Only a romantic at heart?

To the people who know me well, it is a given that I'm a romantic at heart. I mean, who else has an app on their iTouch called Love Quotes? I figure I might as well write down some of the quotes that have touched me recently. Perhaps someday I'll look back on this and realize how much my definition of love has changed over time. It's certainly quite different than it was a year ago. But without further ado, my (currently) favorite love quotes in no particular order:

1. "Love will find a way. Indifference will find an excuse."

2. "It is with true love as it is with ghosts; everyone talks about it, but few have seen it."

3. "I have said nothing because there is nothing I can say that would describe how I feel as perfectly as you deserve it."

4. "If you aren't good a loving yourself, you will have a difficult time loving anyone, since you'll resent the time and energy you give another person that you aren't even giving to yourself."

5. "When you are always on my mind and my heart hurts when you are gone, what is it that I feel if it is not love?"

6. "Absence from the person you love is only healthy in theory."

7. "I see my fated stars in your eyes. They melt me like the sun does snow."

8. "If you have something to say, say it now; if you have something to give, give it now; if you have something to do, do it now; before it's too late for she already found the courage of hearing it from someone else."

9. "To be your friend was all I ever wanted; to be your love was all I ever dreamed."

10. "The rose speaks of love silently, in a language known only to the heart."

11. "Forget love...I'd rather fall in chocolate."

12. "We are all a little weird and life's a little weird, and when we find someone whose weirdness is compatible with ours, we join up with them and fall in mutual weirdness and call it love."

13. "Love endures only when the lovers love many things together and not merely each other."

14. "Just because someone doesn't love you the way you want them to, doesn't mean they don't love you with all they have."

15. "Love takes off masks that we fear we cannot live without and know we cannot live within."

16. "Give her two red roses, each with a note. The first note says 'For the woman I love' and the second, 'For my best friend'."

17. "I love you, not for what you are, but for what I am when I am with you."

18. "There is no disguise which can hide love for long where it exists, or simulate it where it does not."

19. "What most people need to learn in life is how to love people and use things instead of using people and loving things."

20. I love it when people tell me how difficult their relationships are when they don't even bother to treasure what is right in front of them. But for all you other lovers who persevere because you love, then I'll tell you this: "Yes, it is hard, bitterly hard, but there is a long distance between hard and impossible." And sometimes all you gotta do is believe.

Oh and if you're wondering, yes it's probably illegal to post all of these without who they're from. Oh well.

Feelings

1. Anger
2. Pity
3. Sadness
4. Stress
5. Nervous
6. Anticipation
7. Lonely
8. Hurt
9. Foolish
10. Love

Random Snippet of my Day

Today, my father decided to enlighten me with a brilliant simile.

"You drive a car like a chicken without a head."
Gee, thanks dad. Way to boost my morale.

Apparently there's also a similar saying in Chinese. Swap the American chicken for the fly. "无头苍蝇" Of course I then felt compelled to ask why the Chinese used the fly. I mean, you always see chickens in America. Somehow everything always ties back to a chicken. Why did the chicken cross the road? Rubber chicken, where?!

Now, in China, I like to say they're more of an equal opportunity giver. Flies, rabbits, tigers and snakes are all commonly used in one conversation to describe someone.

Not that I'm saying that Americans are stupid necessarily, or the chicken is bad (I love Miracle Mike); I'm just saying...well nothing really I guess. Nonsensical story of the day perhaps? It would probably make less sense if I told it to you seeing as I get distracted quite easi...CHICKEN.

12 Things About December

In the last month, I have:

-Said I love you
-Broken someone's heart
-Visited three states
-Laughed until I cried
-Feared for my life
-Shopped until my feet hurt
-Wanted to kill someone
-Talked to drunk people.
-Watched fireworks
-Teased someone mercilessly
-Gotten an unexpected present
-Lied to someone

The Spirit of Halloween

I remember a time when I was young and I went trick-or-treating with my parents. I was walking down the dark streets when I met this man. He had on ragged clothing, and it seemed to me that he didn't have a home. What was this destitute man giving for Halloween? Not candy, but money. He obviously hadn't shaved for weeks and needed every penny he had. But yet he chose to give this Halloween. And it was this small gesture on that night that touched my heart. I hadn't noticed at the time that the gesture was special, I hadn't even remembered it for the following several years. But today, one day after Halloween, I remembered his simple act. To give without anticipating something in return. It may sound simple, but it's hard to have such a pure heart.

