Congratulations today to Jaron for sticking with me for 365 days! Please direct all gifts to him.
I’ve never celebrated a date-iversary before since in the past I’ve mastered the amorphous friendlationship types that begin ambiguously and end suddenly after an extended amount of time (not recommended). So I feel kinda happy and proud right now.
Since I’ve already vomited here about the greatness that is my boyfriend, I’ll (try to) chain the mush back for this one. Even last night while I was on one of my too-often rants about how awesomely cool he is, he sputtered, “Jen, you’re so cheesy.”
Cheesy? At 22?? My future offspring will despise me, especially when they’re teenagers, is all I have to say about that.
So I’ve changed the title of this post from “99 Reasons Jaron is the Ultimate Boyfriend” to what it is now so I sound more like an actual girlfriend and less like a stalker. Good and bad moments, here we go:
Good: Inspired by the enormity of the tree adjacent to us, he told me he liked me.
Bad: I eloquently responded with, “Crap.”
Good: Art and science museums in SD, SF, and LA; home grilled lamb shoulder with Indonesian soy sauce and ultra garlic-y shrimp scampi; forcing five straight hours of laughter as the audience at a live taping of TV show Gary Unmarried (‘twas very difficult actually, even for me); playing his melodica and air-drumming to Kanye West albums; deep conversations in his Camry or at a grassy park with minimal mosquitoes.
Bad: Every time I cry randomly and neither of us know why. Way to stump everyone, hormones.
Good: Getting utterly drunk on the soulful vibrations from live performances of The Roots, Zap Mama, Passion and Gabe Bondoc. No alcohol needed.
Our anniversary gift to ourselves includes sushi tonight and tickets to see MAXWELL, CHRISETTE MICHELE, and COMMON at the Hollywood Bowl in a couple weeks. Wow, seriously. If given a diaper, I’d crap on myself right now.
In summary, I made a collage called Keys to a Successful Dating Relationship. I own the rights to this graphic, so if you are part of a major publication, please ask for permission before reposting. Thank you.
Caption: Big tree, a bronze sculpture at the Getty, meat, the TV show we wished we were at instead of "Gary Unmarried", and lots of black people
7 responses so far ↓
bryant // October 1, 2009 at 8:46 pm
Entertaining post- and congrats to the two of you!
Peggy // October 1, 2009 at 9:09 pm
YAAYYY! i still remember when you first told me about him. i have muchos to tell you also. i miss you btw.
andy // October 2, 2009 at 1:56 am
hahahah congrats
Sister Friend // October 3, 2009 at 1:59 am
hooraaaaaayyy. It looks like there’s a boob in your collage.
Congratulations!!!!!
Caroline // October 3, 2009 at 2:00 am
uh…
daniel Lui // October 3, 2009 at 8:43 pm
@sister Friend- Upon close observation, that is not a boob. It is an arse. And I can only guess what jaron is looking at.
jackings // October 6, 2009 at 1:06 am
wow – i guess i need to sit on my arse more and eat more carne asada fries if a big ass is key to a successful relationship…