In the service of relationships we practice being perfect. We practice our sainthood in the hope that we will be rewarded with adoration. As we are driven to become anything for someone else, we sometimes become martyrs for our cause.
Love, like faith, can never be held in an individual’s hands. But the story of a great love affair – especially one that is unrequited or has ended too soon – can be woven like scripture or a bedtime story. And so the themes of Sainthood are tied together by this simple title, borrowed, with great respect, from the lyrics of the Leonard Cohen song “Came So Far for Beauty”:
I practised all my sainthood / I gave to one and all / But the rumours of my virtue / They moved her not at all.
– Tegan & Sara
drinking
Blame it on the Alcohol
StandardChris: I’m quitting drinking in 2015. In the mean time I need to find something to replace it like going to the gym or scrabble.
Jeff: Yeah right. And really? Scrabble?
Chris: The struggle is real.
Jeff: Do you even know what scrabble looks like?
Chris: I SAID THE STRUGGLE IS REAL JEFFERY!