Gatsby

Ah, yes. The American dream.
F. Scott Fitzgerald portrays that as having all of the glamorous things in life. A sucessful career, a mansion in the Hollywood hills filled with everything you could ever need, a garage filled with all sorts of european sports cars, and a wonderful man or woman to come home to every evening. Every person in this country reaches out for this dream, but how many of us actually achieve it?
I have been fortunate enough to have a little American dream in my own life so far. A place to live, a steady job that could be a career, new cars, designer clothing, and all the Ben and Jerrys I could ever eat.
Not until recently though have I had someone to fill the one thing missing from this steady existance - a wonderful , succesful, beautiful, talented, and incredibly sexy woman that I can call my own. And this amazing being happens to by my beloved fiance' Sharpie.
Up until we met I never really knew what it meant to be cared for, and in love. Most of the others I dated were hyper little blonde things that were only concerned with what they were wearing that day, how many calories they consumed, and being home in time for the new episode of The Hills. One after another, the relationships ended in the same way - lacking, dissapointing, and making me wonder if I would ever really find someone to spoil the way I wanted to.
A couple years ago at a high school football game, I locked eyes with the most beautiful woman I had ever met. I was there with my long term blonde whatsherface, and she was with her koosh-ball headed whatshisname. Not only did I get in trouble with whatsherface for not being able to take my eyes off of her, I could not get her out of the back of my mind!
I graduated, and thought it was the end of the would be romance with this angelic girl. She re-appeared in my life, and I will never take my eyes off of her again!
She has what I believe to be very important qualities in life. Perserverance, brains, and the guts to take on things I could not even imagine. Currently, she is doing more work in a single day on blogs (justlizabell.blogspot.com), novels, and dealing with all the distractions working at home, then I can even fathom. How she does it, I don't know. But damnit I hope she teaches me! The ADD generation that her and I are a part of can learn a thing or two from her.
Along with many many other things, she is a extremely talented writer. Anyone (myself included) can write a paragraph long blog about how animal crackers grow fur if you leave them out in the sun too long. She can turn it into an episode of The Office. It's that kind of talent that is so rare these days, and I am going to tickle her until she lets me in on her secret for being so amazing.