My Ideal...
This is my very long list of attributes (some physical, some mental, some spiritual, some monetary, and some are just plain crazy) that I would like to have in my future husband:
* You MUST be able to make me laugh. "A day that is truely wasted is one in which you have not laughed" A sense of humor is one of my top priorities...
* Get along with and love my big, kooky family, and you must desire children of your own. (gee, this is starting to sound serious)
* Be Catholic (or willing to learn) and more importantly, you must love God and have an active, Christian lifestyle.
* Love the movies: The Princess Bride, The Three Musketeers, Braveheart, Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, Robin Hood: Men in Tights, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Goonies, The Christmas Story, and Meatballs (the original one, with Bill Murray). Sometimes no-brainer movies are the best, don't you agree?
* Follow the code of chivalry and be a knight (so, when we get married, I can be called "Lady Kathryn")
* Appreciate literature. For example: Jane Austen, Jon Hassler, Shakespeare, George Orwell, to name a few. And you must also like science fiction and/or fantasy books.
* Appreciate art: fine art (Flemish artists, for example. Especially Jan Van Eyck), dance (especially Irish step dance, like Riverdance), and music (new age [Enya], classical [Beethoven], Guitar Rock [Lynard Skynard], Show Tunes [West Side Story], etc.)
* Interested in the SCA (Society for Creative Anachronism), the Renaissance Era, and Medieval Period.
* Be a hopelessly hopeless romantic and do & say things that would pleasantly surprise me (quote from my favorite movies, speak French, talk in an Irish accent)
* Occasionally let whimsy carry you where it may, and be capricious every once in a while.
* Have a hunger for knowledge and learning and succeeding.
* Have a hunger for knowledge and learning and succeeding.
* Have a deep respect for teachers, priests, nuns, and parents.
* Must allow me to keep my job as an advertiser once we're married (eventhough you're rich)
* Want to broaden horizons by experiencing different cultures.
* Like to hike, canoe, camp, and fish.
* Love camp fires, fire places, and/or wood stoves
* Like to fall asleep during thunderstorms.
* LOVE winter and the beautiful, glorious, brilliant, dazzling snow
* Love Christmas even more than the winter and snow
* Must pamper me when I'm sick (hey, you know I'd do the same for you!)
* Eaten and enjoyed at least ONE: seafood, cat fish, raspberry gingerale, mint, coffee, wild rice, black olives, corned beef, and/or sugar cones.
* Watched and LIKED at least ONE: Red Green Show, Xena, Daria, Mystery Science Theatre 3000, and/or Conan O'Brian.
* MUST be of Gaelic descent (that's either Irish, Scottish, or Welsh, but preferrably Irish).
* Have outbursts of signing show tunes or TV theme songs every now and then.
* Live in a small cottage, castle, and/or mansion with a stone facade and field-stone fireplaces.
* Must not mind letting me decorate at least 1 room (in the mansion or castle) entirely in shades of blue, purple, and silver.
* Play the Uiellian pipes, bag pipes, fiddle, piano, and double nose-flute
* Have private jet to fly to Ireland, Scottland, English Dales, Wales, and New Zealand whenever we want.
* Have private fencing arena and gym, complete with all sorts of punching bags
* Must own Falcor, the Luck Dragon
* Must not mind dressing up in Medieval or Renaissance clothing and wielding sharp objects (like swords an such), must be king of your own small island nation, must have a spectacular birth-mark, must have something interesting to tell me everyday ("gee, honey, you have the most dazzling ear lobes!"), and you must have had a Chia-pet in your childhood (if you still have one NOW, this is even more in your favor!).
And last, and most importantly, you must be the most wonderful man to have ever loved me! And I mean LOVE, NOT this mushy gushy stuff, spewing over with hand-written poems. By LOVE, I mean that you do whatever is the best for me, and not yourself. And, without question, I would LOVE you in that way, too. I mean, hey, Jesus did it, how hard can it be?
Wow, that's longer than I thought it was going to be...
So, there you have it. Yep. That's the list as of March 3, 1999. But I'm pretty sure it will keep growing, and I'll probably drop the thing about the double nose-flute.
Of course, if any of you men happen to fit all this criteria, please notify me IMMEDIATELY so that I can begin paying homage to you and placing gifts at your doorstep.