Cadence

(A melodic or harmonic configuration that creates a sense of repose or resolution.)

"But I am like a green olive tree in the house of God; I trust in the mercy of God for ever and ever." - Psalms 52:8

Thursday, November 16, 2006

girls just love knowing that they have an effect on you.

From Jonathan Carroll's blog (which i stole from Farty)

Kryptonite
by Ron Koertge

Lois liked to see the bullets bounce
off Superman's chest, and of course
she was proud when he leaned into
a locomotive and saved the crippled
orphan who had fallen on the tracks.

Yet on those long nights when he was
readjusting longitude or destroying
a meteor headed right for some nun,
Lois considered carrying just a smidgen
of kryptonite in her purse or at least
making a tincture to dab behind her ears.

She pictured his knees giving way,
the color draining from his cheeks.
He'd lie on the couch like a guy with
the flu, too weak to paint the front
porch or take out the garbage. She
could peek down his tights or draw
on his cheek with a ball point. She
might even muss his hair and slap
him around.

"Hey, what'd I do?" he'd croak just
like a regular boyfriend. At last.

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i'll open this for discussion -

what're the benefits a boyfriend gets? i'd like to know.

i'll start off with a few of my own:

1. being able to hold hands
2. going out on dates as and when
3. calling the other anytime

i can't think of anymore? is this really all???

9 Comments:

  • At Thursday, November 16, 2006 11:47:00 AM, Blogger furple said…

    a boyfriend gets a sensible person to talk to when he wants to discuss something serious (meaning anything outside the realm of computer games and soccer).

    he also gets to be a whiny-ass when he's sick and demand that his gf take care of him. ain't none of his guy-pals are gonna see him being "teh" are they?

    boyfriends also get to receive boxers as presents so that they look manly and don't have to wear their mother-bought tighty-whities (as much as they secretly love wearing them).

    more when i think of it.

     
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  • At Thursday, November 16, 2006 2:04:00 PM, Blogger feline said…

    i guess one benefit a boyfriend gets is to be pampered and molly-coddled (sometimes) by their partner.

     
  • At Friday, November 17, 2006 12:24:00 PM, Blogger Petey said…

    Boyfriends usually get the reassurance of commitment from said partner. Unfortunately, that same "commitment" does cause an irreversible development in previous "best friend"/"close friend" relationship with said boyfriend.

    Boyfriends get to discover new fascinating worlds, such as the "make-up section" and the "lingerie department". Said boyfriend discovers that spending time in such locales does not diminish his masculinity, unless it is obvious that he is being dragged around by respective partner.

    Boyfriends are a different species altogether from the single man, who has no obligation to anyone but himself, and who only visits strange worlds created by Blizzard Entertainment.

     
  • At Friday, November 17, 2006 3:04:00 PM, Blogger feline said…

    ahahahahaha!!!

    i like that last paragraph...

    except that the boyfriend can sometimes prefer the alternate world created by Mr. Blizzard over the girl.

     
  • At Friday, November 17, 2006 4:02:00 PM, Blogger furple said…

    i'm sure said boyfriend does enjoy "lingerie department" and "make-up section" more than he'd admit.

    'cept they'd all have to pretend to look seriously bored and huddle in an i'm-too-cool-for-this group outside aforementioned "lingerie department" and "make-up section".

    we loves you all anyways. heh.

     
  • At Friday, November 17, 2006 11:50:00 PM, Blogger direcow said…

    I'd think that looking too interested in said departments might be a tad creepy in some ways...

     
  • At Saturday, November 18, 2006 1:11:00 AM, Blogger feline said…

    i think i am a commitment phobe.

    now that i'm single, that's not good.

     

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