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I think my favorite thing about this playoff season is that Toronto didn’t make it. *giggles* … One side of me likes it because I hate the leafs, but also… I don’t have to see all my friends get their hopes up and then have them crash down when Toronto gets kicked out 2nd or 3rd round. Now they know… it’s just not going to happen. And probably never will again. I think this is the 52nd year since Toronto has won a cup. *sorry, i was wrong, it’s only been 41 years, but they have won it the 3rd most times in the league. Colorado won it twice… that’s 16% of their years in the league where as Toronto, even with 21 wins sits at  23%, and for a lot of those years there were only like 5 other teams to go up against… my point here is… Toronto sucks.* The last time the Avs won it? 2001. Delicious.

Anyway - I’ve been following hockey in the time that I have, but haven’t actually watched any games this season (I know…) And I’m still amused by the “shitty” teams now being in the top 10 simply because of the cap. That cap changed so much. But Detroit and Montreal are still the top 2 (as it sits now) …. I’m not so sure anything can really bring them down. Dallas and Colorado aren’t as high as I’d like them to be, but I still heart them.

Last night I sat in on a really good discussion with my parental units and a few of their friends. I meant to come down and start writing about it but I drank a lot of wine and watched Sex and the City instead. I will write about it after I get home from work tonight. It’s good. I promise.

WOO! GO AVS! Forsy was a star last night

I dont know if I’ve ever mentioned it in my many monday love posts - but those really are my lips and hand writing! I thought it needed a personal touch.

I have a problem when I read Hemant’s blog - I wish I wrote everything that’s on it… so I’m always like “I’ll just open this up in a new tab and write about it later” to the point where I have about 9 Friendly Atheist tabs open for like 3 days. Everything else gets closed because I lose interest in whatever topic happens to be there (unless it’s about dinosaurs) but his remain open. *sigh* But things like this post on a cheeto looking like Jesus - but really looking like a fetus is just absolutely hilarious, and I can’t just read it and go on with my life. I have to remain hung up on it for days.

So why is it that I don’t write about his blog ALL the time? Eventually I tell myself I’m being silly and close all my tabs in Firefox without doing anything about them. Yep. He’s like a drug. I flush it down, but I always get more. He’s like …Sufjan Stevens in blog form… only not religious. And I don’t picture him having an overly glorious singing voice. …

My group is becoming affiliated with the Secular Student Associated almost entirely due to the fact that we think it will be easier to get him into Canada this way mwa ha.

Anyway - the one thing I did want to take away from his blog has absolutely nothing to do about his blog or even him - but my Easter… rather, and the posts that are spawning from it. So watch for the following:

1. 9/11 wasn’t an inside job

2. skepticism doesn’t always mean atheism, and skepticism is nothing to be afraid of

3.  The OUT campaign and why I am going to finally embrace it.

I *will* write them tonight. This is what I call “forcing myself to blog” because I really do want to do it more. The problem is that I’d rather be group blogging. So that I had someone else to be blog happy with. Who wants to take me on??? Any takers?? I’m atheist who likes dinosaurs! What more could you want? Nothing.

If you’re not familiar with Hemant’s blog (i know at least 5 of you aren’t) go take a read now. And mention to him that you know an atheist girl who would marry him, but she’s not indian.

When I saw this, my first thought was “why would a hockey team make prayer mandatory? Especially a Canadian one?”

Then I understood, and felt embarassed and Canadian.

I stick these stickers eeeeverywhere!

Seeeeriously

“Although my dental appointment yesterday was mostly without incident, every time the hygienist accidentally scratched my tender pink gum with the sharp scraper tool while cleaning my teeth, I thought about how utterly awful a coat hanger abortion would feel.”

!!!!!!!!!

She’s all kinds of rad.

The other night at work was deadly boring. There was very little to do, and so me and a couple of the girls were more or less just standing around. (We were folding clothes.) So… I asked the question “What do you think of long distance relationships?”

Our first young lady spoke up stating that it is just a ridiculous mess that isn’t even worth the time or effort put into it. Lady number two says it’s the best way to start a relationship. And finally lady number three says it’s doable, but hard and not something she would do.

There were a few things that we all agreed on though, even the girl who stated that they’re a gigantic mess which should be avoided at all costs - and the major thing that we agreed on is that they can be awesome. You develop a friendship, and a deep emotional connection before jumping into all the physical. You don’t end up making your conclusions based on the physical or on tiny behaviors.  This way you ensure that it’s not just a chemical reaction to one another. It is a time to work on the 90% of the relationship that isn’t sex, and build a deep lifetime relationship.

But they can’t go on forever. They’re like phone sex - sure it’s a great introduction, but it has to have some sort of meaningful conclusion. This is the hard part of it all - who moves? When do you ask that person to make the move? How do you know it’s the right thing to live together? What if they have a weird habit that you can’t brush off? Can you really get beyond a guy who plays constant pocket poll because he was fantastic at a distance? What is the weirdness limit that you’ll take because you fell in love so far apart?

The first key - is being open with one another, I think. Tell them about your weird habits, quarks and things that other people find undesirable. …Like me - I’m a bitch… and as Alon once said “It’s easier to impress a cactus.” …and I burp like a man sometimes. Tell them what annoys you… again, like me - I can’t stand loud chewers, or being poked. I hate it when people poke me. It’s so unnecessary.  (I don’t mean like, facebook poke - I mean physically poke me, like in the arm.)

I also think its important to treat it exactly like a relationship that isn’t long distance. So no sleeping with other people and making a conscious effort to ensure there are cute things done for one another and time always put aside even just to say hi. And be up front with what you’re looking for. Short term? Long term? To get married? To just … see? LDs are too much work to not be on the same level of want.

In the end it’s all what you put into it. The first time I had a long distance relationship I found myself defending it’s validity to people. This time, I’m not bothering - because it means more to me. I know how much effort him and I put into one another, and how hard to attempt at getting to know one another over the obstacle of distance… and its a beautiful thing that at this point - I wouldn’t change for any local boyfriend.

Anyway, the conclusion was - it’s all about how much effort you put in, and when the “move” happens. Because if you’re never going to make an effort to be together physically - whether it be after 3 months or 3 years - then what is the point? You can’t do it forever. We all agreed on that bit.

Little snooty girl said there was a lack of passion - I told her aaaall about my sister and her utah boyfriend, a clear indication of passion. (Perhaps not the kind of passion you’d want in a relationship - but passion, nonetheless.)