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stubbleglitter's journal, and because A.) I am a bit of a follower and B.) I'm a sucker for romance, The Five Things I Find Romantic:
1. Writing a song for someone. I'm word-obsessed. I love words, I write far too much for my own good, and I can only get my feelings out best if I have to write them rather than say them. I also love music. And I know not everyone's like this, but there's something so personal (and even intimate) about someone putting their feelings into words and into song. I was going to go on and say something about how Eric Clapton wrote "Layla" about George Harrison's wife at the time and got her, but that's not exactly the best example I can give right now, so I won't.
2. Unrelenting optimism. You want to know why I (and possibly other women) like Lloyd Dobler from Say Anything? He's so hopeful about everything, including his relationship with Diane. There's this great line at the end of the movie, where they're on the plane and Diane says, "Nobody thinks it will work, do they?", and Lloyd answers, "No. You just described every great success story." I just love that hopefulness--that no matter what happens, you feel that something good might come out of it in the end.
3. Dancing. Close. And not "bump and grind" dancing close; slow-dancing-like-you're-the-only-ones-in-the-room dancing close. It's overdone and overcited to a fault, but for good reason. I don't know why, but it works. The proximity, the potential, all of this stuff is just brimming on the surface and you're not even doing much, just holding on.
4. Inside jokes. Inside jokes = funny secrets that only you and someone else know the true meaning of.
5. Conversations. The only thing that all of my former best friends have had in common was the fact when I was with them, we would have these huge, epic conversations about almost anything and everything. Sometimes they would be surprisingly innane, sometimes we would venture into deeper territory. You know those phone conversations you don't want to end, or the face-to-face ones you don't want to walk away from? That kind of thing. The ones where you share secrets and laugh your ass off or cry. That's special to me--the kind of thing that you can only have with a select few people, only the closest of friends, and lovers.
At first, I thought I'd lost this entry and would have to redo it again, but it got saved (only saved by each time I updated it, which was weird, but whatever. At least I didn't have to redo it).
stubbleglitter's journal, and because A.) I am a bit of a follower and B.) I'm a sucker for romance, The Five Things I Find Romantic:1. Writing a song for someone. I'm word-obsessed. I love words, I write far too much for my own good, and I can only get my feelings out best if I have to write them rather than say them. I also love music. And I know not everyone's like this, but there's something so personal (and even intimate) about someone putting their feelings into words and into song. I was going to go on and say something about how Eric Clapton wrote "Layla" about George Harrison's wife at the time and got her, but that's not exactly the best example I can give right now, so I won't.
2. Unrelenting optimism. You want to know why I (and possibly other women) like Lloyd Dobler from Say Anything? He's so hopeful about everything, including his relationship with Diane. There's this great line at the end of the movie, where they're on the plane and Diane says, "Nobody thinks it will work, do they?", and Lloyd answers, "No. You just described every great success story." I just love that hopefulness--that no matter what happens, you feel that something good might come out of it in the end.
3. Dancing. Close. And not "bump and grind" dancing close; slow-dancing-like-you're-the-only-ones-in-the-room dancing close. It's overdone and overcited to a fault, but for good reason. I don't know why, but it works. The proximity, the potential, all of this stuff is just brimming on the surface and you're not even doing much, just holding on.
4. Inside jokes. Inside jokes = funny secrets that only you and someone else know the true meaning of.
5. Conversations. The only thing that all of my former best friends have had in common was the fact when I was with them, we would have these huge, epic conversations about almost anything and everything. Sometimes they would be surprisingly innane, sometimes we would venture into deeper territory. You know those phone conversations you don't want to end, or the face-to-face ones you don't want to walk away from? That kind of thing. The ones where you share secrets and laugh your ass off or cry. That's special to me--the kind of thing that you can only have with a select few people, only the closest of friends, and lovers.
At first, I thought I'd lost this entry and would have to redo it again, but it got saved (only saved by each time I updated it, which was weird, but whatever. At least I didn't have to redo it).
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Date: 2006-04-06 09:08 pm (UTC)Unrelenting optimism
I would not have thought of that one myself, but yes, definitely. There's something romantic about somebody who's doggedly hopeful and sunshiney because they *believe* in something so much.
And conversations? Fo' sho'! Anything with a lot of dialogue is great. *g*
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Date: 2006-04-07 05:44 am (UTC)