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so if i had to define in busness terms what my relationship is with jeff i would say that we are currently leasing with an option to buy.

we are very satisfied with each other and like our relationship. we are happy often, fight just enough to remind us not to take our hapiness for granted, and have revealed and accepted each others eccentricities and quirks. the physical relationship is satisfying for both. more “action” is not an offensive idea to jeff or me but i am more emotionally inspired into action and jeff is more physically inspired ;-).

so why not just tie the knot is the question we get, and ask ourselves, from time to time (and are currently considering). there are two reasons that come to my mind immediately: we cannot see into the future (possibilities, opportunites, etc.) and we fear divorce/fear turning into our parents.

as for the later i feel, as childish as it may seem, that there is some switch that goes off as soon as you sign the wedding certificate. you immediately start disrespecting each other, become horrendously selfish, and immediately want to have illicit affairs.

and as for not being able to be able to see into the future. that stems from jeff being my first long term relationship and having only dated 2 people before him. and i have only loved one other person besides jeff (not the two previously mentioned) but that fell way to bad timing (or rejection depending on who you ask.)

so again no conclusion on this topic. i’ll just keep leasing for now.

so hear in the us of a we have “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness”. i’ve never gotten really jazzed about this or even really understood it. i’m already alive (life), i have yet to grasp the everyday reality of liberty (if there is one), and the pursuit of happiness is just a pursuit nothing more. and all of the above encompassed in the ever oxmorononical phrase “capitalist democracy” changes the meanings all together.

we all know i love canada. let’s look at there country motto: peace, order, good goverment (POGG). these are all ideals a group of people can really around and work together to acheive. it doesn’t promise you what you already have (the breath of life). it doesn’t mention an emotional state of mind. the only weakness in the statement is “good” when referring to government. maybe it should say something else like “balanced” or “not corrupt by corporations”. but still the canadians are up on us on the country motto.

so about my grand idea of a more realistic motto. in a true american spirit i got my idea from a tv commercial. the commercial shows a generic chain restaurant environment. everyone is purposefully not talking and trying to move quitely. the camera pans to a guy on the phone talking to his boss. he is telling the boss he is held up with the current project and won’t be back in for awhile because “you can’t rush quality”. he guy hangs up the phone and says to the restaurant dwellers “he bought it!” everyone in the retaurant cheers, grabs their beers and turns up the volume on ‘the game’. the camera pans out to the retaurant title (some wing place). then an obnoxious announce says the restaurant name and then the slogan: wings, beer, sports!

so i was thinking it’s time for a more realistic country motto that the american people can rally around.

America: Wings, Beer, Sports!