a friend of mine and her partner were bickering.

her partner turns to me, looking indignant, and says, "she calls me a nerd!"

so i turn to my friend and say, "eh...but i'm a nerd too what, and so are you, for that matter."

my friend tells me, "yeah, we're nerds. but we're higher class nerds."

and i'm like..."huh?"

her partner interjects, "she thinks that people who read more technical stuff and are more engineer-in-nature are of a lower calibre of nerds. and that people who read philosophy and discuss literature are of a higher calibre of nerdism."

and that set me thinking: do philosophers and engineers complement each other?

my friend says, "no what! there are loadsa nerds of the same kind who get together!"

then i think back to cole and i...and shake my head.

two thinkers would end up depressing the hell outta each other.

so i observe the couple, and realize i'm stuck between the both of them.

one's my good friend, with whom i discuss life's mysteries and existentialism.

the other's her partner, with whom i get along perfectly fine with...discussing the more technical side of things...business models and all.

so am i an engineer, or a philosopher?

i figure that before doing business news, i was the latter. exclusively. now, i'm a blooming philosopher but the engineer in me is breaking outta those bars.

on hindsight, i think cole was stuck in the middle. like me now.

cole WAS...because now, he isn't.

i think i prefer philosophers.

and you?