I'm just myself, so I don't know that I think of myself as a nerd icon.
I spent most of my seventh grade summer dehydrated, green-tongued, and smelling like a Malaysian whorehouse.
Pop culture is great, but it can be bad, at times.
I'm sure I had low-level scurvy all of my childhood.
Every ethnic group has this where people within it will try and tell each other how they should be. So what I would say to other people is to just embrace who you are because you will become instantly happier.
Sometimes the mistake I see people make is thinking that they're always going to be up, and I think that's impossible for anyone.