Wow, so, dos posts. This is sort of journal-esque, so I guess I don't mind boring anybody who reads this with two posts in one day. Heck, I might even do another one later on. I was thinking (dun dun dun), probably the reason so many of the girls I know don't get dates (despite the aforementioned cowardice of much of the male population in provo) is the type of girl I tend to be friends with/date. Here's a recent theory I've expounded on to a number of friends of late that I've been thinking about for quite a while: I cover the perfect niche. See, I've tried going out with normal girls. They're very nice and sweet and all, but quite honestly, I get bored. I know this probably sounds like a cop-out or something, but it's true. There a number of incredibly gorgeous girls I've gone out with that I just got bored with, simply because they were too...normal. Let's face it, I like 'em weird. Admittedly, it's a certain type and degree of weird (more type than degree), but weird nonetheless. I've gotten off track. Anyway, the perfect niche: being as how I'm a nerd that was raised in a normal environment, I pass quite easily in normal society. As a result, this also means that I have passable social skills and a halfway decent sense of style. This, sadly enough, oftentimes puts me leaps and bounds over the competition for girls that I want to date. It comes down to what I call the "uber-nerd": you know the type. He's the guy that loves nerdy things, but even more, he seems to love flaunting his love of nerdy things. To me, that's kind of like...I dunno, walking around in your underwear, or something. It's not like the underwear is bad, but that doesn't mean you should go shoving it in people's faces who, let's face it, don't want to see it. Anyway, me and this type of guy, we both want to date the same type of girl. She's the "attractive nerd girl". I.E., a nerdy girl who also knows how to do hair, makeup, that sort of thing. I know, some think it a myth, but really they just hide it more than guys do. You do get the uber nerd girl version, but thankfully they seem to be less prevalent among the female persuasion. So, this type of girl has a dilemma, to my way of thinking. They want to date normal guys, but not really. Allow me to explain. They see the uber nerd. They see normal guys. No contest, normal guy every time. Here's where it gets complicated. This part is more theory. Theoretically, they would get bored dating normal guys like I get bored dating normal girls. Oftentimes in practice, however, they never get the chance to get bored. Normal guys like normal girls. What they don't realize, however, is that a hybrid version of guy DOES exist. Admittedly, he is not often found in nature, but being as how I am one, I can attest that they are out there:} Hence, it often comes as quite a pleasant surprise when they see a guy who one: is not afraid of them. Two: is socially able, and is not afraid of society. And three: isn't boring. The uber nerds really only have one out of three there. Hence the reason that I cover the perfect niche. Although, to be fair, it can be quite hard to find this type of girl, as they tend to have developed a sort of social camouflage for survival purposes. Not as hard as you might think, though. Anyway, that was long and mostly pointless. Just something I've been talking about with a couple friends of mine recently, fleshed out on paper.