nerd crushes!

my new favorite book: geeky dreamboats: a celebration. i think i've always had a thing for geeks - one of my first boyfriends in high school was a painfully shy, super dork with a jew fro and glasses. to this day, i'm always falling for the nerd over the bro, and i think geeks are making a comeback in a major way. watch out all you stripey shirt wearing frat boys hanging out in the marina. it's time for some calculus-loving, ivy-league-educated, sci-fi-comicon-attending, allergic-to-everything-especially-peanuts trekkie love! among my favorite profiles in this book are: michael cera  - "he's made many a woman in her twenties (and dare we say thirties?) blush with girlish delight - paul rudd, jemaine clement & bret mckenzie (flight of the conchords), mos def, jon stewart, stephen colbert, simon "shaun of the dead" pegg, jason schwartzman, demetri martin (fan of palindromes and able to write simultaneously with both hands), topher "70's geek" grace, barack obama, justin "mac guy" long, the original geek dreamboat, john cusack, and my personal favorite - public radio geek, ira glass who became a vegetarian when he realized chickens had distinct, individual personalities (swoon!). let your inner geek out and enjoy some super geek hotness with this celebration of geekdom. and for once, let's give the nerdy nice guy a chance.