My forwarded mail has begun. Today.

[judecorp]

(I moved what? Two, three weeks ago?)

It's so rare that I have dreams that I remember, and even more rare that the ones I .do. remember don't fit my six or so dream themes that contain most of them. This morning I had a totally random dream that I happen to remember, and it's pretty goofy.

So in my dream I was on Jeopardy! (the game show, duh) and rather than being beside Sean Connery and Turd Ferguson, I was up against regular people. There were two other male contestants and I was the returning champion. So it was Tom, Jude, and Ray. On with the Jeopardy!

Anyway, we were in between the Jeopardy round and the Double Jeopardy round and it was time to "meet the contestants." Both of the men said their little schpiel and made a point to say, "And I want to say hello to my beautiful wife so-and-so." So then it's my turn and Alex Trebek is asking me about my Smurf collection and I answer, and then I smugly look over to my fellow contestants and say something like, "I would like to say hello to my /very intelligent/ partner, Sam." (Sam? Who is Sam?)

You know, I never really thought about it in my conscious mind, but I /hate/ that people introduce women or refer to women as "my beautiful wife" or "my beautiful girlfriend" as if there is nothing better that defines them. Don't get me wrong, I like it when significant others think I'm beautiful, but if I'm going to be described by one adjective, I don't think I'd want it to be "beautiful." Does anyone ever say, "I want to say hello to my beautiful husband?" *boggles*

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[baab.livejournal.com]

When I refer to my wife as beautiful, I'm not just saying that she's hawt. She is that, but she's so much more. She's the embodiment of all the light and beauty in my world. There simply isn't a word that describes what she is to me, but beautiful can convey some of it.

Just a thought. :)

[judecorp.livejournal.com]

If you were on television, would you say, "I would like to say hello to my beautiful wife, Renee?"

Just curious.

[baab.livejournal.com]

If I were stuck with only one word, I'd be hard-pressed to come up with something better. Harumph. Wonderful? Amazing? Brilliant? These all seem pale.

Darned language.

[judecorp.livejournal.com]

I agree that language is limiting. And while I know that /your/ version of beautiful goes above and beyond what someone looks like (because you are so amazing and cool like that), I'll cut you some slack.

I guess it's more MY bias than anything else. I'd rather be described by something more meaty. "This is my stellar and stunning genius of a partner."

[oddharmonic.livejournal.com]

My bio lab partner from college probably would if she'd married her "beautiful boyfriend" (you really don't want to know, but he set off my gaydar before I even entered the room). She still refers to him as beautiful in the occasional IM.

Me, I don't think I'd _ever_ call my husband beautiful, although in the right mood I might say he's not-too-bad-looking. (Can you tell I didn't marry for good looks? Not that I'm any prize myself...)

[judecorp.livejournal.com]

(Can you tell I didn't marry for good looks? Not that I'm any prize myself...)

Bah! What sort of attitude is that?

[oddharmonic.livejournal.com]

What sort of attitude is that?

An honest one. The only guys that flirt with me are pedophiles (unless you think 40+ is an appropriate age to flirt with someone that looks about 14, except wearing clothes that don't show midriff and other bits I prefer covered) and I have almost as bad luck with girls.

To say anyone's ever dated me for my looks would be a gross overstatement.

[judecorp.livejournal.com]

Maybe no one has dated you "for your looks," but I don't see that as a bad thing. But I would imagine that the people you've dated find you attractive. :)

[oddharmonic.livejournal.com]

Guess I'm still overcoming all the mental fuss I make of growing up with mixed messages re beauty -- Mom's side makes a big deal about education being more important, while Dad's side is still mocking my sister for getting a bachelor's and teaching high school while working on her master's.

Honestly, most of the people I've dated have been -- shall we say? -- leaning toward pedophilia. I look about 14 and still get looks when I pay by credit, although after having lived in this town for a fair portion of the past decade (not continuously, I've spent a few years in other places but my family's been here since 1991), you'd think people would put two and two together and not act so damn surprised when I produce ID to buy a bottle of Bombay Sapphire.

The two notable exceptions to that clause have been my best friend (and favorite soldier) and Robert, and we won't discuss Robert.

On a completely unrelated note, I hold you responsible for getting me into geocaching. *g* Since I'm waiting for my Garmin eTrex to arrive via the USPS, I've decided to start participating in the benchmark hunting on geocaching.com -- there's a buttload of them in my area and I know where most of them are (without a GPS) from climbing.

Tomorrow morning starts with a dogleg on my daily trail run up to the benchmark in Alderfer/Three Sisters Park, and this weekend (or as soon as I can conscript someone to go with me) I'm getting pics of the other benchmark in the park (on Evegreen Mtn). Hooah for me having _way_ too much spare time in the summer and two digital cameras at my disposal.

On that note, if you'd like a slightly used digital camera, I have a Polaroid FunFlash 640 (it's only got 2MB of internal memory) with a serial cable for offloading pics and the software that came with it in its original packaging. It's yours for the cost of shipping. (Yes, I own too much stuff. Despite sharing a room with a toddler, my desk is covered with innards of computers, Sally Hansen chrome nail polish bottles, and other random stuff.)

[judecorp.livejournal.com]

1. I'm so glad you're hooked on geocaching. It's so fun!

2. If you really wanted to part with that camera, I would certainly try it out for cost of shipping - that's really nice of you! I think my serial port is messed up but I can get a serial-to-USB adapter fairly easily.

3. I hate men who have "little girl" fetishes. Thankfully I've started to look twentysomething, but I remember that phenomenon being particularly annoying when I still looked perpetually 16.

4. Smart AND beautiful - a perfect combo!