Talk nerdy to me
So, I have this thing for nerdy boys. Anyone who knows me in real life is aware of this. While my best friends are checking out the muscley football player, I get all hot and bothered when the bespectacled gamer walks by. To me, humor and intelligence is way more attractive than washboard abs.
But even the term "nerd" is an extremely broad category of boy. There are so many types of nerds - how do you know which one is right for you?
Never fear, ladies, for I present you with The Girl's Guide to the Nerdy Boy.
1. The slightly emo nerd
This guy is the soulful artist who spends hours and hours painting/playing his guitar/writing angsty poetry. He may or may not wear skinny jeans, but he probably has at least one pair of thick black-rimmed glasses. He's scrawny and he eats too much fried food and he's got one of those crooked smiles that makes most girls orgasm (despite the fact that he's scrawny and eats too much fried food.) He's a little socially awkward, and if you hang out with him long enough he'll probably end up reciting some cryptic and somewhat depressing poetry in hopes of impressing you.
2. The drama nerd
He's the guy telling "your mom" jokes in algebra class, completely oblivious to the fact that the teacher has stopped teaching and is now glaring from his place at the chalkboard. You can usually hear him from across the cafeteria because his drama instructor is constantly telling him to "Project! PROJECT!" He may or may not be gay, but he generally gets along better with girls. He belts out show tunes while walking down the street, but nobody thinks it's all that weird because he's totally confident in his quirkiness - which makes him pretty dang sexy.
3. The stereotypical nerd
In movies, this guy is almost always played by Michael Cera or Jesse Eisenberg or (most recently) Aaron Johnson. He loves comic books, Star Trek/Star Wars, video games, The Last Airbender, classical music, or some combination of them all. He likely owns an iguana, wears vintage gamer t-shirts, and has a crush on that curvy blond cheerleader. But luckily, since he is a stereotype, he will eventually come to his senses and realize that his nerdy best friend is his true soul mate, and they will live happily ever after.
4. The science nerd
This guy was dissecting grasshoppers on the playground before he was old enough to play dodgeball. He is fascinated with guts and bones and chemical reactions. After school he stays late to chat with his bio teacher, and on weeknights he watches reruns of Bones and CSI so that he can mock the scientific inaccuracies. He started reading up on anatomy before he hit pubescence, which is his one weapon against the guys who mock him for not having a date - he still knows more about their girlfriends than they do.
5. The film school nerd
This guy falls under the category of "most socially acceptable nerd." He's the dude who carries a camera around campus and snaps artistic pictures of fountains and grass. He creates documentaries of suburban life and uploads them to youtube, where said documentaries get ten thousand views in two days just because they're so freaking weird. He can quote whole scenes from black-and-white movies, and his biggest celebrity crush will forever be Audrey Hepburn. He has every intention of being a director or actor or both, and no one has ever questioned this goal because, really, his grades suck and if he doesn't get into film school then he'll probably be homeless for the rest of his life.
So, dear readers, what kind of nerds do you go for? (Personally, the emo kid is my ideal nerd. Angst-ridden artists are SEXY.)
***Check out Erin's blog for another field guide to the nerdy boy.
But even the term "nerd" is an extremely broad category of boy. There are so many types of nerds - how do you know which one is right for you?
Never fear, ladies, for I present you with The Girl's Guide to the Nerdy Boy.
1. The slightly emo nerd
This guy is the soulful artist who spends hours and hours painting/playing his guitar/writing angsty poetry. He may or may not wear skinny jeans, but he probably has at least one pair of thick black-rimmed glasses. He's scrawny and he eats too much fried food and he's got one of those crooked smiles that makes most girls orgasm (despite the fact that he's scrawny and eats too much fried food.) He's a little socially awkward, and if you hang out with him long enough he'll probably end up reciting some cryptic and somewhat depressing poetry in hopes of impressing you.
2. The drama nerd
He's the guy telling "your mom" jokes in algebra class, completely oblivious to the fact that the teacher has stopped teaching and is now glaring from his place at the chalkboard. You can usually hear him from across the cafeteria because his drama instructor is constantly telling him to "Project! PROJECT!" He may or may not be gay, but he generally gets along better with girls. He belts out show tunes while walking down the street, but nobody thinks it's all that weird because he's totally confident in his quirkiness - which makes him pretty dang sexy.
3. The stereotypical nerd
In movies, this guy is almost always played by Michael Cera or Jesse Eisenberg or (most recently) Aaron Johnson. He loves comic books, Star Trek/Star Wars, video games, The Last Airbender, classical music, or some combination of them all. He likely owns an iguana, wears vintage gamer t-shirts, and has a crush on that curvy blond cheerleader. But luckily, since he is a stereotype, he will eventually come to his senses and realize that his nerdy best friend is his true soul mate, and they will live happily ever after.
4. The science nerd
This guy was dissecting grasshoppers on the playground before he was old enough to play dodgeball. He is fascinated with guts and bones and chemical reactions. After school he stays late to chat with his bio teacher, and on weeknights he watches reruns of Bones and CSI so that he can mock the scientific inaccuracies. He started reading up on anatomy before he hit pubescence, which is his one weapon against the guys who mock him for not having a date - he still knows more about their girlfriends than they do.
5. The film school nerd
This guy falls under the category of "most socially acceptable nerd." He's the dude who carries a camera around campus and snaps artistic pictures of fountains and grass. He creates documentaries of suburban life and uploads them to youtube, where said documentaries get ten thousand views in two days just because they're so freaking weird. He can quote whole scenes from black-and-white movies, and his biggest celebrity crush will forever be Audrey Hepburn. He has every intention of being a director or actor or both, and no one has ever questioned this goal because, really, his grades suck and if he doesn't get into film school then he'll probably be homeless for the rest of his life.
So, dear readers, what kind of nerds do you go for? (Personally, the emo kid is my ideal nerd. Angst-ridden artists are SEXY.)
***Check out Erin's blog for another field guide to the nerdy boy.