Can I keep you?

Total Casper quote. (yes...it's still on my mind...that music is too...easy to enjoy...) I still can't get it out of my mind. When you listen to the music it makes you very...thoughtful. (Thoughtful: Full of thought) I'm getting pretty good at the main theme of the piano piece, but other parts I struggle with. At least I can hear it in my head...

It's really late tonight, so I'm going to skip my normal introductory randomness and get to my topic. Today I want to call it a "Special Issue". (you know, like comics or somthing, one of those things you don't normally get) I'm going to talk about KISSING!!

Now I know what you're thinking..."Andrew? Seriously?". I say, "YOU BETTER BELIEVE IT!". I think kissing is a decent topic, I mean, why not? It's got to be a part of everyones lives in some way or another, especially between the ages of about 16-30. I designate those years (in my opinion) as the "dating" years. Those are the times when dating is a serious part of social life. It's how things move along and stay interesting. Not to mention, in the latter part of those years, it's dating to find a spouse, or it should be at least. These years are when kissing is on the brain.
Now don't lie to yourself, when you go on a date, or prepare to go on a date, at SOME point in time, the thought goes through your mind, "is there going to be a kiss somewhere in here?". (you know you do it....) If any of you have seen the movie Hitch, he talks about it in there. (no, I'm not going to go into the whole 90/10 thing...or how to show someone the magic....) I don't think it matters WHO the date is with, or how many dates you have been on with them, until that first kiss, it's thought about.
When you think about it...kissing is odd in a weird sort of way. I mean, who decided that was a way to show affection? We stick out our lips, and press them against another persons lips, and move them around a bit. (ever had it put that way before?) Why not rub elbows together? or touch toes or something? I looked it up on the internet to try to find and explaination, but I could only find a few things to help explain why the body wants to do it that way. Turns out, that just a small kiss burns 3 calories. So perhaps it's the body secretly finding ways to lose weight. (imagine how much you lose while snogging) Here's one, men who kiss their wives every morning live 5 years longer than those who don't. Crazy, huh? Seriously though, perhaps the reason is that our lips are 100 times more sensitive than our fingertips. Intense, huh? (downside, kissing exchanges on average 278 different kinds of bacteria)
Personally, I consider kissing to be an important thing, but also special. It's a great way to show how you feel, but I think the world has kind of ruined it for everyone. Nowdays, it seems like the world (especially the media) makes it to be a casual thing, tossed away, not important. I say LAME!! The world doesn't know what it's talking about (in my opinion, at least). I think it's so dumb when people kiss even before the first date, or ON the first date, even the second date is pushing it with me. Maybe I'm old fashioned, but really, when you think about it, what sort of message is being portrayed when that happens? Oh I know! *raises hand* LUST!! Where is the romance? Where is the build-up? My view on it is a kiss is even better when there is a longer wait for it. There is more emotion behind it. It has more meaning.
My least favorite thing to hear is people who brag their "numbers" of different people they have kissed, and it ranges above 20. I know someone who brags their number is well into the 200's. No joke. He did it for a competition spanning a couple years with his friends.
Well, I feel I'm all over the place here, and I might not be making sense. It's probably due to the fact that it's 2AM in the morning. Perhaps I'll make this a two-part blog, and continue on the kissing topic another time. To conclude for now, my point is, don't waste kisses and give them away like candy. When they DO happen, make sure it's not just with anybody. And on the dating side of it, don't spend the whole date worry about a kiss. It makes the date lame, and you don't have as much fun.
Anyway, that's enough for now. I may not continue the kissing topic tomorrow, but it will return soon.


P.s. A real kiss quickens your heart rate to above 100 beats per minute