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Empire State Of Mind

Posted on August 25, 2010 10:00 am by Veronica
Photo: from "The Time Traveler's Wife" courtesy of New Line Cinema

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When I gave Logan The List on the first week of November 2009, I didn't expect too much. Seriously. In fact, I expected just one thing and one thing alone: that he would finish everything on The List in three days max. See? My expectations were not too high. (Insert wicked grin here.)

Of course, I expected A LOT. And I guess that most of you who have stayed with me since my first post in August 2009 knew that already—that sometimes, (sometimes lang naman e) I expect too much from people. What was it that Franco said? That my standards are as high as the Empire State Building. Well, why not?

A friend of mine once wrote on Facebook that one of the keys to happiness is to simply lower your standards because it will save you a truckload of disappointment. Of course, I knew that my friend was being sarcastic on Facebook but I fired a guru-like comment anyway. I said that I thought happiness was being yourself, doing what you want, and not caring what the world would say. He shot back with "Teka, I'll get my scuba gear, medyo malalim na 'yan." But seriously, isn't happiness subjective?

To this day, I have never lowered my standards a single notch. I still expect a lot from people (including Logan) because they, too, expect so much from me. Maybe that could explain some of the disappointments I've had in the past. Believe me, I've had my share, but those bumps in the road never discouraged me from expecting the world. Broken hearts heal. Despite the many times my heart had been pounded, breaded, and deep-fried, I still offered my heart to Logan—all of it—because I was brave. But of course, he had to earn it first.

And that's why I expected that Logan would finish The List in just three days. Besides, that's what every alpha male would have done to win any chick. After all, I've always known that he was itching to make our relationship official, especially since Lily started to monitor our dating status on a daily basis. "Like a Cinderella chart," she had said, as she used to be so into that Meteor Garden craze back in college. Logan had The List. The ball was in his court.

But to my dismay, two weeks passed without a single move from Logan's side of the ring. No "hey you want to drive to Tagaytay this weekend?" no invitation to the malapit-na-ano-ba World Pyro Olympics, no casual invitation to visit a planetarium, and definitely no subtle hints of going to Antipolo to get a great view of the city skyline. The last one, though, I could understand. Are there still guys out there who can put on a straight face and tell you "Okay, let's go meet your parents, now na"? If you know one, post his name in the comments. If you're with one, then lucky you. Because based on stories I constantly hear from my male friends, meeting the parents is like walking right in front of a firing squad, especially if you're not a couple yet.

I was getting a little impatient. Wait, let me rephrase that: I was getting highly impatient, so impatient that not-so-subtle hints escaped my mouth a few times. And do you want to know what Logan did when we reached the boiling point of my patience? He sent me the YouTube link of a GNR (Guns 'N' Roses) song, "Patience."

"Said woman take it slow
It'll work itself out fine
All we need is just a little patience
Said sugar make it slow
And we'll come together fine
All we need is just a little patience
Patience...Ooh, oh, yeah..."

Logan was testing me. All this time, I thought I had the upper hand in the little quest I orchestrated. It never occurred to me that Logan had been playing with my patience as well. I was stunned. He knew that I had a short fuse and he was using it to make it hard for me as well.

And that was how I gained even more respect and a new fascination for Logan. Finally, I found someone who thought and acted like me. A worthy opponent is just as valuable as a worthy ally.
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