The Geek Made Good

Back in my junior/senior years of high school I had to pick up and drop off this total dork sophomore that was in my youth group. I can't remember why or who made the arrangement. Either my mom made me do it or there was money involved. But it was bad enough that I had to drive around in this 1985 two-toned gray Dodge Omni with the sagging maroon headliner (we're talking it would touch the top of your head!). No one wanted to ride to lunch with me. They all wanted to ride with my fun friend Jennifer, who drove a red LeBaron Convertible. I didn't want to ride with me.

But I digress.

The point is, I didn't need anymore help in feeling un-cool, and now I had to deal with this geek and I think his geek friend. I'm pretty sure I was totally stuck up and rude to them and probably made them get out of the car before we got to the student parking lot. I didn't possess the self-esteem to handle the situation with more grace during this chapter of my life.

Flash-forward 17 years later and I stumble upon this guy's website. He's a musician in Austin, singing and playing the guitar and looking, well, not geekish at all. Pretty darn cute actually. And in some of the pictures he's wearing True Religion jeans. He definitely graduated from Nerdville.

So who's laughing now? (Well, me, actually, because I can't get over the transformation!)