I'm trying to win this for my brother & my mom. My brother because his ipod was recently stolen from our house AGAIN and my mom because she needs a laptop to finish school so she can be promoted in her job. Obviously, we cannot afford to pay for these things and that is why I entered this contest. I would love to suprise my mom with this laptop because she is the most important person in my life and I could right a whole book on why she deserves this but it probably wouldn't fit in this box. So now about me & this picture: I didn't take this picture just for this contest (it was taken about 1 year ago); I really am a geek. I'm not even wearing my regular glasses in this picture. I like school & learning, I'm in all advanced classes, I used to be in my schools band (clarinet), I love to read, I just do the geekiest things. That HAS to count for something. I do 10s for 10s and dailies. Please don't downvote, I don't do it to you so don't do it to me. If you don't like my picture then skip it. I have been working really hard on this contest so I really do appreciate every 10 that I get.