In my continued laziness of creating something original (giving birth to a movie is a lot of work), I have stolen this post from another website. FYI, it sounds like it was written by a girl.
"In the wide world of dating, there are many options. Do you go for the flashy guy with the smooth smile, or the dude in the corner typing away on his laptop? The following are reasons why I think my fellow females should pay more attention to the quiet geeks and nerds, and less attention to the flashy boys.
1.) While geeks and nerds may be awkward, they’re well-meaning 9 out of 10 times. That smooth dude with the sly grin and the spider hands? Wonder what HIS intentions are... plus, I’ve never had a geek guy not call me when he said he would. Score major points THERE.
2.) They’re useful. In this tech-savvy world, it’s great to have a b/f who can make your laptop, desktop, and just about anything else that plugs into a wall behave itself.
3.) They’re more romantic than they’re given credit for. Ok true, their idea of romance might be to make up a spiffy web-page with all the reasons why they love you, with links to pics of you and sonnets and such... but hey. It lasts longer than flowers, plus you can show your friends.
4.) Due to their neglected status, there are plenty to choose from. You like ‘em tall and slender? There are plenty of geeks/nerds who are. You like ‘em smaller with more meat on their bones? Got that too.
5.) They’ve got brains. Come on now, how can intelligence be a bad thing?
6.) Most are quite good at remembering dates. Like birthdates and such, especially if they know it’ll make you happy. Due again to their neglected status, they’re more attentive than guys who “have more options”. Plus, with all that down time without a steady girlfriend, they’ll likely have mental lists of all the things they’d love to do once they GOT a girlfriend.
7.) Sex. Yep. Sex. I’m not really familiar with this myself, but I’ve friends who’ve been intimate with geek guys and it’s raves all around. They say a virgin wrote the Kama Sutra... all that time thinking about sex, imagining sex, dreaming about sex, (they are male after all) coupled with a desire to make you happy? Use your imagination.
8.) They’re relatively low-maintenance. Most can be fueled on pizza, Twinkies and Mt Dew. No complicated dinners needed here, so if you’re not the best cook, eh. Can you order a pizza?
9.) Most frequent bars as often as slugs frequent salt mines. You won’t have to worry much about your geek guy getting his “groove” on with club hotties because, frankly, he’ll be too busy rooting around under his computer wondering where that spare cable went. You won’t have to worry about him flirting with other women because, 9 out of 10 times, he’ll zip right by them in a perfect b-line towards the nearest electronics store. I’ve seen this happen.
Me: “Eww. Victoria Secret’s Models... They’re so skinny. How is that feminine? You can see her ribs!”
Geek Guy: “ooooooo...”
Me: “Hey!” *notices he is staring lustfully towards the computer store*
Geek Guy: “What?”
Me: “Never mind...”
10.) Although he may not want to go to every outing with you, you can arrange swaps, as in, you’ll go to his Gamer Con dressed as an elf princess if he’ll take you to the ballet. Plus, if he doesn’t want to go someplace with you, you won’t have to worry much about what he’s up to. You’ll probably come home to find him asleep on his keyboard in a sea of Mt. Dew cans with code blinking from the screen. It’s ok. He’s used to this. Just toss a blanket over him and turn out the light.
11.) His friends aren’t jerks. I can’t stress this enough. You’ll more likely get “Omg! A GIRL!! Can I see?!” than “Hey hot stuff back that ass up here and let me get some grub on...” They’re awkward geeks too and will, 9 times out of 10, treat you with the utmost respect and, more than likely, a note of awe. A cute girl picked one of their clan to date? It could happen to them! Hope! Drag some of your single girlfriends over, open up a pack of Mt. Dew, crack open the DnD set and get working. Nothing impresses geek guys more than a girl who can hack-n-slash (well ok maybe if she can code... a geek can dream).
12.) They’re rarely if ever possessive. They trust you, so you can be yourself around them. You like to walk around the house in a ratty t-shirt for comfort? He won’t care. He does too! They won’t get pissy if you don’t wear make-up or don’t want to bother primping your hair. If you gain a few pounds, they won’t try their best to make you feel like crap.
13.) They’re usually very well educated. Physics majors and the like. See #5. You won’t have to listen to him blathering on about his car (ok maybe a little), he’ll have loads of other interesting things to talk about. Politics, world events, how much the chicken burgers down at the local place rock, so long as you douse them in hot sauce...
14.) You’ll almost never have to hear, “Yaw dawg whazzap!!” plop out of their mouths. Unless it’s in jest. They spell properly, use correct punctuation, and are able to tell the difference between the toilet and the floor. They almost never get “wasted”, so you won’t have to worry about coming home to find him and his friends passed out on the floor amidst a pile of beer bottles. Mt. Dew cans, perhaps...
15.) And the final reason why geeks and nerds make great boyfriends: They actually give a damn about you. Not how you look (though that’s a plus), not how skinny you are, not how much make-up you primp yourself up with, but they like you for you. That kind of thing lasts longer than “Damn baby you got a fine ass!!!” Believe me."
Of course, I'm at college and have to cite my sources: http://hartford.craigslist.org/about/best/sfo/66795671.html
(If your name is Justin, consider printing this out and posting somewhere prominent.) (If your name is Justin and you're insulted by the implication that you are a geek and/or nerd, my bad.)
4.28.2005
4.22.2005
Like a mac?
So, our new car had a little problem the other day. We took it to the shop and the repairman (much to my amusement) described the first generation of Prius as a Windows machine. Every once in a while it acts quirky and just needs to reboot. It's not stable like a Mac. Interesting that even a mechanic thinks that Mac is more stable than Windows. Score one for the Apple advertising people.
