I wanna know what love is (I want you to show me)

[mcquee23]

Alright, I've studied for a solid 20 minutes or so, and I need a distraction.

While reading and posting in this thread in Mark's LiveJournal, (thread title blatently stolen from Gordon's post there, by the way) I admitted that I have no idea what love is, how to define it, or anything about it, really. I don't know whether I've been in love or if

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[mactoplac]

Love is LOVE, man. It's like something they bottle and sell at the store, only they don't sell it at the store. I mean, it's like a baseball. You have to let it go or it was never yours. And if it comes back, you have to catch it. Try to use your mitt, man. Bare skin burns like, like a FRIGGIN' STOVE, MAN. Hotpads for the warm times, hot water bottles for the chilly ones. Ether is inflammable and so is charcoal. Both produce lovely flames.

But love? Hmm. I found a lost notebook on campus and took it back to the name listed on a couple of the printed sheets contained within. Why did I do this? Exams were scheduled for one week from that day. This was an especially sucky time to lose one's notes. So I gave it back to THE GIRL and she broke down like she thought she'd lost it forever. No actual tears, but her voice quavered, you know? Perhaps she took this generosity as a showing of some kind of love for which she hungered? Whom knows? (Not me. I haven't seen her since.) I'm so badass.

Anyway: luh-rve. Something which most people want, in one form or another. Recognition and translation of stimuli vary according to their mood, temperment, upbringing, and other genetic/societal modifiers. If one is the recipient of something recognized as love, one quickly doublechecks their opinion of the other person involved. If Person A is pleased and glad to be with Person B, then Person A's reaction is positive and wholesome. If Person A is repulsed by Person B, then Person A either shies away in a manner according to their disposition.

Love is behavior not regulated by the cold, societal norms of everyday behavior. Loving behavior is thus easily identified. However, wish fufillment often makes us falsely believe that simple courtesy is motivated by romantic intent. Love is behavior focused with the individual's benefit in mind. Not necessarily disinterested benefit, though that especial sort of benefit is the stuff of which legends are woven.

So yeah. Love is action focused on an individual or group of indivduals with intent focused on future events. Desire is a hunger for such action, and is not necessarily a bunkmate to love.

[hartbrakehazrad]

"Love is behavior focused with the individual's benefit in mind."

*warm embrace to sausage*

[facultas]

So when are you going to San Francisco?

[mactoplac]

Current newstime indicates that I'll be taking Chris Heiden and my irresponsible self out on the road between Jan. 3 and 4, depending on when I return from my cousin's wedding in Maryland. (round round get around, I get around, YEAH) Also traveling will be my camera and several hapless rolls of film. They're about... to meet their destiny. (Just watched Star Wares back to back. oof. Lucas really has gone partially insane. The internet fans are right.)

[mactoplac]

And yes, I get the jibe about San Francisco being the hippy hip city of love and all. Geesh, I've got to get some flowers to put in my hair!