Mind Over Matter

John walked into the apartment and stopped, staring at

his roommate.  "What in the hell are you up to?" he asked

Gary who stood there is some sort of a two-piece suit.  "I

am admiring my boobs," Gary said. "Aren't they getting

big?  God I love them."  "Hey, you idiot, you don't have any

boobs so go put your shirt back on.  You're wierding me

out."  "No, seriously, I'm a girl.  Here, look at all the cool

new clothes I bought today," he said as the closet door

opened.  "Sheeesh, man, those are girls clothes.  Where

are your own things?"  "These are mine," said Gary.  "I told 

you that I am a girl."  "Criminee, are you still drunk from

last night?"  "Nope, " replied Gary.  "i'm perfectly sober.

.......ooooooo, I love my boobs.  Don't you?"  "Hey, I'm going

to go over to Dawn's house and try to figure this out.  I just

know she has something to do with this...see you later

Gary."  As Brad closed the door, he heard "my names not

Gary, it's Julie!'  A few minutes later, Brad had crossed the

campus and was knocking on Dawn's door.  "Hey, Brad,

come on in," she said.  "Want a Pepsi or something?"  "I'll

take a root beer if you have one," said Brad.  Dawn came

back into the room with the A&W beverage and sat down

in a chair across the room.  "So, Brad, what brings you to

my humble apartment?"  "I want to know if you have any

idea why Gary all of a sudden thinks he's a girl?"  A smile

shown on her lips as she said "Maybe, why?"  "Why," asked

Brad?  "Because Gary is acting weird.  Tossed out all of

his old clothes and bought a closet full of new ones--girls

clothes.  He wants me to call him Julie.  What's going on?"

"Oh, Brad, it's really quite simple, you know.  I'm studying

nanotechnology, or even more specifically psychonano-

gynecology.  It's a new field and I'm getting in on the early

stages.  Well, last night Gary got a little too drunk and he

wanted to put his hands places I didn't want him to, and

especially in public.  So when he was sort of passed out, I

simply put a few minor suggestions into his head.  And I

gave him a box of a special chocolate candy.  He's, or she

is, now addicted to those chocolate candies, and they are

what contains the nanobots."  "Hold it a minute, Dawn, you

are getting over my head here," said Brad.  "What are those

candies really doing?  And don't use those fancy words" 

..."OK, let me try and explain it a bit differently, Brad.  It's really not that difficult.  Last night I put my psychology training to work and planted a couple suggestions in Gary's mind.  That was a breeze.  He's not the brightest box in the bulb, you know.  All I said was that he was now addicted to those chocolate candies.  In those candies are a series of nanobots that I designed for an experiment.  Gary is a test subject.  I really hadn't planned it that was, but this worked out perfectly. So as long as he keeps eating the candy, he'll keep thinking he's a girl."  Brad interrupted..."OK, I think I follow you so far, but what I don't understand is what the purpose of all this is.  Will he always be a boy who runs around thinking he's really a girl?  That seems sort of dumb to me."  "Oh, no," replied Dawn.  "He will become a girl in time---a real honest to goodness 

girl."  Brad interrupted, "You mean with surgery and all that?"  "OH, no surgery will be necessary.  Gary will actually sort of  morph into a girl on his own," said Dawn.  "Holy Moley, are you serious?  How the hell can he do that," asked Brad.  "It's not possible, is it?  You mean he'll have a vagina and boobs and periods and stuff?"  "Yup, he sure will have all of those things, and maybe more.  It should be really interesting to watch how he handles all of these changes.  I'm really looking forward to it myself.  You've heard of the old saying "mind over matter, right?  This is basically the same thing.  The longer he keeps eating the candy, the more he'll talk himself into the transformation.  Pretty cool, EH?"