A nerd in stilettos - 24
Reply to: pers-661292259@craigslist.org
Date: 2008-04-29, 5:46PM EDT
The last time I posted one of these things I was inundated with seemingly nice, reasonably intelligent men who were also completely boring. Tell me something about yourself that doesn't involve being a 'partner in a firm' or the fact that you garnered a MBA. Being intelligent isn't exclusive to people with Master degrees, or those who made 100k out of college because, honestly, I am really not impressed by either of those alone.
I am a smart, quirky, nerdy, confident and mildly cynical girl who's new to the Pittsburgh area and looking to expand my social circle.
I like: The History Channel, working out, video games, stilettos, comfortable silences, baking cookies, sushi, underdogs, intelligent discourse, 70's soft rock, booty shaking hip hop, movies with huge battle scenes
I dislike: Poor grammar, ignorance, people who preface every sentence with 'like', bling, smoking, bad tippers, those who type in all caps
I am politically left and you should be too, unless you like to spar (I'm pretty good at that). I have no trouble admitting myself as a nerd, I play a lot of computer/video games, run regularly and thoroughly enjoy shopping.
Physically, I am attracted to tall, athletic types (everybody has their vices). I think hockey players are pretty hot. Call me picky but a jock with brains is rather attractive. I don't mind stubble or a slightly disheveled look. I can dig nerds, I can dig artsy, I can dig rocker, I can dig it all, just be intelligent and reasonably close to my age and have pictures. I have ones to send and it would be awesome if we could make a cute couple. I am not adverse to platonic relationships either. It's always nice to meet people you can have a good conversation with.
By the way, if I scared off a lot of you then that was exactly my intention. You can find 'fun', 'nice', 'pretty', 'sweet' and probably predictable girls everywhere anyway.
I spent about ten minutes wondering whether or not I should respond to your ad. I decided that in order to overcome my stalemate, I should simply ask the following question:
Can you be challenged?
Do you value the criticism of peers even in a personal setting?
You sound like you could be a great person to meet, but I'm not yet sure. Certainly, both of us being intelligent people, it is no coincidence that we can both at the very least relate to certain inclinations such as a distaste for conservative politics or poor grammar. But given my interpretation of your ad, you have (or at least my imagined perception of you has) not yet cleared the bar on two key personality traits: I'm afraid you might not be intelligent enough to be as judgmental as you are.
For instance I truly can relate to your description of left-wing political affiliation. I can also relate to a strong inclination to cringe whenever I see MESSAGES IN ALL CAPS or with unreadable sentence construction. On the other hand, however, I take issue with the damaging oversimplifications of a deliberately superficial and devisively polarizing spatial metaphor of American morals and values. I'm also incredibly unsure that the affinity people such as you and I share for "proper grammar" has anything at all to do with grammar, and I worry that it is in fact a contemptable social judgment which people such as you and I have subconsciously come to identify with a stark cultural schism whose reinforcement only further damages the well-being of our world (examples of similar phenomena include antiquated moral objections to rock and roll music, as well as the more contemporary expressions of antiintellectualism.)
In the interest of full disclosure, I also can't stand tobacco smoke (smoking,) bad tippers, and ignorance (not that there actually is anyone who respects ignorance as such.) Personally, I worry about it. Your ad, whether or not it reflects upon you personally, does not seem to express any apprehension about these judgments, and I'm not saying that it ought to have.
Deep down, though, while reading your post, I just had to wonder if you didn't like people who haven't had the same opportunities you have had.
In fact, maybe you know that; and maybe that's why your post began with a paragraph that was, maybe, secretly only about how money and privilege don't impress you.
So, if you feel stimulated rather than offended by this attempt at communal introspection, we should totally hook up.