1. Alex Ebert & Jade Castrinos
They are just too damn wonderful for me to even put into words. Long long ago, I saw Imarobot in concert. I thought Alex Ebert, the frontman, was incredibly sexy in this rebel-punk sort of way. That's never been my type but there was just something about him! How odd that 8 years later I would fall in love with Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros before ever realizing that Alex is the frontman! Talk about a 180 - now he's this hippie 'peace and love' type and I love him even more! BUT, being the creep I am, I probably love his girlfriend/muse Jade even more! She is basically everything I wish I could be, and the 2 of them combined is sickeningly cute.
Andy's also fallen in like with Edward Sharpe & TMZ, and I know he also has a crush on Jade...perhaps even a man-crush on Alex, but that's only speculation. :)
They write and sing about how simple love really is, and their mutual adoration is apparent at all times.
Anyway, some sources insist they're still together, but it seems they split up. Even the ones that say they're no longer together, though, talk about the close relationship they've maintained and how much they mean to each other. I read somewhere they "started off as best friends, it got romantic for a while, and then went back to being best friends". While I'd definitely prefer to be the together version of the 2, I do hope that if something ever happens to mine & Andy's relationship that we would stay a large part of each others' lives. The amount of respect I have toward him is tremendous and I'd hate for that to ever change, regardless of our romantic situation.
2. Una LaMarche & Jeff Zorabedian
Una, aka The Sassy Curmudgeon, is my blog idol. She shares my odd sense of humor, general distaste toward a large portion of society, and love of sweatpants and wine. The idol portion comes along in that she's much better at expressing these things than I am. I like to think it's because she's a few years older than me, or has taken classes in these sorts of things, but it's likely just that she's more clever than I (sigh.). In any case, while I admire her writing skills and quirky points of view, one of my favorite things about her & her blog is the way she portrays the relationship between her & her husband.
She makes me realize that perhaps it's Andy & I that have a "normal" relationship, and not the characters in romantic comedies. Either that, or I'm consoled by the fact that a couple whose dysfunction closely mirrors ours seems to be working out so well, even on the long term. Either way...
I've also popped over to her husband Jeff's photography blog on several occasions (I think we all have), and was delighted at the way he spoke of his "Liz Lemon" ( :D ). He also referred to her as his muse...funny....maybe I just want Andy to put me on a pedestal? Meh, that's neither here nor there...
Because Una is a nutjob like me, and her husband seems to be the 'quiet at first, then ridiculous' type (as is Andy).... her blog gives me faith in the fact that 1) not all people are irritating, and b) ridiculousness can be attractive, and even a key component of a relationship. I take solace in that.
3. Carl & Ellie Fredricksen
If you've seen Up, you know that Carl & Ellie are basically the cutest cartoon couple EVAR. As you watch them grow old together, over a span of 10 minutes, you can't help but fall in love with them. When Andy & I watched the movie, I kept saying how I wanted to be like them. THEN (SPOILER ALERT), Ellie dies! I don't know if it was just the movie or the fact that I'd kept saying they were us, but Andy cried. That was one of those moments that I knew how madly in love I am with him. While I generally find men crying to be quite off-putting, I thought it was incredibly sweet.
Anyway, in spite of their sad ending, they start off as 2 hyperactive nerdy "explorer" kids, and they grow into adults who spend their time just enjoying each others' company. Even now I'll occasionally say to Andy, "You're my Carl." He is. (He also didn't get the reference the last time I said it. It definitely loses the effect if you have to explain it. I guess I'll have to say it often enough that he remembers...old man! :-p)
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So you have 1, 2, and 4? What am I missing?
Damn. I had to delete one couple because I couldn't find a picture of them. Fixed it.
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