Dating...

Originally Posted by Duo Maxwell

The more I think about it, the more I realize it's not that I'm too picky.

I'm not asking for a supermodel or a movie actress, here. Nor am I asking for the next pulitzer prize winner (although, that would be cool. Nerdy journalist chicks are a turn-on). But you know, a cute face goes a long way and so does some intelligence paired with a generally outgoing or amiable personality.

The problem is that you're 22. Most people within say 4 years of your age are absolute retards - living from day to day with no sense of long-term thoughts or any actual intelligence. It's quite rare to find someone I can hold an intelligent conversation with, and I keep that high on my list of requirements.

The Girl I've been dating for the last 3 months is one of those rare exceptions, thankfully. Science Education major, honors student, not a supermodel but reasonably attractive. A bit shy, but nice personality and it's refreshing to have someone who I can talk to for hours without having to worry about repeatedly explaining myself or "dumbing down" what I say - we can just talk flat-out level to each other back and forth for what seems like ever, which makes stuff go much smoother.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

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What community college do you attend?

Try again. Michigan State University - Computer Science Major, 3.93GPA, in my fourth semester now but will be a few credits away from senior status when it's done thanks to the magic of AP exams and transfer credit from the math I took back in High School at a community college.

I've also spent time around the campuses of many other four-year instutitions of various prestige, and always got the same opinion - the kids may have enough book smarts to be able to survive and pass their classes, but in terms of real intelligence and thinking long-term, we're all retarded. I may claim to think about such things more than the people I'm around, but I do dumb stuff too.

There's nowhere I can't reach.