Nerd Girls Are Hot- Volume 2: or A Love Song For the Brothers Green

Of the many things I find myself obsessed with, a prominent leader in the group is The Vlogbrothers aka Brotherhood 2.0 aka John and Hank Green.

John and Hank Green are two brothers who made a commitment in 2007 to not communicate by textual means for one year. They began creating videos for each other 5 days a week for 12 months. John is an author. He writes young adult fiction. Hank is a . . . well he builds websites and is the owner of a website called ecogeek.net . More importantly, they are fantastically nerdy, brilliantly clever and wickedly funny. Watching their videos feels like having an intelligent conversation with friends. Not close friends- more like old friends you haven't met yet.

Now, I should clarify, I am a happily married nerd girl. John and Hank are both married to nerd girls of their own. I've never met them and a may never meet them. I make these points so that when I say I have fallen in love with the Green brothers, my meaning may be clear. I have, you know, fallen in love with them. The attraction is not romantic- it is mental. They stimulate my mind and make me want to be a better person. They have amassed a huge nerdy army and copious awesome power- but they use it for good.

Their stated goal is to "decrease world suck". They inform their fans about bad things in the world and then tell them how to help stop bad things in the world. They've encouraged people to consider their carbon footprint, finance entrepreneurs in developing countries and donate money to a young man who is helping children in Bangladesh.

Now, I appreciate that these guys are nerds. But they are also made of awesome and exactly the kind of guys that guys should aspire to be and that girls should aspire to be with. (Don't get me wrong, girls should aspire to be awesome, also, but I'm making a point here.)

So, tonight's reason for nerd girls being hot- We get it. We watch the Green brothers and get weak in the knees. Guys who are awesome should want the kind of girls who swoon over guys who are awesome. Nerd girls get the importance of being the best you can be. What is on the inside is more important than what is on the outside, but your actions show who you truly are. You can be emo and moody all you want. You may convince yourself that you have beautiful soul and that no one gets you. The truth, as I see it, is simple- if you are truly beautiful and awesome on the inside- your actions will reflect that. If you think you are deep and fabulous inside but you don't do anything- then you are just as superficial as the pretty people that you hated in high school. The only difference is: The pretty people KNOW they are superficial.

So- this took a completely different direction from what I intended when I started writing. My point is, now and always, you will only find someone awesome, when you find someone you can be awesome with.

Nerd girls are hot. But you don't have to take my word for it: John Green Talks About Love