LOL, awesome. If you're very animated, you and I probably would get along real well! I appreciate expression in people. It's very "honest" in a sense that's not as readily available with words. For the non-actor it's easier to say, "Oh! That's the cutest hat I ever saw!" than to show the proper expressions when you really don't like the hat at all.
And hey, I totally relate to the word nerd thing too. English has its perks as well.