Love Fridays

I Like You

- Sandol Stoddard Warburg

I like you and I know why.
I like you because you are a good person to like.
I like you because when I tell you something special, you know it's special
And you remember it a long, long time.
You say, "Remember when you told me something special?"
And both of us remember

When I think something is important
you think it's important too
We have good ideas
When I say something funny, you laugh
I think I'm funny and you think I'm funny too
Hah-hah!

I like you because you know where I'm ticklish
And you don't tickle me there except just a little tiny bit sometimes
But if you do, then I know where to tickle you too

You know how to be silly
That's why I like you
Boy are you ever silly
I never met anybody sillier than me till I met you
I like you because you know when it's time to stop being silly
Maybe day after tomorrow
Maybe never
Too late, it's a quarter past silly!

Sometimes we don't say a word
We snurkle under fences
We spy secret places
If I am a goofus on the roofus hollering my head off
You are one too
If I pretend I am drowning, you pretend you are saving me
If I am getting ready to pop a paper bag,
then you are getting ready to jump
HOORAY!

That's because you really like me
You really like me, don't you?
And I really like you back
And you like me back and I like you back
And that's the way we keep on going every day

If you go away, then I go away too
or if I stay home, you send me a postcard
You don't just say "Well see you around sometime, bye"
I like you a lot because of that
If I go away, I send you a postcard too
And I like you because if we go away together
And if we are in Grand Central Station
And if I get lost
Then you are the one that is yelling for me

And I like you because when I am feeling sad
You don't always cheer me up right away
Sometimes it is better to be sad
You can't stand the others being so googly and gaggly every single minute
You want to think about things
It takes time
I like you because if I am mad at you
Then you are mad at me too
It's awful when the other person isn't
They are so nice and hoo-hoo you could just about punch them in the nose

I like you because if I think I am going to throw up
then you are really sorry
You don't just pretend you are busy looking at the birdies and all that
You say, maybe it was something you ate
You say, the same thing happened to me one time
And the same thing did

If you find two four-leaf clovers, you give me one
If I find four, I give you two
If we only find three, we keep on looking
Sometimes we have good luck, and sometimes we don't
If I break my arm, and if you break your arm too
Then it's fun to have a broken arm
I tell you about mine, you tell me about yours
We are both sorry
We write our names and draw pictures
We show everybody and they wish they had a broken arm too

I like you because I don't know why but
Everything that happens is nicer with you
I can't remember when I didn't like you
It must have been lonesome then
I like you because because because
I forget why I like you but I do

So many reasons
On the 4th of July I like you because it's the 4th of July
On the fifth of July, I like you too
If you and I had some drums and some horns and some horses
If we had some hats and some flags and some fire engines
We could be a HOLIDAY
We could be a CELEBRATION
We could be a WHOLE PARADE

See what I mean?
Even if it was the 999th of July
Even if it was August
Even if it was way down at the bottom of November
Even if it was no place particular in January
I would go on choosing you
And you would go on choosing me
Over and over again

That's how it would happen every time
I don't know why
I guess I don't know why I really like you
Why do I like you
I guess I just like you
I guess I just like you because I like you.

Love Fridays

Happy four months to me and my Boy!

I used to love hearing stories from others of how they found their partners. How they met, how long it took before they got together, the timeline of the romance. Hearing true stories is infinitely more reassuring than reading 'self-help' books, as much I've adored all the books that have passed through my hands over the years.

I love the timeline my Boy followed.....

I love that we met on Christmas Night. Least expected time to meet someone special EVER!

I love that our first date was a month after meeting. Oh, and I asked him.

I love that he didn't contact me for EIGHT whole days after that first date. When he finally asked me out to a movie, I couldn't go on the date he suggested. He didn't take the hint from me that I still wanted to go out again. Why do I love this? Because..

He didn't give up. It took him a while, but he eventually gave it another stab, and asked me out again. Yay - finally a second date, two and a half months after the first!

I love that it was three weeks from that second date before he kissed me.

I love that it was another three weeks again before he asked me to be his girlfriend.