I know people who give on Christmas just to receive a present in return. I know people who give presents weeks early so that the receiver will have enough time to buy a present to reciprocate. I know how hard it is to just give to bring joy to people.

That man I saw on Halloween left me with more than just two dimes and a penny that day. He made me realize the spirit of not just Halloween but America as well. And to this day, every gift I give, I make sure that I'll give just to give.

Feeling a Little Blue?

You're not alone. Reach out to someone. Help someone. Go jogging. Strive to be that one happy face in a sea of blue.

Make a difference.

The Price Of Education

Name a place in the United States and people will probably tell you that there are numerous cases of the H1N1 virus. The H1N1 pandemic has prompted schools nationwide to be shut down. Except for ours. Because to us, the price of education is worth more than health. But of course, we already knew this from the three hours of sleep we get every day to study for our Physics Test tomorrow. But sleep, you make up on the weekend. Recovering from the H1N1, not so much.

What incentive do we have to stay away from school? Certainly not to keep other people virus free while students nowadays are getting bombarded with missed assignments the next day. There's a test tomorrow! I could be nauseous, dying, unable to breathe, and yet I'd drag myself to take that test. Why? Because if not, we get the harder version of test the next day.

For many of us driven students, we don't think it's such a big deal to be sick. Or at least to attend school until we take our test. But in a public high school with over 2500 students, 1 person with a disease leads to 30 in less than an hour, and each of those 30 students leads to another 30. On average with 7 periods a day, how many students is that in one day? You do the math.

Needless to say, nobody wants to make up an additional two or so weeks at the start of summer. What are we to do then? Stand at the crossroads between life and education?

I Scream for Ice Cream

The liquid drips down as the girl struggles to contain it in her mouth. Just the look of the soft pink delicacy was enough to make me salivate. Behind her winded a long line, to the corner of the sidewalk. I turned to watch her walk. Her concentration was not on where she was heading, but on the jewel in her hands. The bright sun shone down on her, causing shrinkage of her prized possession. Her teeth mashed into the already melted substance. I could see the flurry of pink in her mouth, turning in circles like a washing machine. The girl chewed as if she had all the time in the world. She desired to enjoy every single bite she could. When she swallowed, the contractions of her pharynx were very distinct. When at last she was done, she took the remaining drops and poured it down her throat like a dehydrated man who had not seen water in days. Then she broke into a wide and satisfied grin. Her happiness in that moment resided in such a simple thing.

9/8/08

Could be Worse, Could be Raining

Actually I love the rain. The way that everything looks just that much better after it rains, the glistening water drops sliding down the petals of a beautiful flower, the rainbow that you won't be able to find anywhere else, how could anyone dislike rain?

Of course, I know of many people who don't like rain. The cold gloomy gray day does sometimes get me down. But after it rains, that's what I live for. And I could sit outside my house and admire the beauty of our planet forever.

20 Favorites

1. Color- Lilac
2. Dessert- Chocolate Cake with Ice Cream
3. Smell-Rainy Day
4. Flower-Rose
5. Animal-Monkey
6. Month-August
7. Beverage-Peach Ice Tea
8. Saying-"Take Care"
9. Snack-Cheese and Crackers
10. Song-The Way I Am by Ingrid Michaelson
11. Number-7
12. Fruit-Watermelon
13. Vegetable-Eggplant
14. Piece of clothing-Sweater
15. Day of the Week-Friday
16. Season-Autumn
17. Ice Cream Flavor-Mint Chocolate Chip
18. Thing to collect-Seashells and Memories
19. Time-6 A.M.
20. Coffee-Iced and Sweet