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freckles_and_doubt) wrote2006-12-05 09:25 am
freckles_and_doubt) wrote2006-12-05 09:25 am
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strictly alphabetical romance
It's not often that one is privileged to watch the birth of a meme. Patroclus has originated a fascinating exercise in romantic memory, and in certain areas of my version of it, some intense scrutiny for silver linings in rather obnoxious clouds. I am unashamedly leaping on the bandwagon. Herewith "the COMPLETE, UNABRIDGED and ALPHABETICAL list of everything I have learned about" from my serious boyfriends since I was 16.1
alcohol, Ali G, bad sex, Bloodhound Gang, bloody-mindedness, the British army, Bauhaus, depression, emotional fuckwittery, fluffy Cthulhus, good DMing, good roleplaying, good sex, Gor, goth, handbrake turns, Heroes of Might and Magic, infidelity, Linux, manipulativeness, Monty Python, neat cupboards, Pagemaker, Pink Floyd, rally driving, Roxette, Sisters of Mercy, spiritualism, spying for the apartheid government, strip chess, suicide attempts, Swaziland, Talking Heads, trenchcoats, Twin Peaks, wing chun.
That's a long list: I'd think I was a mere sponge to random romantic influences, except that quite a lot of my core interests aren't there, which means I'm a mere sponge to all sorts of other influences as well. (Or that I ferret them out for myself). However, the primary lesson I take from this meme is that I'd probably be a lot happier if, rather than simply listing the influences, I'd got involved with the men in strict alphabetical order, and stopped before the end. I don't think I'd have missed much on the learning experience. (Why the hell do half my exes have names that start with A? It seems unnecessarily thematic).
Go on, you try. I tag anyone who's ever learned anything from a relationship. Heh.
alcohol, Ali G, bad sex, Bloodhound Gang, bloody-mindedness, the British army, Bauhaus, depression, emotional fuckwittery, fluffy Cthulhus, good DMing, good roleplaying, good sex, Gor, goth, handbrake turns, Heroes of Might and Magic, infidelity, Linux, manipulativeness, Monty Python, neat cupboards, Pagemaker, Pink Floyd, rally driving, Roxette, Sisters of Mercy, spiritualism, spying for the apartheid government, strip chess, suicide attempts, Swaziland, Talking Heads, trenchcoats, Twin Peaks, wing chun.
That's a long list: I'd think I was a mere sponge to random romantic influences, except that quite a lot of my core interests aren't there, which means I'm a mere sponge to all sorts of other influences as well. (Or that I ferret them out for myself). However, the primary lesson I take from this meme is that I'd probably be a lot happier if, rather than simply listing the influences, I'd got involved with the men in strict alphabetical order, and stopped before the end. I don't think I'd have missed much on the learning experience. (Why the hell do half my exes have names that start with A? It seems unnecessarily thematic).
Go on, you try. I tag anyone who's ever learned anything from a relationship. Heh.
- 1 Counting on my fingers, I've just realised that slightly under half of my exes read this blog. Good grief. Hasty disclaimer (to the ones I know are reading, at least): none of you count as the obnoxious clouds, and none of the particularly nasty lessons were you. Probably.
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