nerd thugz:

What is a Nerd Thug?

What do you mean, fool? You don't know what a nerd thug is?

The Nerd Thugz are Cristin's elite brain trust of friends who are powerfully brilliant whilst also being kick ass human beings. They come in all ages, sizes and sexual orientations, but they all share a common obsession with knowledge and desire to share what they learn with others. They are the best pals a gal could ever hope for. Here they are, in all their thuggy nerd glory.


Seth Perry Myers

Nerd Thug Name: Seth My-Zizzle

Nerg Thug Since: 1987

Why is He a Nerd Thug: Combining extreme braininess, leftist leanings and hardcore appetite for indie bands and nostalgic tee-shirts, Seth is your go-to man for nerdy urban culture. Infamous in Cristin's mind for doing a 4th grade "choose-your-own-topic" oral history report on the assassination of Robert Kennedy, Seth Myers is also the director and voice of the main character in the Dogma 97 Nerd Thugz film, "Black Santa." He lives currently lives in Detroit and may or may not be the gay twin.



Aaron Evan Myers

Nerd Thug Name: A-Dog

Nerg Thug Since: 1987

Why is He a Nerd Thug: For those of you how like your politics straight with no chaser, than look no farther than this striking DC geek. Deep in the DC culture and always on the cutting edge of what's next politically, this poli-sci nerd headed up the 2000 web campaign for Al Gore and is currently heading up the 2004 web campaign for John Kerry. A strict enforcer of the "stand on the right, walk on the left" escalator rules, Aaron is also famous for going through a Jim Morrison phase after the Gore lost the election. Photos of the chicken-fried-steak-fattened Aaron playing mouth harp and mandolin in all Gore-campaigner-band Crucial can still be found on the internet.



David William Pantalone



Nerd Thug Name: Dettle

Nerg Thug Since: 1987

Why is He a Nerd Thug: When it comes the landscape of the human mind, ain't nobody can touch this bastard son of Oscar Wilde and Sigmund Freud. Sickeningly correct with his answers to life's questions, this Brown graduate is currently getting his PhD at the University of Washington in the study of Sexuality, something he knows one or two things about as he has gotten more ass than any other nerd thug, and perhaps more than all the nerd thugz combined. Not just pretty heartbreaker, this marathon runner got more grants that set of Civil War trading cards and more wit than collected works of Mark Twain. Ka-bam.


Stephanie Napoleon

Nerd Thug Name: Qwan

Nerg Thug Since: 1988

Why is She a Nerd Thug: Representing for those Nerd Thugz who combine agressively intelligent brains with stunningly unbelievable good looks, Stephanie is currently distracting her fellow graduate students as she moves closer to that masters degree in counseling pysch. Able to disect your brain in about 5 minutes flat, the former Ms. Dobbins is also the most hardcore Nerd Thugz in her devotion to her profession, dedicating long hours and tons of heart to her clients. Time for you to sign up for Qwan appreciation club.


Jennifer Dubrow

Nerd Thug Name: Chota Choust

Nerg Thug Since: 1992

Why is She a Nerd Thug: Perhaps the smartest damn Nerd Thug in existence, this 4foot11 mega-genius was the 1995 U.S. representative for the world conference of child geniuses. Take that! She speaks 5 languages (although Jenn wants to added that that figure only stands if you count Urdu and Hindu as separate languages, which she called "dubious": does she not rock?!), graduated high school at age 16, graduated Columbia University with a double major in just three years at age 19, and is currently in back in Chicago with her professor husband, Jameel, (seen above at their wedding) finishing up her PhD at the tender ager of 23. Blessed with a photographic memory and incredible music talent, Jennifer is also a hardcore nerd who was captain of her own online Star Trek ship and played D&D for an entire weekend straight. She recently returned for the states after almost two years in India!


Kimmy Szeto



Nerd Thug Name: Kimmy Szeto

Nerg Thug Since: 1999

Why is He a Nerd Thug: The only nerd thug cool enough to keep his own name as his nerd thug name, Kimmy is a Chinese-Opera-singing, fruit-loaf-giving, pony-tail-growing, Queens-born Nerd Thug extraordinaire. With his affinity for diner food and his superior ability to rock out chamber-quartet style, all the nerds thugz are thrilled at his return to his hometown of New York City so that he can study rocks. Plus, he has an almost magic ability to make Beau Sia appear at will and cruises around in rocking faux-wood-paneled mini-van. Sorry ladies, he's taken!


Beau Sia



Nerd Thug Name: Franklin Wang

Nerg Thug Since: 2000

Why is He a Nerd Thug: The last inducted Nerg Thug, and perhaps the most controversial. Why? While it's true Beau did play D&D in his teen years and also sported an ill-advised perm, Beau has never taken his SATs, a critical aspect of being a Nerd Thug. He also doubted Newton's Space-Gravity theory despite multiple theory-supporting experiments performed by Cristin in his Brooklyn apartment. However, Beau does embody a great quality of Nerd Thugginess, namely the unending and unashamed quest for knowledge; in other words, if Beau's got a question he wants answered, he'll ask it and never worry about how dumb it might make him look. That's 100% Nerd Thug. Also, he's been great pals to all the Nerd Thugz, and perhaps most importantly, created the name "Nerd Thugz." The rest of the nerd thugz look forward to proctoring his SAT or LSAT exam soon!


And now...

NERD THUGZ AND CELEBRITIES!


Beau Sia with Patrick Swayze!



Seth Myers and Martha Reeves!



NERD THUGZ FOR EVER!