Guest Blogger... Ta da!

I've always wanted to be the 'special guest' on a nationally syndicated talk show, or a call-in radio show, or an after school special where Wheels gets into a drunk driving accident which cripples and blinds Lucy and kills a kid (that would be appearing as a 'very special guest', however). While some might think it better to be the host of said shows, I think it's better to be SO famous or infamous even!) that they want me as a guest. Unfortunately, I'm neither famous nor infamous yet), but Andrea's been so busy with school and exams that she really hasn't the opportunity to post anything of real substance lately, so she kindly begged me to post something. When she asked me two months ago, I said, "Sure!". Then, when she asked me a month ago, I agreed, "Sounds cool, you bet!". Finally, as she was babbling something about agonistas and broca's hole, some dim flickering light must have gone off in her head and she remembered her earlier requests - but this time I actually made a promise, so I'll make better use of my work time today than trolling for funny videos of people doing stupid things to harass her with (seriously, in an eight hour work day, there are days where I may only do about 10 minutes of actual work - I call it creative time expensing).

I can definitely vouch for Andrea when she says she's too busy to keep up-to-date with everyone - I don't think I've ever seen her take school and exams this seriously, and attack her studies with this much…gusto. I honestly think she's studied more in the span of a week then I did in 6 years of University (I took the scenic route - the one with lots of sex, drugs and rock n' roll - not texts, caffeine pills and the history of modern music). Unfortunately, I think all this hard work, while proving successful (I'm going to start calling her Ace for acing all her exams and papers), is ultimately going to be the cause of her downfall as a charming, witty, and socially and politically aware woman. You see, I've noticed a change in her, and maybe you've noticed it too. I like to call this change 'nerdification' - it reminds me of a sort of reverse gentrification. The once sophisticated, well off brain cells are being replaced via this educational renovation by the minority "nerd cells", more commonly associated with poor hygiene and a love of drawn out philosophical discussions about caves and Plato and why income has an inverse relationship with domestic abuse, but only up to $15000 a year. Luckily, she doesn't yet suffer from poor hygiene (well, of herself anyway - her apartment sometimes looks like a first year frat student's dorm room - which, from personal experience, is not a pretty picture), but I see the other changes happening, slowly but surely.

And I absolutely love it.

What's not to love about someone who wears pigtails for the first time I've ever seen, because she believes that if you look stupid, then surely you can't be stupid? (On a side note, I'm not exactly sure where Andrea gets these ideas - I doubt it's from her mom, who, from what I can tell, usually has better advice to give.) She failed to look stupid, by the way - she just looked cuter than usual. Where once I might have bored her to tears with talk of Venn diagrams, now it's her boring me to tears with the same thing (just kidding A., you know I'll always be the bigger nerd)! In any case, it's great to see her putting so much of herself into her schoolwork - I'm so proud *sniff*.

It's nice that even despite going a little crazy studying (seriously, she scares me sometimes when she laughs maniacally with this murderous gleam in her eyes), she still makes time for her friends. Between helping me with my Christmas shopping, chatting in the wee hours of the evening, and making us laugh like drunken idiots because we had MSG for dinner, she's helped to keep me sane in a time of year when I'm normally in a seasonal funk, questioning my path in life and failing to act on my overreaching ambitions. She's a great friend and a wonderful girl, even if she is becoming a smelly nerd. I'm sure all her friends would say the same thing. Not that she's a smelly nerd - I mean, that's the Andrea that her dorm-mates have always known, so it's nothing new for them. *ba-doom ching*

Merry Christmas Andrea, and I hope you have a wonderful holiday with your family and friends out east! Bring me back something nice - preferably that scarf you'll knit that says, "I am a scarf". Happy Christmakahwanza to all of you readers, too! Have a happy Festivus. Now, back to surfing Digg and Fark to find videos of soldiers in Afghanistan filming the locals in night vision having, erm, 'relations' with the livestock. Seriously, look it up, it's hilarious and not graphic at all.

Oh, and P.S., post more pictures of yourself - I like to cut them out, put them in my wallet, then tell strangers you're my girlfriend from Seattle.