Monday, March 31, 2008

Trebuchet and the laws of Engagement

I like the Font Trebuchet. I don't know why. Whenever I say that I like something, I feel like there has to be some well founded reasoning behind it. Like I can't arguably like the font Trebuchet unless it has a smooth, comforting character with just a hint of mischevious fun. Which I guess it does.

It's like love for me. Sometimes, I wonder if love can be justifiable. Or even if it can be, should it be. I mean, if you justify love, then is it love, or is it good reasoning? Love loses value when it is supported with good reasoning. It becomes less about how much I'd give for you, simply because I love you, and more about how much I'd give for you, because the relationship is beneficial to both of us and I think you'll do a good job supporting me either monetarily or emotionally for the rest of my life and you'd make a good father or mother. It loses something there. It's no longer sacrificial. It no longer seeks the benefit of the other, regardless the cost.

My girlfriend and I are starting to feel like we're cheating. We've started to enthusiastically talk about marriage together, what kind of house we want, or how we could make it work within the next three years and the like.

I love it. It's so exciting, but we aren't engaged. Are you allowed to talk about marriage, and tell the other person you want to marry them before your engaged? Not that we haven't been engaged before, we have. It's just that we've both changed a lot since then, not that since then has been too terribly long, only like a month or three. We've decided not to get engaged until we for sure have a date set and the like, because thats what everyone expects. So we play along with their game, entirely discontent with the prospect of waiting at least another two years, and "date." I, personally, think its more like patience than dating. We both know what we want, and where we want to go, but it's just a matter of going there at the right time, so that everything happens the way it should. After all, we're aren't stupid. We're just in love.

I like the font Trebuchet. Its my favorite font of fonts. If I were to love a font, it would be Trebuchet. It feels simple, yet elegant, like a Kinkajou. Playful while retained. Proper with a mischevious smile. Polite and adventurous. The kind of font that makes you feel like there's more being said than just whats in the words.

3 comments:

Caitlin said...

wait...how come your rant about trebuchet isn't in trebuchet?

SocksofGranduer said...

well, You wouldn't describe someone while they're standing next to you, would you?

Joie said...

So I pretty much love this essay.

:)

No lie.