I read Jason's blog this afternoon, and I got started thinking about what the ideal girl would be. So I started thinking of all the characteristics I've ever admired in girls. Started making a list, in fact. 'Course, the easiest way to do this is to think about girls I know and list off what I like about them. So, after going through a dozen girls like this, I came to two conclusions:

1) The traits that I like in people differ depending on the person. I like the fact that Erika's very sweet and nice, whereas I also like Meredith's caustic wit. I really like the fact that Abbie's kinda airheaded. The little things she doesn't catch make me smile. On the other hand, the fact that Laura Ann catches every subtle witticism you toss at her is awesome. Erika can't dance. She's practically tone-deaf and absolutely doesn't know how to move unless she's totally trashed. Conversely, Anna dances pretty well. I like both. So, what traits are ideal?

2) If I somehow managed to find all the traits I like in girls and lump them all together into one person (either mixing personality traits or omitting ones that contradict), the end result would give me an inferiority complex, and probably run off with some surfer dude.

So, what's the point? Forget the "ideal girl" myth. I'll choose between one of the two archetypes I like the most:

1) The intelligent, book-smart airhead. She can hold a conversation on politics, do calculus, write well, discuss theoretical physics, or whatever, but if you hit her with a double-entendre she's totally befuddled. She's very sweet, probably ticklish, and blushes when she get embarassed, which happens pretty easily. In short, girl #1 is Erika, Abbie, or Raissa.

2) The intelligent, people-smart girl. She has wit to spare, catches double-entendres and responds in kind, tells dirty jokes, and flaunts what she's got, but through it all she's very nice. In short, girl #2 is (most of the time) Laura Ann or Hannah. (Both of them violate the "through it all she's very nice" clause, but close enough).

Then again, there are other people I've met who enchant me, not because they're the most intelligent people I've ever met, or because they're incredibly gorgeous, but rather just because they're very, very interesting. The biggest problem I have with too many people, male and female, is that they don't have genuine interests of their own. That's one thing that I like about Laura Ann so much. We have very similar taste in many things, but our interests are almost totally different.

Well, there you go. Time for me to go to the party. See you guys there.