Smart Versus Smooth

I have a thing for smart guys.

Is that considered judgemental/prejudiced/choosy/bitchy/arrogant just because I happen not to be attracted to a guy who doesn't read PROPER books (i.e. he considers manga/comics/chick-lits as PROPER books), doesn't give a shit about his studies and has no idea who William Butler Yeats is?

Um, I guess so.

But I can't help it!

There's something magnetic about smart, cute, slightly dorky/geeky/nerdy boys that make me laugh. Like that guy (Zachary Levi) who plays Chuck Bartowski from the TV series, Chuck. He's adorable. I think Napoleon Dynamite is sweet. I think Adrian Grenier is really hot when he goes on and on explaining the theory of Mathematics in Numb3rs. I think David Hodges (Wallace Langham) from CSI: Crime Scene Investigation is cute.

At the same time, I'm not going to really be attracted to that guy who does absolutely nothing but study for all that he's worth and not have an ounce of wit to reply to an off-handed comment thrown at him.

Weeeeeeeeee.

My preset of 'smart' is intelligent, witty and creative.

But of course, my favourite nerd of all is Chuck Comeau. He's a nerd who almost went on to become a lawyer. He's a geek who goes online as frequently as he can and is never seen without his BlackBerry. He's a dork who plans almost everything regarding his band down to a science. He's a perfectionist. He's creative. He's smart. He's sensitive to what's going on in the world. The only un-dorky thing about him is that he plays drums. Haha.

These are not very conventional guys to like, I suppose.

I mean, there's this 21st century saying that goes like this: Every girl hearts a bad boy.

More often than not, the bad boy is this rugged-yet-hot guy who is slightly rude and rowdy, doesn't really fail to make you laugh with his (unintelligent) jokes, makes you feel like you're in the centre of attention and is almost always a (dumb) jerk. He acts like he doesn't really care about you and may sometimes hurt your feelings yet has the ability to pull you back to him almost like a yoyo.

Apparently, girls have this thinking that they can change a bad boy and make him theirs forever.

And when forever ends they cry their hearts out.

Tsk tsk.

I may sound slightly bitter, but I'm not. I'm being ... realistic?

Then again, I don't really care at the moment. I don't need or want a boyfriend even if a cute nerd comes along. I can wait another ten years for that nerd to get his degree and have those dumb jerks call him 'sir' first.

OR, I shall end up alone, with my ten dogs and cats. =p Life is brilliant.

The Carmenata.