FIve Things About LDRs

1. Yes, Long Distance Relationships Suck.

They just do. The only way they can work is if you they're on a timetable. We may not be able to put the war in Iraq on a timetable, but for the Love of Bejeezus, don't enter into an LDR without one.

2. It could be worse.

In my LDR, I found it comforting to check this site, True Military Wives Confessions, often to give me a reality check. These women don't see or hear from their men for months and months at a time. And their men could be blown away by an insurgent at any moment, so it's just nice to get some perspective on things when you're stressing that your S.O. is 500 miles away.

3. Technology helps.

With IM, anything is possible. And there have been some brilliant inventors out there with gadgets that make it better to be so far apart. Examples:

• The VIO aka Virtual Intimate Object, "a piece of software installed on a user's desktop, displayed only a single red dot. The dot faded to transparent over time, and would redden again only when the other half of the couple clicked on his or her own dot displayed on a computer screen hundreds of miles away."
• The Hug Shirt that works "when a person wearing the shirt applies pressure to the shirt's millimeter-thick cloth, the shirt captures the strength and location of the pressure with sensors sewn into its fabric and transmits the hug via Bluetooth to a cell phone. Passed as a text message to another phone in another city or country, that text message is translated into vibration and heat in the same location of another Hug Shirt worn by the hug recipient.

Isn't it cute?

• And of course, Phone Sex. But be warned...
  

"Two Hours of Phone Sex" | Funny Jokes at JibJab

4. Romance is more important than ever.

Luckily, there's a site that will write a romantic love letter for you. You don't even have to be creative. It's like MadLibs! You just fill-in the blanks. What could be easier?!!

(But seriously, if you want the LDR to work, you'll have to beef up on the romance. The impact of sweet, simple, little things sent by regular mail is immeasurable. And it only costs $.42)

5. Don't give up.

The only thing that can keep it going is your desire for it to work. It will take patience, compassion, understanding, selflessness and commitment. If you don't think you possess these characteristics, it's probably best not to attempt an LDR.

Five Things about the Wisdom of Dating Matt Damon.

1. Clip of the Week


I am certainly not a huge fan of Jimmy Kimmel and I find Sarah Silverman slightly annoying...but this video is the best thing I've seen all week. Apparently JK has this shtick he does where at the end of his show he says, "My apologies to Matt Damon, but we're out of time for tonight." And Matt Damon be looking fiiiiine, too.

2. Dallas Morning News columnist reveals why I don't date guys in their 20s.




Kay Hymowitz writes:
Not so long ago, the average mid-twentysomething had achieved most of adulthood's milestones – high school degree, financial independence, marriage and children. These days, he lingers – happily – in a new hybrid state of semi-hormonal adolescence and responsible self-reliance. Decades in unfolding, this limbo may not seem like news to many, but in fact it is to the early 21st century what adolescence was to the early 20th: a momentous sociological development of profound economic and cultural import.

It's time to state what is now obvious to legions of frustrated young women: The limbo doesn't bring out the best in young men.

That sound you hear is women not laughing. Oh, some women get a kick out of child-men and their frat/fart jokes. But for many, the child-man is either an irritating mystery or a source of heartbreak. In contemporary female writing and conversation, the words "immature" and "men" seem united in perpetuity.
Full article.

3. Can we pleeeeeeze start a petition to get Improv Everywhere to come to Kansas City? PLEEEEZ? They are so rad.

4. Just droppin' some wisdom, y'all. 12 Things I Learned By 42 That I Wish I Knew at 22. via thewisdomjournal.com.

5. LOST is back. And it's really back. It's good again. At least for now...Jezebel liveblogged the first ep of the new season.