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clear eyes, full hearts, can't lose

you have been on my mind. i wanted to draw you some graffiti earlier but didn't. the world of drawing is so beautiful. i wish we could communicate more often through this medium. by we, i mean everyone. and i mean you and me, drawing to each other. i also wish you knew how to draw. but you do. i mean, those brunch portraits. what are you doing this weekend? i am flying back to louisiana on sunday. my break is nearly complete. is yours?

i have a few new technology predictions. i always forget them though. one of them would be a writable monitor. so we can draw pictures online. i had way more innovative ones though. those ones i forget. i think a giant weather-generating machine is possible. i think a levitating desktop is definitely doable. or a dream scanner.

fuck technology predictions though. and sports and movies. i can't wait to break through the obstacles that prevent me from talking to you and finally get in touch. i love to hear about your day more than i can stand to hear about anyone else's. and how are you doing? who are you talking to instead of me? what are you eating/buying/wearing/working on?

dear jordan,

thank you.

not even those times when i found you asleep as i came home. not even those nights when you drove me down 41, numb to how close we would become. not even that day you called me from russia and i was in the elevator. not even the minute i cried when you hung up. or those days when we laid at the beach. none of them compare to this. this feeling that i finally found you. this sudden closeness that has rushed through my heart and around my body. as if you were standing inches from me. and as if you always had been, but i had never noticed. i loved you. i forgave you. i released.

and i realized that for the past months, no one has cared with as much passion and grace as you have. you have done everything for me. for the past few months, i had listened. but until now, i hadn't heard you. i want to hear more. and more. i'm sorry. i'm sorry for the hard times i give you. you're doing so much good in such a great way, and it was difficult to acknowledge and it was truly a fight to push through. but i feel free now. i want to hear.

i understand if this apology has come too late for you, but please forgive me. there is hardly anything better in my life than your commitment to our relationship. i never want to lose you again, and i know i won't. thank you for staying with me, jordan. i'm so happy. i love you so much. from the bottom and the top of my heart, i wish you a happy holiday and a wonderful new year. let's share our resolutions?

paolo

@jordancclark

How many pop artists have released Christmas songs (or even albums) and maintained their integrity?

Mariah Carey
Christina Aguilera
Dean Martin
Louis Armstrong
Ella Fitzgerald
Bing Crosby
The Flaming Lips
Death Cab for Cutie
Mogwai
Yo La Tengo
Coldplay
Hall and Oates
Stevie Wonder
Roy Orbison
Sufjan Stevens
The Beach Boys
The Jackson 5
Dion
Air Supply
Cyndi Lauper
Luther Vandross
Al Green
Elvis
Belle and Sebastian
Queen
Fats Domino
The Four Seasons
The Temptations
The Supremes
Frank Sinatra
Johnny Cash
George Harrison
John Lennon
Charlie Brown

Questionable:
N*SYNC
Ringo Starr
The Polyphonic Spree

Probably not:
Paul McCartney
Toni Braxton

vote for rory

as i was saying earlier, nothing makes me more excited about hockey than hockey-related stories irrelevant to the actual game. this story is old, but i recognized it from last year, as i was reading a more current voting-related article. i wanted to know what you thought about them, since you always like to remind me that hockey and d.c. area football still exist. good luck tonight. norris and i will be watching, holding our breath.