Carljoe Javier is the author of “And the Geek Shall Inherit the Earth“. He still hopes that he can one day become a Jedi Knight, a member of the anti-Skynet resistance, or a member of the A-Team. The following essay is part of a new collection he is in the process of writing, so consider this a sneak preview. He’s looking for feedback as well, so be sure to let us know if you like it–it’ll be too late for complaints once the book is on the shelves ^_^:
The first night she spent at my house my friends went crazy for her. I was having a party and the moment that they saw her, their jaws dropped. They huddled around her, much to the dismay of the girlfriends and wives present. “Dude, how?” My friends asked me. And all I could do was smirk and shrug, not affording them the satisfaction of an explanation.
“Carl, why?” one of the girlfriends asked.
To which I answered, “Why not?”
“Well, duh! Hello? What are you thinking?”
“What do you mean what am I thinking? Look, all the guys love her!”
She looked at me, sighed, and then slumped her shoulders. There was a slow nod, which I could only interpret as disapproval.
Later in the night, we caught her boyfriend fondling the new girl’s breasts.
“Dude, not cool,” I said.
His girlfriend had a rather more extreme response: “What the Hell are you doing?”
I came to his defense, “He can’t help it.”
“How can he not help it?”

“Well, they are now saying that she’s an Omega-Class Mutant. As a telepath, she can project images, manipulate your mind, and that’s just for starters. I mean, Cyclops wasn’t immune to her wiles, and he had a potentially worlds-destroying girlfriend at the time.”
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