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Happy Valentine's Day!
Today you get to a special update of various rantings, articles, comics,
and more ranting about life, love, and geeks. I've come across many many
different articles and writings on the net over the past year, saved all for
this special day. Whether you hate Valentine's or not, it's at least some
interesting reading.
First off, and this is the biggest, what is with the whole "I like you as a
friend" thing? Girls say they want guys who are nice, smart, funny,
charming, and sweet. But girls date the guys who are hot and cool,
regardless of how much of a jerk they are. And yet they still complain about how
terrible guys are, and "Why aren't there any good guys?" If only they would
relieze that there are TONS of great guys out there, they've just got to stop
fantasizing about every hottie they see, and start actually looking. If any girl
is reading this that is single, ask yourself, what is wrong with your male friends? How come is it, once a guy is a friend he is
automatically undatable? I guess the reason this strikes such a cord with me, is
every female I've ever met, EVERY single one,
has just liked me as a friend. *Sigh* It's as though to get a female to see
beyond friendship, you have to be a jerk. And to me, it always seemed friends
would make the best significant-others. You already established that you get
along, have common interests, can talk to one another; it just seems like it'd
be a whole lot more likely to work out than picking up some guy at a bar that
you've never met before. But should you ever try to become friends first, in
order to get to know the girl, you're doomed to friendship. Ever heard the line
"Oh I could never date you, you're too nice"?
Never understood it either. As though they only want to date mean people? And it
absolutely amazes me what girls put up with with some guys. Or maybe a girl
might see you as a "brother", which well in the South still might mean you have
a chance :) Anyways, check out the biggest and greatest
website for all the "friends" out there: How to become a
Platonic Friend. It explains the whole friend thign a lot better and in a
lot more detail than I could. The amount of Do's and Dont's
I've done is incredible :) Oh, and I like this quote: "Platonic female friends
are good for research into the females you don't want to be platonic
with"
Oh yeah, if any of my female friends are reading this, I'm not talking about
you, I'm talking about that other female friend. :) Nah, seriously, I'm quite
happy just being friends and nothing more with most of the girls I know, but
it's those few who you wish you weren't just being friends with that cause all
the problems.
Now as a related
topic, but different enough to get it's own section, is Geek
Love. I think this is the greatest, most underappricated, dating pool a girl
could ever hope for. And no, I'm not just saying this because I'm a geek :)
First off, there are a multitude of reasons why geeks make great
boyfriends. And yes, I can attest that everything said in the last link is
true. And we aren't even hard to date. There
are even a few geek girls
here and there, though I must admit guys outnumber them greatly. And they have
advantages as well, plus they can wear
cool shirts like
that one. And finally, there is the always helpful Geek
Dating FlowChart
But along with the dating game, there is always rejection which
stinks, but it's life. Some interesting observations in that link, especially
the last paragraph. Sometimes even geeks
reject each other (Who is that girl? I want to meet her! ;)) However if
you're ever feeling down (dateless for Valentine's? Join the party), check out
an episode of Blind Date, cause man,
some of the people on that show genuinely scare the crap out of me. And speaking
of dating shows, Dismissed
takes the cake for the absolute shallowest premise. Guys/Girls fight over the
Guy/Girl they havent' even met yet (!), and are then treated like posessions to
be won. But of course, coming from MTV, this isn't too suprising.
However if you ever get desperate enough, there is always the internet to help find a
date "Person to Watch Powerpuff Girls Episodes with Adam in a
Non-Committal, Un-date-like Way" :) Any takers? Or if you're
really really desperate, go to the Yahoo Teen
chat rooms, where they hit on anything that moves, er uh, types
Of course not everyone enjoys Valentine's Day, there is also all those people
who hate it, be it
because they never have a Valentine, or just the whole commercialness of it.
Other's point out that having a single day of the year reserved for romance is
silly, as true romance isn't a one day affair. And then some, like
me, don't like the heart candy
with things like "Hug Me". It's not the sayings on them I don't like, I just
don't like the taste :)
If you do happen to enjoy Valentine's Day, then
I've scoured my mp3 list for some good "Valentine's Day/Love/Romance/etc" songs.
I'm sure some on here will make you roll your eyes, but since this is my
website, I can pick whatever songs I want, Yeah!
Selena - Dreaming of
You
Selena - I could Fall In Love
Genuine - Differences
Chris De
Burgh - Lady In Red
Terra Skye - Is This Love
Tal Bachman - She's So
High
Blessed Union Of Souls - I Believe
Ataris - San Dimas High School
Football Rules
Cirque Du Soleil - Let Love Live
Chris Isaak - Wicked
Game
Nina Gordon - Tonight and the Rest of My Life
Savage Garden - Truly
Madly Deeply
Tim Mcgraw - Don't Take The Girl
UB40 - Can't Help Falling
in Love
Stabbing Westward - What do I have to do
Fragma - Everytime You
Need Me
Cece Peniston - Finally
And finally a few random ramblings: Nothing, absolutly nothing, beats a girl in
glasses and a ponytail. Intelligence is about the sexiest assest a girl could
possibly have. Geeks and nerds rule. And I hope everyone has a great and happy
Valentine's Day!
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