{"id":1911,"date":"2004-05-10T09:22:29","date_gmt":"2004-05-10T09:22:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fubsy.net\/blog2\/?p=1911"},"modified":"2014-05-19T21:46:45","modified_gmt":"2014-05-20T04:46:45","slug":"the_perfect_man","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/fubsy.net\/blog\/the_perfect_man\/","title":{"rendered":"the perfect man"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>as you get older, your priorities change. hence my new perfect man:<\/p>\n<p><i>has not spent time in a mental institution.<\/i><br \/>\nthis isn&#8217;t to say that people who have spent time in such places are wholly unworthy life companions, but they do tend to bring along an extra element of baggage that, honestly, i just don&#8217;t have the energy to deal with any more.<\/p>\n<p><i>has a car.<\/i><br \/>\ni&#8217;m not materialistic. i won&#8217;t snub a guy because his car is crappy, but owning a car shows a certain level of responsibility that i&#8217;m looking for in a partner.<\/p>\n<p><i>has a job. <\/i><br \/>\nagain, he doesn&#8217;t have to make shitloads of money, but he does have to get up and go to work most every day. again, this shows a certain level of responsibility which is desirable in a mate.<\/p>\n<p><i>laughs.<\/i><br \/>\nhe knows humour. not just &#8220;knock, knock&#8221; or blonde joke humour, either. he sees the irony and entertainment in everyday life. he&#8217;s quick and quirky and, most of all, laughs at my jokes. even when they&#8217;re horrible.<\/p>\n<p><i>likes kissing just as much as making love.<\/i><br \/>\nokay, so i stole this line from an episode of <i>witchblade<\/i>, but it&#8217;s completely perfect. sometimes, i&#8217;d rather kiss for two hours with all my clothes on than do anything else. he&#8217;s got to, too.<\/p>\n<p><i>is curious about the world.<\/i><br \/>\nhe has to wonder about things. curiosity is a function of intelligence. if he&#8217;s interested in figuring things out, then he&#8217;s got an agile mind and smart men are sexier than anything else.<\/p>\n<p><i>lives no further than two hours (by car) away.<\/i><br \/>\nthis one is courtesy of my jeremy. he&#8217;s convinced me that long-distance relationships are difficult and detrimental to emotional well-being. god, i hate it when he&#8217;s right.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>as you get older, your priorities change. hence my new perfect man: has not spent time in a mental institution. this isn&#8217;t to say that people who have spent time in such places are wholly unworthy life companions, but they do tend to bring along an extra element of baggage that, honestly, i just don&#8217;t <span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span> <span class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"http:\/\/fubsy.net\/blog\/the_perfect_man\/\" class=\"more-link\"><span>Read More &rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1911","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-words"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/fubsy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1911","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/fubsy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/fubsy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fubsy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fubsy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1911"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/fubsy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1911\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2943,"href":"http:\/\/fubsy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1911\/revisions\/2943"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/fubsy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1911"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fubsy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1911"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fubsy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1911"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}