Game of Thrones

Somewhere during senior year I was sitting in class learning how to be a professional. Supposedly.

The prof was one of those desperate to be down with the cool kids bros.

The problem with profs like that is that the cool kids never really want to be down with them.

I would know. I’m a cool kid.

In general, I just wanted to learn the goshdarn subject. That’s why I paid high tuition. This ended up being one of those classes where you just sit and grit your teeth so you can get it on your transcript and move on.

Anyway, somewhere between the lecture on professional dress given while wearing a superman belt, the lecture on writing resumes (my third since entering GFU), talk about personal hygiene (really was this high school?) and a hot pink tie, I started tuning him out.

He did catch my attention the day he started class with a meme about Game of Thrones, though.

And acted like everyone in the room was a fan and had seen it.

Me being a story nerd, I tend to know about these things…

I had heard endlessly about Game of Thrones, of course.

Being curious, I had picked up the book.

It starts with incest.

I threw it out.

I didn’t even want to continue.

Why would you want to be entertained by violence, rape, and degradation of women?

So my prof’s Oh yeah we’ve all seen it right attitude really got me.

I do believe I left a very, very snappish review on his end-of-semester questionnaire.

No regrets.

I had also been paying high tuition to attend a Christian school so I wouldn’t have to deal with people bringing shit like that into the classroom.

In retrospect, this still bothers me because that man is a father of young children. He told us so.

I think about that still.

What does he do, sit around watching that with his wife on the weekends? What if his kids walk in the room? Does he rush to turn it off?

a) Gag.

b) Get a life and do something better with your relaxation time, like serving the poor.

Here’s my new theory about the marital bedroom.

If you’re doing something in there you’re ashamed of, Why is that?

If it is something degrading, Why do you enjoy that?

If you’re doing something in there that you wouldn’t want your kids to see, it had better be wrapping a Christmas present!

So when I met my man, and one of the first things out of his mouth was: I’ve never seen Game of Thrones, I thought: HOT DIGGITY DOG!

He loves God, he’s accomplished and hardworking and interesting, AND pure of heart???

SIGN ME UP!

SOLD, TO THE HOT CHOCOLATE MAN IN IRELAND!