he might like special cases to carry his blueprints. i came across these pictures. these pictures define geekiness. these pictures are the reason engineers get a bad reputation. do not judge us all because of a few; i beg you!!


yeah!! stylin' case.

7 comments:

Anonymous said...

ha ha loved your comment. geeks rock

kathryn said...

didn't that guy used to work for dad? he drove electric cars underground, remember?

Erin said...

And this is what your kids are going to get as a present from their Aunt Erin so they can follow in the footsteps of their dad. :)

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.p
hp?listing_id=13315374

(sorry the link is long, be sure to get that whole address)

kathryn said...

oh my gosh, erin... that is SO awesome. don't you LOVE etsy?

maybe i need a couple of those for maggie and cash's room... maggie only knows presidents of the u.s. so far, we need to up the ante.

ashley said...

I always heard "You can't have a geek without the double E" (As in Electrical Engineer) But I married one so its not all bad being a geek. And I always bring plenty of physic phun! :) Erin-- I love the flash cards too... I'm going to make some for our schoolroom.

Erin said...

gEEk! hehe, that's a good one, Ash. But we all love Mike and Ash. So see Jonathan, you don't have to be afraid. Follow your inner Geek!

Anonymous said...

no no, people. don't misunderstand me. geek is not bad. learning is fun. science is fun. what i'm talking about is being totally oblivious to your geekness. if you are a geek, accept it. but when you think that geek and hot can be intertwined in a blueprint carrying case, you are totally wrong. i guess its the pose..."hey baby, see this blueprint carrying case? i got some hot plans in here!!"