Once upon a time...
...There was a boy and a girl. The boy spoke in math equations and binary code and the girl bit her fingernails and pretended to be somebody else. By chance, the two met and they made funny faces and gave strangers new identities and felt grown up when they went to the grocery store.
Once upon a time...
...There was a girl who liked a boy. The girl always had hair in her eyes and wanted to be a fairy-hobo-princess-pirate when [if] she grew up. The boy could do magic and he lit up pretty tubes and the light would glimmer and reflect off of the glasses he always wore [the same glasses she would occasionally adjust in a gesture much like a kiss on the forehead.] Sometimes the boy and the girl would lay on a blanket made of blue jeans and he would whisper words like “fractal,” and “melancholy,” and the way he spoke was like poetry or a spell. The girl fell in Like the way a child falls into a puddle, with the same sense of wonder and whimsy and excitement, and everything felt new and sparkly.
They watched movies with subtitles and sipped fizzy soda pop and made wishes on eyelashes and shiny pennies they threw into fountains. They talked about things like: “The Theory of Everything,” and: “Our house will have stained glass windows,” or sometimes words weren't good enough and they would have to resort to more creative means of communication.
The lived happily.
Every now and then I will write random little stories about nothing in particular. This, however, is about something [or more specifically someone]. I have a nerd crush. I am fully convinced that nerds are the best kind of people to crush on. Not like, the scary 32 year old "nerds" who live in their parents' basement and play Yu-Gi-Oh! and eat fish sticks every day. But the smart, sensitive, sweater vest-wearing, quirky, going someplace nerds.
Top Reasons Why Nerds Are Awesome:
1. They can talk "nerdy" to you. [This sounds a little suspicious and maybe it is, or maybe I just have a strange nerd fetish. Either way, it's hot.]
2. They are probably going to be billionaires. Not that I'm a gold digga, but marrying someone who can provide you with your very own petting zoo, bouncing castle, indoor swimming pool, and all the Hostess cupcakes you can eat doesn't exactly sound like a horrible idea.
3. They can fix your computer, provide you with good music, and help you with your homework. Among other things.
I'm not saying ALL nerds are this way, obviously. But my nerd is, so I guess that's all that matters. Anyway...here's this:
I randomly found your blog, but thought I'd comment on your post.
ReplyDeleteNerds make the best boyfriends.
I really liked the story you wrote - it reminded me of Nicole Krauss' book 'The History of Love'.
They are so innocent and unassuming at first glance....but we know better [:
ReplyDeleteAnd thank you very much. I haven't read that but it's definitely now on my List of Things to Read.