4.19.2005
More proof
My ongoing crusade to prove to the world that there's a better way:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7268133/
(Note the sub-headline)
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7268133/
(Note the sub-headline)
4.08.2005
More quotes from journalism
(About the vietnam hearings of 1966, yet with strange relevance today)
"His objections to such broadcasts, he told me, were partly financial... but were mainly based on his concern that too much "dove-hawk" talk unsteadied the hand of the Commander-In-Chief. I believed, for my part, that healthy debates by responsible leaders debating the war was far better than the epidemic of one-sided teach-ins and hostile demonstrations that had filled the void in the absence of national debate. In my opinion, responsible debates and the subsequent Senate hearings actually de-escalated the demonstrations and draft-card burnings that so embarrassed the Administration."
-Fred Friendly (CBS Producer)
"His objections to such broadcasts, he told me, were partly financial... but were mainly based on his concern that too much "dove-hawk" talk unsteadied the hand of the Commander-In-Chief. I believed, for my part, that healthy debates by responsible leaders debating the war was far better than the epidemic of one-sided teach-ins and hostile demonstrations that had filled the void in the absence of national debate. In my opinion, responsible debates and the subsequent Senate hearings actually de-escalated the demonstrations and draft-card burnings that so embarrassed the Administration."
-Fred Friendly (CBS Producer)
4.04.2005
Quote of the Day
"I don't agree with people who think that we have to go out and shed a little blood to prove we're virile men... I don't think old men ought to promote wars for young men to fight. I don't like warlike old men. I think it's their business to try as best they can, by whatever wisdom they can find, to avert what would be an absolute, irreparable calamity for the world."
Walter Lippmann
(he said this in 1961!!!)
Walter Lippmann
(he said this in 1961!!!)
It's fun to offend
So, I was thinking the other day, and I've decided that it would be possible to change my stance to absolutely pro-life. But I think some minor concessions would have to be made by the other side.
1. All children of unmarried women become wards of the state.
2. Taxes WILL go up, to fund the new, larger orphanages and a much more robust education system.
3. Fully funded sex-ed programs, that teach ALL kinds of birth control (yes, that includes abstinence).
4. A limit on how many children a person can have (I'm not going to say what, but let's be reasonable and say less than four). After that: Tubes tied and scrotums snipped.
Sounds fair to me.
(2:45 PM 4/5)
Addendum: Walking to class today, a nice lady and two very small children (3 and 5?) were handing out pamphlets. Grabbing one (I almost always do), it says in lovely red print on the cover "Planned Parenthood admits that abortion is the killing of a baby!" Nice, right? Well, on the inside it shows aborted fetuses at seven weeks and twenty-one weeks. Trust me, they're happy pictures. And seriously, who doesn't think that abortion is the killing of a baby? (On a side note, their source for this information was a Planned Parenthood pamphlet from 1963. Isn't that around the same time when pamphets from the government recommeded drilling with nuclear weapons? Maybe we should just ignore pamphlets from that time period.)
Now, I feel obliged to point out that Planned Parenthood also provides birth control (I speak from personal experience here). And maybe, just maybe... okay DEFINITELY, if more people used birth control of any measure less abortions would be necessary.
Also today in the Daily Iowan - reinforcement for why I take the stance that I do: "Cedarwood resident Lynn Gray... chimed in with anger, "I ain't got no job, I have four kids, I'm paying rent and child support, what am I supposed to do?"" (She's mad because the apartment she was in was sold and she has to move. Regardless, four kids with no job? Tell me that's not a drain on the system.)
Just to totally clarify my real position: I don't think abortion should be used as birth control, I think there are other more effective (and frankly, less traumatic) ways of doing so. However, I do think that aborting a fetus is preferable to bringing an unwanted child into the world, particularly into an environment where they cannot prosper.
1. All children of unmarried women become wards of the state.
2. Taxes WILL go up, to fund the new, larger orphanages and a much more robust education system.
3. Fully funded sex-ed programs, that teach ALL kinds of birth control (yes, that includes abstinence).
4. A limit on how many children a person can have (I'm not going to say what, but let's be reasonable and say less than four). After that: Tubes tied and scrotums snipped.
Sounds fair to me.
(2:45 PM 4/5)
Addendum: Walking to class today, a nice lady and two very small children (3 and 5?) were handing out pamphlets. Grabbing one (I almost always do), it says in lovely red print on the cover "Planned Parenthood admits that abortion is the killing of a baby!" Nice, right? Well, on the inside it shows aborted fetuses at seven weeks and twenty-one weeks. Trust me, they're happy pictures. And seriously, who doesn't think that abortion is the killing of a baby? (On a side note, their source for this information was a Planned Parenthood pamphlet from 1963. Isn't that around the same time when pamphets from the government recommeded drilling with nuclear weapons? Maybe we should just ignore pamphlets from that time period.)
Now, I feel obliged to point out that Planned Parenthood also provides birth control (I speak from personal experience here). And maybe, just maybe... okay DEFINITELY, if more people used birth control of any measure less abortions would be necessary.
Also today in the Daily Iowan - reinforcement for why I take the stance that I do: "Cedarwood resident Lynn Gray... chimed in with anger, "I ain't got no job, I have four kids, I'm paying rent and child support, what am I supposed to do?"" (She's mad because the apartment she was in was sold and she has to move. Regardless, four kids with no job? Tell me that's not a drain on the system.)
Just to totally clarify my real position: I don't think abortion should be used as birth control, I think there are other more effective (and frankly, less traumatic) ways of doing so. However, I do think that aborting a fetus is preferable to bringing an unwanted child into the world, particularly into an environment where they cannot prosper.
