Quick little post for you all….:
A good percent of the time, I am met with a lot of disrespectful comments because of my tattoos/appearance, general interests, career goals, etc. This is especially frequent in my job. However, after an extremely unpleasant instance of this today, in which you’d think because I have tattoos I kick puppies or something, I ended up having a wonderful conversation with a work associate about our nerdy interests and such, as we normally do, and how I remind her of her daughter and my advice has been awesome and journeys etc. and how she adores the general comradery of most legitimately passionate nerd-folk. We briefly touched on my own appreciation because of instances like earlier, and she agreed it made no sense. We talked about some different things off topic that I am doing or have done of any interest, and she said “Wow. See? You’ve done more and aspire for more than all those people combined, and there is absolutely nothing to be ashamed of.” I agreed. We also discussed her daughter finally realizing that being a nerd-minded girl wasn’t something to be ashamed of, but rather to embrace.
I told her she was exactly right, because despite the negativity for my tattoos, or the double-standards these days regarding ‘nerds’ (hot people with a nerdy interest being totally cool, but a passionate but supposedly unattractive nerd…. absolute social suicide), and the like… I’d rather be completely true to myself and not compromise for anyone, than to change or suppress who I am because of people that don’t even know me.
This conversation turned my entire day around. NERD PRIDE!
~Angel
Misadventures of a Misfit 
Amen! I have never compromised on what I love, never. I’m a nerd through-and-through, but recently I had to ignore some of my favorite nerdy things, school obligations. So even though I still loved all these things, I didn’t give myself time to enjoy them. A much-needed comic con straightened me out, and I’m back to doing what I love the most.
Moral is: even though I was true to myself, I wasn’t giving myself time to actually be me. Never compromise if it’s only leads to unhappiness. Nerd pride all the way!
I completely agree! I use comic cons to straighten myself out too. Some of my coworkers make some fairly ignorant comments about my attending them, but honestly – I don’t care anymore. It makes me happy, and that’s all that matters. Nerd pride!
Exactly!