Her?

Stop being such an Ann-hog!

I'm relying on an old stand-by Arrested joke to lay the groundwork for this post. Remember my bad habit of staring at other people on the subway? Well naturally it has struck again, but this time it was in the cutest, most positive way possible.

Every once in a while on the 7, you'll find yourself running into the same morning crowd and there is this couple I see every one in a while that I am semi-obsessed with. (I am only 50% a stalker so it's fine.) The woman is Asian and in her late 20s and GORGEOUS. She's truly just very very pretty and exotic and she has this insanely cool, crazy style. She mixes and matches prints and always has amazing colorful tights on whenever I see her, but the best part by far is her hair. It's a short asymmetrical cut that I would rock if it wouldn't make me look like a chubby nine-year old boy. She mousses it upwards into this really funky sort of half-pompadour thing and okay, I'm making her sound weird/scary/awful but she's totally fab.

The guy is... well. Man, is he a DORK if there ever was one. He pretty much should have "dork" stamped across his forehead. He is flat-out the geekiest looking short-ass little white boy I have ever seen. If I had to wager a guess I would say he probably spends about 17 hours sitting behind a computer each day when he is not watching Star Trek. I mean, it's bad.

When I first saw these crazy kids together, I took one look at the girl and then did a double-take at her beau and thought, "HIM?" I could not even fathom how he landed this incredible chick. It was boggling my mind grapes. But here's the thing people...

THEY ARE SO TOTALLY IN LOVE WITH EACH OTHER.

In that disgustingly adorable way that usually makes me wanna barf but for one reason or another, I find SO endearing when it comes to this pair of lovebirds. Because there they sit, cuddling and kissing and having little tete-a-tetes with one another while he gives her tiny pecks on the forehead, not giving a crap that superficial people (AHEM yours truly) are judging them for being so oddly mismatched on the surface.

I kind of want to be one-half of a couple like this when the time is right.

The other day I kept listening to this little gem of a love song and so I am going to dedicate it to the odd couple who I secretly stalk sometimes on the 7 train for being so damn sweet and making me change my perspective. Also, I adore this Wilco/Feist collaboration because it's such a realistic take on an old tradition. I don't want to know everything about someone. I want them to be able to surprise me always.