Epic Love Affairs (of the One-Sided Variety)

I'm in love. Again.

Don't give me that look! For all your judging eyes and snide comments, I know that you have at least one poster stashed somewhere, embodying a long-time-yet-ultimately-doomed-and-unrequited love. We all know.

I tend to be more vocal about mine. This may surprise you, but I am very occasionally in touch with reality, and I know exactly what chance these love affairs have.

That said, I can't help but still have them, hold them, and cherish them. The love affiars, not the object of them. Naturally.

Many of you know of my little crushes. Most of them are fictional characters, such as Dean from Supernatural, Sam Seaborn from The West Wing, and Mat Cauthon from The Wheel of Time. A very few of them are actors. Matthew Gray Gubler comes to mind, as does Seth Green.

One is a speech writer.

A real one, not of Aaron Sorkin's creation.

Let me fill you in a little.

Jonathan Favreau is President Obama's Director of Speechwriting. He is 28, and has worked on two presidential campaigns, one of which was (obviously) successful. He is also very attractive and is incredible talented.

Take the State of the Union, for example. Holy hell. Did you see that thing?? Hear it?? Read it?? The man is a writing god! Whether you approve of the Obama Administration's policies or not, whether you like Democrats or not, whether you want to kill him or not, there is no denying that the man has genius. Just take a gander at the following snippets from the State of the Union.






"For 220 years, our leaders have fulfilled this duty. They've done so during periods of prosperity and tranquility, and they've done so in the midst of war and depression, at moments of great strife and great struggle."

"For these Americans and so many others, change has not come fast enough. Some are frustrated; some are angry. They don't understand why it seems like bad behavior on Wall Street is rewarded, but hard work on Main Street isn't, or why Washington has been unable or unwilling to solve any of our problems." (Do you SEE that parallelism???)

"And if there's one thing that has unified Democrats and Republicans -- and everybody in between -- it's that we all hated the bank bailout. I hated it. You hated it. It was about as popular as a root canal."

"In the 21st century, the best anti-poverty program around is a world-class education."

"We have to recognize that we face more than a deficit of dollars right now. We face a deficit of trust, deep and corrosive doubts about how Washington works that have been growing for years.

To close that credibility gap, we have to take action on both ends of Pennsylvania Avenue, to end the outsized influence of lobbyists, to do our work openly, to give our people the government they deserve."

Let it be noted that I am not endorsing or refuting any of the policies. I am merely providing examples of rousing and eloquent speech writing.

Literary music like this would sway the heart of anyone.