And I love that it has been four months since then, and I'm still his girlfriend.

None of it particularly conventional, but then, what is conventional anyway? Everyone has a different story, and that's what's so great! Romance is a wonderful thing!

If only he was here with me now and not in NYC..!!

Pic: weheartit

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A different type of love this Friday girls - the love of beautifully manicured nails! I have long suffered the affliction of being a pianist, and so whenever my fingernails get longer than a certain point, they have to be cut. I can't handle long fingernails! And especially once they have any sort of polish on them, they feel heavy. Toes on the other hand (or foot, haha) I rarely leave bare. Right now they have a fabulous Kit Purple on them from a few years ago. I know - the polish likely needs to be chucked by now, but it brightens up my little toes for winter!

I'll be 31 on Monday so I'm going to treat myself to a manicure this weekend (and maybe a pedi too). I haven't had one since my sister's wedding in 2006. And to celebrate not just my birthday, but the start of spring, I'm going to go for a bit of colour rather than the French Mani I had last time (was trying to be classy for my sister..!)

The divine Garance Doré has moved to New York, and she loves pretty nails even more than I do.... Check out her latest discoveries about that wonderful city..

Life in New York Manicure ! Pedicure ! Facial !

Pic: Garance Doré

Have a wonderful weekend ladies! xx

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Almost forgot my Friday blog post! It was a busy day today and I've only just now had time for a break. Feeling a bit low tonight - it's been 6 weeks and it's not getting much easier, especially when it's a busy day and you realise at the end of the day it's too late to chat because it's already 4am on the other side of the world.

I came across this incredible blog recently - My Interrupted Fairytale - it is desperately sad and beautiful. Don't go visiting it until you have a chunk of quiet time to kill.. I won't spoil it for you by attempting to explain what it's all about, because the clarity with which this girl writes makes it easy enough to work out for yourself. She kindly links you to this post to give you the basics..

Anyway - I read this and my heart broke for her..

"again the english language fails to have a word to describe the depths of sadness, 

the way a heart can feel heavy, 

how a stomach can drop to your feet, 

or how missing someone can cripple you."

I know I can't come close to comparing my current situation with that described in My Interrupted Fairytale, and this quote is possibly a little melodramatic for me to use, but it helps me because when I read it, I realise that my situation is really not so bad. And I'm grateful for that.

I also know that I can't wait for this long-distance period to be over..

Pic: tumblr

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Pic: Le Love

Wishing you all a lovely, lovely weekend. I can't believe it's mid-August already. 5 weeks down. It's not looking like the sun is going to show this weekend - it's kind of grey and rainy and windy here in NZ at the moment.

It doesn't take much to put a smile on my face most of the time. I take pleasure in many little things. Right now I'm appreciating every little email or text message or photograph that comes my way. Especially the ones I don't ask for. I'm even lucky enough to be shown the view out the taxi window on my Boy's way home from Manhattan... Just a little bit jealous...

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I've just stumbled across this fantastic project through Frankie Magazine  - check out the Facebook page for Me&Megan. It's a documentary that is being made on Flip camera phones (!!) about a Sydney couple who are living on opposite sides of the world for 12 months. Megan has gone to Ethiopia to do a volunteer placement, while her man Jason remains in Sydney.

12 months!!! And I though 4 months was going to be hard..

Of course they're hoping to turn it into a feature length doco when it's all over. I don't know if I could put myself and my relationship out there like that. But it's so great to see how others do it, and to know that I definitely don't have it as bad as others! It's been 4 weeks already since my Boy left for NYC - I can't quite believe it. Time actually is flying, which is a lovely feeling in this particular situation.

Some thoughts that have been on my mind lately...

 Pic: Unknown.. If you know who took it, all credit to them!


And some lovely light in the sky of my current city - I took this photo back in April..

Happy Friday!

x

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OK - so you all knew I wouldn't be able to keep romance off this blog for long. So I'm going to restrain it to Fridays..

Pic : Le Love

I'd like to think New York will feel this way about me when I arrive.

I hope you all have the most lovely weekend! 

xA