Zen and the Art of Long Term Relationships

Of course when I say this, I mean in Fiction where the sun is always shining and unicorns shit rainbows. I do not claim to be a relationship expert, I am in fact very stupid when it comes to them and have been single for almost a year now in an attempt to wise up. Some of this I think is due to Asperger's Syndrome (I'll deal with any questions in a later post) and the rest is to lack of experience.

Although since last summer, I've turned into something of a maneater. Hall and Oates would be proud of me I think, though I'm not exactly proud of myself for some of the things I've done. Over the past few months I've done a lot of retrospect and insight and I'm learning how to love myself for all my fuck-ups and while I'm not proud, I don't regret it. My friends still love me, and I think that's all that matters.

Now, back to Fiction, which is the purpose of this post.

I've made a lot of progress in the ending of this book, which is somehow also the beginning, and have reached a point where two of my main characters have some fairly pivotal interaction as far as their relationship goes. By now you've hopefully inferred that they are each others' love interests and while this isn't the moment they fall in love with one another (that'd be way too convenient) this is where I could start laying the stepping stones to that point if I really want to. Or I could put it off for a little bit longer, there are a few scenarios possible:

Scene A) I keep on chugging the way I see this playing out and everybody goes home happy in the land of Fiction.
Scene B) I put it off just a little bit longer and make things a little bit more complicated and requires more thinking on my part and throw in a few red herrings every once and a while.
Scene C) I figure out how to make both ideas work.
Scene D) I storm off in a huff and figure this out later.

I've been toying with the idea of putting it off and having him hit her or something drastic like that, but I feel like the whole distrust thing has been overdone. I also think going on ahead is a total cop-out.

Looks like D is the plan while I work on C. Fiction is just going to have to suffer for a little while as I figure out how to keep the love interest... well interesting. They have to span three books, and that is a long term relationship if I ever saw one.

Bible Belt

I live in Tennessee, and while I love my home for it's widely acknowledge natural beauty and wildlife, I can't say much for our smarts.

We're getting a lot of attention for the "Don't Say Gay" bill, which by the way is incredibly gay, of late. And then earlier this month Tracy Morgan decided to run his fat mouth and stir up more trouble, I can happily say I never liked him anyways. It's astonishing how overnight all of this anti-homosexuality has sprung up in my home. I've always been in support of the LGBTQ community, one of my best friends is an incredibly fierce drag queen, and can't imagine life without him. But the sudden amount of animosity they're being shown is heartbreaking.

Tracy Morgan: Lesbians Hate Men
The original article describing his rant

Wanda Sykes Takes On Chris Rock
A follow up piece, cause bitches get stuff done

"Don't Say Gay" Bill Passes
Read the article and be amazed at the dumbness