fill-in-the-blank friday ♥

via the little things we do

(these are love-themed, too!  Lauren wrote them to celebrate her anniversary.)

1. The love of my life is out there somewhere.  Right?  Right?

2. Falling in love is strange.  You're just going along, living your life, and then wham!  You suddenly realize that you can't imagine life without one particular person and then you have to figure out what they feel about you, and... although, y'know what?  That's totally not how I go about falling in love.  I'm of the opinion that love is a good thing even when it doesn't last forever, and I've never been one to read relationship advice, and while I had plenty of moments of "Aaaah!  How does he feeeeeeel about me?" in high school, I pretty much just roll with it now.  I don't have the time or inclination to play hard-to-get or try to convince someone to be romantically interested in me.  I don't play hard-to-get because I am hard to get.  I have pretty high standards, and I know that removes quite a few fish from the dating pond, as it were, and it doesn't bother me.  When I'm in a relationship I give it everything I've got and I'm clear about my feelings and I enjoy every moment I have with that person.  So I kinda expect the same level of effort from whomever I'm in that relationship with.  As for trying to convince a guy to be romantically interested, I just cannot be bothered.  I am either someone's cup of tea or I am not and all the tomfoolery in the world isn't going to change that.

Oh boy.  I said 'tomfoolery' and 'cup of tea' in the same sentence.  I am officially old.

This answer has gone way off-track.

3. Marriage is a big flipping deal.  Especially now, when it's completely socially acceptable to live together as a couple and never get married-- it's something that I think people should very sure they want to do before they actually do it.  That said, I do also think it's very special, and everyone should have the chance to do it if they want to.  Saying something is equal to marriage does not make it equal to marriage and I can't believe with all of the other tragedies happening in the world that this is even an issue.  If two people are deeply in love and want to get married, for crying out loud, let them.

I'm looking at you, NJ Governor Chris Christie.  And I have my disappointed face on.

4. The longest relationship I've ever had was about two years.

5. The key to a good relationship is empathy.  I think if you can imagine how the other person feels, it makes you more honest, more caring, more sensitive, and creates a closer bond.  This goes for any relationship, not just romantic ones.

6. I feel loved when someone does something sweet that they know specifically that I'll like.  I'm not talking about big stuff, either-- I feel loved when someone leaves me the middle pieces of bread for a sandwich because they know I don't like the end pieces, or when takes my hand when we're walking into an unfamiliar situation because he knows sometimes they make me shy and uncomfortable. 

7. My favorite quote about love is this one!

It always makes me think of one of my very favorite nights ever, spent wandering around Manhattan holding hands and giggling and going on the swings in Battery Park.

anyone have fun weekend plans?

only two and a half days left to enter the etsy shop giveaway!  aaaaaah!  

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that thing you do

You guuuuuys.  One of my favorite movies, That Thing You Do, is on Netflix right now!  Basically, it's the story of a 1960s rock band with one major hit song.  It's a really fun movie, and Tom Everett Scott is completely adorable as the leading man, and Liv Tyler looks so ridiculously pretty.  Go watch it!

I've been feeling a bit under the weather lately-- by 7 p.m., I'm so ready for bed.  I think it's just belated exhaustion from everything that's happened during the last month.  I haven't been taking particularly good care of myself recently, because there were other people who needed care way more than I did, but now I'm paying for it.  So I'm going to try to get back to yoga more often, and I think I'm also going to cut out sugar, at least for a few weeks.  I just feel so sluggish after even a little bit of it lately.  Alright.  Yeah, let's do that.  Has anybody else tried cutting out sugar?  How'd it work for you?  

Also, since I've been so narcoleptic lately and sleeping instead of blogging, I'm extending the etsy shop giveaway until February 20th.  Yaaaay!  Enter it!  There are only two completed entries right now, so your chances of winning are excellent.  

Hope you're all having a fantastic Thursday evening!  Or whatever day you read this.  I hope it's a good one.

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in stitches (nyuck nyuck nyuck)

So, in my boys boys boys post, I talked about a bunch of my celebrity crushes, but I left out one of the most long-standing ones:

Ira Glass.

Yes, the Ira Glass from NPR.  For years I had no idea what he looked like, just that he hosted This American Life, my favorite radio show, and that I found the way he spoke-- the slight stutter, the thoughtful pauses, the occasional giggle-- completely charming.

I'm in the midst of some sewing that will probably take into the wee hours of the morning (hence my oh-so-witty post title), and I'm using the time to catch up on back episodes of This American Life.  And I came across this episode of the WTF podcast, in which Ira is interviewed.  I had to share it even though I have less than no time to be writing this.  It's very, very funny (and now the girls in my hallway probably think I've lost it, laughing up a storm, by myself, for no ostensible reason).  It's not exactly child-friendly or work-friendly, though.  So don't listen to it if you're a child.  Or at work.  Or at work in a place with children.  You get the idea.

Back to the sewing machine for me!

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