I’m a geek. I play video games for hours, I read comic books and this past Christmas, my mom got me a twelve-inch Transformer that lights up and talks. I should probably say at this point that I am in my twenties, but I don’t live with my parents. Thankfully I have a girlfriend, but I realize I am one of the few, lucky ones. There are many others out there whose toy and comic book collections I would be extremely envious of, but they are not as fortunate as myself. It would seem that it’s understood that geeks are the guys who usually never get the girl because of their bizarre and misunderstood interests. While this has been true for sometime, I think I may have found a loophole for some of my fellow geeks to play the game of love and possibly even get to first base. It’s in ghosts.
Since December I started watching a show called Paranormal State which is essentially the after school project of one student, Ryan to research paranormal activities around the East Coast. Obviously he’s doing well because he has his own show, but based on his geeky interests, he’s not only catching the ghosts… He’s also catching the ladies! He has a core team of only five people, but it’s three girls and two guys. Ryan is the “Director” of the squad and his male counterpart his Sergey, the tech expert. Obviously a geek, but that still leaves three females who hang off of Ryan’s every word during their meetings. In every episode he manages to talk these girls into going into Pennsylvania Trailer Parks on the weekend, stay up passed 3:00 AM to conduct what he calls “dead time” all with the promises of seeing ghosts! I have a girl who I love, and loves me but I don’t think I could ever in my wildest dreams talk her into going into a trailer park late night to find ghosts. The only “dead time” to be had would be with myself. I don’t believe in magic, but Ryan’s got it. If you don’t believe me, check the guy’s Myspace! He’s got over 4,000 friends, nothing but ladies leaving him comments, and check the fine print at the bottom. HE’S SINGLE!!! A true player on Earth, and in the afterlife.
Among Paranormal State, there are other shows that deal with ghosts and the paranormal and both show’s stars are females. Patricia Arquette plays some sort of psychic on Medium and we also have Jennifer “I’m a size 2!” Love Hewitt on The Ghost Whisperer. Granted, neither of these women are prize pigs of the fair (Well maybe J. Love) but they are women related to ghosts and ghost hunting. Coincidence? Maybe not.
So to any geeks reading this, if you want to impress the ladies, you need to stop talking about robots and start talking about ghosts. Instead of waxing intellectual about Heroes you need to appeal to your sensitive side with Paranormal State. Before even finishing this, I can already think of highly effective pick up lines to use at the bar. For instance just strike up a convo with a lady about Paranormal State, which leads into sharing your own experiences with paranormal, which after a few drinks and cleverly maneuvered hands, you can whisper this into her ear. “I can sense a paranormal presence… In my pants!”
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