What it means to be a Wordnerd?
For me, being a Wordnerd is like being with a family. In this home, I've got the chance to meet new friends (here and from other countries). We can discuss anything and everything under the sun.And of course , our undying love and support for David and EEB. But basically, let me start with David.Because he's the reason why all of us unite. We all love David Cook!He's unique voice, charm, personality and his love for his family captured everyone's heart.I love him the first time I saw him on Idol. Getting the chance to see him in his Manila concert is like icing on the cake! That was a real Dave-experience and I cannot forget that for the rest of my life.With that, I can share some of our experience with you, guys..

How I came to be one?
Thanks for a very dear friend, Jovelyn who introduced me here.Without her, I don't think I was able to share my thoughts with all of you. I became a certified WordNerd, have my WN # and WN Title and I'm so proud to be one!With all of those amazing persons behind this, all I can say is Thank you, guys for such an amazing Home!

Love you all, my fellow Wordnerd's!

What it means to be a Word Nerd?

to me is coming to a place where everyone knows what an amazing gifted singer and human being David Roland Cook is and not be mocked at and trashed about it ( my family doesn't get it and think that i'm completely insane!) and to share that with people here who understand how i feel. that it's not crazy to love and appreciate what this artist gave to us ever since we saw him on American Idol.


How I came to be one?
Well, let's just say that David wasn't really on my radar in the beginning though i thought he did a good job with LOAP ( love that song) and yeah i noticed his voice but after that i kinda focused more on Archie, Carly and Michael Johns. then David came on stage and rocked the hell out of ''All Right Now'' and i thought '' man, that guy got some mad swagger going on''!! . sexy performance as hell!! then ''Hello'' came and bam, i was hooked!! yeah basically drooling and thinking this guy just gave me chills and gave a freaking amazing performance! . then the next week, ''Eleanor Rigby'' came and OMG!! again, I was floored and thought this guy is the real deal and he could actually win the entire show!! then on and on, he got better and gave outstanding performances like BJ, made me cry with ABMB and TWIK!! and when he won, i remember jumping around the room and squealing and my brothers looked really pissed because they wanted Archuleta towin so bad. Ever since that moment, my life has changed so much. I went to the AI tour in Toronto last year, met David briefly before the show and he signed my cookienerd t-shirt, got into Dc-org website and everything related to him, met went to 4 declaration tour shows ( in one of them, met David in person and got a picture with him!) and met some incredible people and made friendships along the way. I'm so thankful for all of that and i know all the dc girls i keep contact with on fb and twitter have a special place in my heart and to those i haven't met yet ( especially the canadian cookies) i can't wait. we will hopefully meet this october at one of David's canadian stops. I'm just happy to be in this board, to share my dc story with others, meet new people. I know that I'm a wordnerd for the rest of my life.

Stephora

I’m going to switch the order of these questions. Because I think in order to understand what being a Word Nerd is to me, you have to know how I became one....

How I came to be one-
First let me give some back-story. The autumn before I saw David on AI I went through a really tough time in my life & ended up losing touch with all my friends except for my very best friend. Through this time I fell into depression & somehow lost faith in music. Music has always been something very special for me. I believe very strongly that it has healing powers. But during this time, I don’t know what came over me. The only music I listened to was what was on the radio. I sought out nothing new because I just didn’t care anymore.

This all changed on that January night. I don’t know why I was watching American Idol that night. But there I was, sitting on our living room sofa with my Mom watching this rocker dude named David Cook sing Bon Jovi acapella. & I smiled genuinely for the first time in a while. I told my Mom, “This guy’s gonna do well, cause he’s different.” I felt the musical side of me start to wake up. I credit him, along with a few new (real, in person) friends, with reigniting my love for music. Watching David that season gave me something to look forward to each week. Something to root for when I really needed it. & when he won, that made me believe that those of us who are different can finish first too.

Now, almost two years after the night his audition aired, I am still amazed at how much I can care about people I’ve never met. I never really called myself a fan of a celebrity before David. & I love not only David himself but the entire band. They are amazing musicians, every one of them.

What it means to be a Word Nerd-
Someone actually asked me this the other day. I didn’t have time to really say anything other than “A David Cook fan,” but I’ve been thinking about it ever since. I count it a privilege to call myself a Word Nerd. It is so much more than a fan club. It’s a community. One which I haven’t participated in much as of yet, but am already at home in.

The ways that being a Word Nerd have affected me are too numerous to count. I now naturally smile sideways, though it doesn’t look anywhere near as good on me as it does on David. ;-) My musical tastes have changed. (Thank God!) & I’m always discovering new artists. My love for music is now so deep & so much a part of who I am that I’ll never be without it again. I'm even kind of writing music now.

I laugh a LOT more now. I love that us Word Nerds have these inside jokes, but the rest of my friends think I’m crazy sometimes. (Like when I almost died laughing yesterday playing with my dog because her toy squeaked.) It’s even brought me closer to my family.

It just goes to show you - You never know how much your life is impacting another’s. & I just wanted to say - Thanks David Cook for being your awesome self. =)
~Elle aka WN#3747