Non-Limbo-Related...question mark

Not entirely sure where this post is coming from, but I'm going to write while it's fresh and then analyze later. (great tip)

Someday, if and when I meet Mrs.Perfect, I want to travel across the world with her for the rest of our lives in an attempt to create a list of romantic places we've experienced (not simply visited). World Travel itself has an inherently powerful effect on relationships. It both affirms and changes preconceived perceptions and beliefs, and I think, in turn makes us honor our own humanity in a truthful and exposed/vulnerable way. And what can be more romantic than a person who's willing to embark on that sort of lifelong commitment-- traveling together and learning more about one another in the process. There's so much to absorb, and not to create wacky postulates but:

If there's so much to absorb, then there's so much to be given/found/received--- (out there, in the world).

Much of the romance in my mind, is created by the fact that I'm beginning to realize/believe that it is likely I won't be an extremely (monetarily) wealthy man; although I could very well be wrong. Cooking is not exactly a "fast track" route to career success and financial gain, but it's what I love doing and I'm not going to run away from it or put it on a back burner in order to undergo new education that would land me larger paychecks earlier in my life. *But there's no doubt in my mind that cooking/restaurant-investing with one's life certainly can lead to that; just look at all of the young celebrity chef's etc. I could be one of those, if I want. It's just a matter of where I prioritize the next few years of my life. Anyways---a lot of the romance that I see in that kind of an endeavor comes from this belief; that romantic world travel is very expensive, and thus takes a lot of planning and commitment of my/Mrs.Perfect's earning/income (AKA a LOT of SAVING...hello retirement funds). I think that's a very attractive individual quality---> the ability to not only be disciplined in one's spending/saving, but visionary as well.

I'm certainly not planning on saving all of this romantic travel for the later parts of our lives (retirement). Vacations. Get-aways. Spontaneity. Think of all the pictures and postcards. Videos and souvenirs. All of those material things ironically make up something that is intangible; memories. There will be unforgettable smells and sights. And the weather. There's so much diversity and "well-roundedness" if that even makes sense. And even the parts that may be regrettable or unplanned and perhaps downright unfortunate...those all create memories, that hopefully serve purpose to remind Mrs.Perfect and I that our commitment to travel and explore is really just a commitment to our love for one another...and all the stuff along the way is simply reward...or leisure...or however you want to frame it. I see sailboats. And rainforests. And Villas. And lots of beaches and sunsets. And gray skies (which I find are gorgeous in an abstract way). Think Scottland. And golf courses. And resorts. Spa's. Plush robes. Sun-soaked...And Candles. Operas. Gondolas. Oceans. Decades of dinner-for-two-toasts...Many moons and stars from hundreds of different locations...boarding passes and passports. Mountains. Glass. Tinkling. Silverware. Steam. Many travel logs, journal entries, and cafe's. Dresses and ties...a morning newspapers in linens and loafers.

And to tear this whole post down with a floppy and incoherent closing, because I'm running out of organized thought on the matter, who wouldn't want to fly/boat/snorkle, trek, bike, across the vast secluded and hidden gems of the globe with me, drinking wine and indulging in new tastes and sounds and sights... it's a bit selfish, yes, because I have a hunger for new food, wine, and restaurant culture experiences. But when you really think about it, there's so much romance wrapped up in the simple act of eating, traveling, and exploring the unknown---that all of this absurd post makes perfect sense to me. And wine is romantic. non-negotiable. :o)

2011. Maybe not a romantic year per say. Maybe I'm not fully investing in romance yet. But I'm very good at planning when I want to be. And I don't want to be poor and lonely forever. (that was perhaps slightly misleading and minimally depressing in sound). Limbo. non limbo. the puzzle can be construed later on. I think I've said what I've needed to say for now.