carnelian stars like the bars down below / serve only vodka and gin

[raven]

So, I was going to make a cranky LDR post, but, on second thoughts, perhaps not. I am cranky. At some level I always am. Long-distance relationships suck monkey balls. Don't do them, they're awful and sad.

But. Once again, Shim and I have been together for an integer number of years. During that time we have, inter alia: gone on long walks in the countryside; bought a lot of books; started a small kitchen fire; danced to no music under the moon; eaten pancakes in Amsterdam; run drunkenly down the steps of Sacre Coeur; spent hours looking for a stranger's missing keys in the snow; had screaming rows about nothing in particular; drunk wine on the roof of Lincoln at three in the morning; climbed Arthur's Seat in rain so bad the dye ran from my shoes; spent seven months apart; done a lot of dishes; written letters and emails and instant messages; made faces over Skype; been together.

And here we are. Still keeping on and carrying on.


edit fuck it, I am working out my cranky by listening to the Weepies' entire discography on repeat (I pity my next door neighbour) so now you can too.

The Weepies - Gotta Have You
no amount of coffee / no amount of crying / no amount of whisky / no amount of wine

The Weepies - Can't Go Back Now
you know there will be days when you're so tired you can't take another step

The Weepies - Same Changes
and everyone says this love will change you / well I asked does anything ever stay the same

The Weepies - Painting by Chagall
we live so high above the ground / satellites surround us

The Weepies - Hope Tomorrow
a windy fitful day in winter / charging towards the ides of May

Comments

[falena]

Thanks for the Weepies tracks. I don't know why but they were missing from my iPod, I honestly thought I had them.

And the paragraph about your relationship is just so...moving and real. You have such a way with words. Even when you're cranky. I would enjoy read you writing about...anything really.

[livrelibre]

*sends you hugs*

[forthwritten]

<3

Your writing is, as always, lovely.

It's no comfort I know, but this too shall pass.

[gamesiplay.livejournal.com]

<3

Good for you guys.

I'm assuming by "entire discography" you mean that you do in fact have a lot more of their songs--but if not, I've got a few other really lovely ones I could send.

[dormouse-in-tea.livejournal.com]

Thank you for reminding me that I LOVE The Weepies. *loads stuff onto her iPod finally*

I am sorry about the cranky. :(

[deathbyshinies.livejournal.com]

I didn't realise you liked the Weepies. This (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQ0b6z1XFNY). (link is to video).

I would like to read your cranky LDR post, if you ever feel like making it.

[eglantine-br.livejournal.com]

I had never heard of the the Weepies. I just discovered, in the last 5 minutes that I have missed out. Thank you!!

They will be resting comfortably on my ipod by sunup.

[proskynesis]

The second paragraph is beautiful, just so you know. *hugs*

[minttown1.livejournal.com]

Thank you for the music.

I hope you feel better tomorrow. Sounds trite, maybe, but it's true.

[ladyfalcon.livejournal.com]

You and Shim are my favorite fictional couple (fictional in the sense that I know neither of you IRL). You just sound so charming and lovely together. And King Arthur's Seat is possibly my favorite spot that I've been to in the UK.

Also I had to check but there actually are Ides in May according to the Roman calendar, which I had to be sure of before I could download the song.

ETA: And apparently I was misremembering the fact that ides fell on different DAYS some months than in others with as only some months HAVING ides at all. Whatever. Song is mine now.

[leiascully.livejournal.com]

♥ I know how tough that can be. Courage! One day you will bin the LD part of it.

So I'm reading Charmed Life and wow, the offhand racial comments are just ridiculous. Where is Millie supposed to be from? She and the children are quite pale, it says, but I thought in another book they weren't.

[littlered2.livejournal.com]

Congratulations, particularly for having got through a long-distance relationship for so long; it is horrible, I know, but you're almost there. I'm glad you and Shim have had such lovely experiences together (eating pancakes in Amsterdam = awesome. Rob and I have done this, and I want to repeat the experience), and I hope you have many more.

[tau_sigma]

I meant to comment on this at the time, and I kind of failed; I'm sorry. You are so amazingly good at condensing something so wonderful into a few sentences full of joy, and passing time. I am glad you are together. :) It is nice to hear you so happy.