The Ode to Nice Guys

A friend sent me this article, and although I told him I wasn't offended and I just disregarded it, I keep thinking about it and reading it over and over again. So I'll just say it. The problem with the "Ode to Nice Guys" (a rant written in Wharton Undergraduate Journal) is that it should be titled "An Ode to Nice Guys Who Aren't Associated With Nice Girls". Just to show I'm not her from the article, I'll keep this short and simple.

There is a small percentage of us who actually try not to be the girl in the article. We try to be the fair and independent girls who can take care of ourselves. We've learned that if we don't need a nice guy to make us happy, it will just be that much better when a nice guy comes around who also doesn't need a nice girl to make him happy, but we can make each other happier. And the truth is, I don't know if I could be with a "nice guy" like that. One who can't take care of himself first and foremost. Because I'll be the girl who takes care of herself first and foremost and hope that the guy won't let girls step all over him. That's my rant for the girls.

I do, however, give the writer a tiiiiny bit of credit for distinguishing that some girls: "grow out of that train of thought and realize they should be dating the nice guys, not taking them for granted" and that "The tricky part is finding those girls, and even trickier, finding the ones that are single."

Apparently, someone also wrote "Ode to the Nice Girls". I also don't completely agree with everything in this because of the part about "hours fixated on our looks" (that's a little insecurity) and "nice girls in disguise". Girls, if you want someone to see you as who you are then be who you are. At least some girl went out of her way to write this. Overall, I just think both are extreme.

Anyway, I only have a few more minutes but I thought I'd update for myself, I guess.

Things going on lately in no particular order:
Kicked lots of asses this week to get what I wanted (it sounds snobby, I know)
Loving my wireless options on the laptop
Listening to a lot of Panic! At the Disco
Dinner with Jay and visited the new school out in Wixom
Going to UM this weekend to see Cat, the football game, and parties

I saw the neatest thing today in my Philosophy class. This girl came in at least 20 minutes late and out of breath (this is a late afternoon class, so it's not like she just overslept - something probably happened). She sat down two seats in front of me and the guy in front of me leaned in instantly to get her up to speed about the lecture so she'd understand what was going on. And I know they don't know each other. That was nice of him, I thought.

Okayyy gotta go to class.