Love, hockey and cowboy hats.

I saw this on blackrayne’s LJ (who got it from archel), and it was serendipitous, in a way. I needed to write this. I love Ted with all my heart, but in the midst of all the constant daily bullshit that surrounds us – work, traffic, bills, what have you – I think that I sometimes take him for granted. I sometimes take /us/ for granted. And sometimes when I’m bombarded with crap, I forget to be as kind as I should be, I forget to listen to him, and I don’t treat him with as much love and respect as he deserves.

This helped remind me why I fell in love, and why I continue to love him more and more every day of my life.

20 Things I Love About My Puddin’:

1. He has the most charming personality.
2. He has the cleverest, cutest, silliest sense of humor and always makes me laugh.
3. He shares my geeky love of AD&D, video games, comic books and pulp sci fi and fantasy novels.
4. He is my muse and my inspiration. Without him, I would still be agonizing through my aeons-long writer’s block.
5. He’s a jock. I love that. Watching him play sports is such a twisted, incredible turn on. This one stance he has when he’s in goal is so cocky… so rakish… it’s just immensely sexy.
6. There’s something about our dynamic that compels me to want more from my life, for us. His presence is somehow impetus for me to always strive to be a better, stronger, more creative person.
7. He is very supportive of all of my goals and aspirations.
8. The way he smells will always make me feel warm, sentimental and wistful. The moment that I fell in love with him is encapsulated in that scent, and its correlation to a happy time is so strong that whenever I’m angry or frustrated with him, all I need to do is catch that mixture of white musk on the air, and I’m placated.
9. He is a true gentleman. Impeccable manners.
10. He has the most beautiful hair that I have ever seen, and I love the way his skin feels. His smile is as genuine, bright and guileless as a kid’s.
11. I’ve never seen eyes like his: like shattered ice, clear and winter blue.
12. He is honest, just, and compassionate, without an ounce of malice in his soul.
13. When I first called his answering machine, he had a Byron quote on the recording.
14. He is wonderful with kids, and will make a perfect father someday.
15. He has the most incredibly interesting stories to tell, whether he realizes it or not.
16. He has, without fail, been there for me through every painful, terrible crisis, and has helped me come through it sanely.
17. He can read my mind so clearly that I have (no joke!) never been able to win a single game of rock/paper/scissors.
18. He’s a Victorian cowboy in ghoulie clothing. When he dresses up for an occasion, my heart stops. To me, his beauty is beyond measure, and he has flawless taste and style.
19. He’s as sick and perverse as I am.
20. He loves our dogs as much as he would love his own flesh and blood.