[we're on to something]
Day Three: Eight ways to win your heart.
Day Four: Seven things that cross your mind a lot.
Day Five: Six things you wish you’d never done.
Day Six: Five people who mean a lot (in no order whatsoever)
Day Seven: Four turn offs.
Day Eight: Three turn ons.
Day Nine: Two images that describe your life right now, and why.
Day Ten: One confession.
Disclaimer: No, not all of these are rational, and no, not all of them make for good happy relationship funtiems. Honestly I haven't had my heart won very often, so these are mostly based on the few times I've been infatuated/in love and what I remember drawing me to the other person. Sap incoming.
1. Be a hell of a lot cooler than me. And by this I mean have easy social graces, be confident, be self-assured, be a snappy dresser. The first thing I admire in someone is how put-together they are, and half the time attraction starts with awe and admiration of someone who makes me feel awkward and lame.
2. Be really, really passionate about something worthwhile. I love people who love something. Nothing gets my heart pounding like watching someone totally immersed in something they love-- I always fall for musicians, for artists, for cooks, for volunteers, for people willing to get really excited about something and put work and love into being good at it. I could sit and listen starry-eyed while someone described the best meal they've ever cooked or the best hiking trip they ever took or what they did in their engineering class or how frustrating the concerto they're working on is or what the characters they're writing are doing. Passion is the most attractive thing in the world to me.
3. Be willing to wait. Oh god, you must be such a patient person to get me to commit to anything. |D
4. Be independent. This is kind of like being put-together, but it carries with it a connotation of "don't be dependent on me." If I give my heart to someone, I want it to be something they want to take and are happy to have, not necessarily something they need for their continued happiness. I want a relationship of equals, where what is given is freely given. I've known people who don't understand this and probably never will, and it's made me realize how much I value that freedom.
5. Make me something. Bonus points if it goes with the aforementioned passion, though if you don't know what the hell you're doing and try it anyway it is equally sweet and wonderful.
6. Be willing to try something new. Introduce me to something neither of us has done before. Make an idiot out of yourself in front of me in the name of experimentation. Be willing to do something out of your comfort zone on my recommendation; be willing to try something new with me. (On the other side, introducing me to cool shit is equally excellent.)
7. Be musical. Yes, this is so petty. But I've never truly fallen for anyone who wasn't a musician. So this seems to be pretty standard criteria. |D
8. Be a militarily-inclined violinist. No, I cannot fathom why this is a pattern.
Man, this week rocks. Had a badass lesson yesterday - one of those, "Wow, Sarah! That's... actually improved!" lessons (sob), and my life is sufficiently lacking in stress that I can go up to my friends' floor for slumber parties or spend an hour eating lunch with a friend and get Starbucks and hang out in the lab between practicetiem and studiotiem. I have plenty to do and to be engaged in, but I get to bed on time and even have time for naps. Life is good.
Day Four: Seven things that cross your mind a lot.
Day Five: Six things you wish you’d never done.
Day Six: Five people who mean a lot (in no order whatsoever)
Day Seven: Four turn offs.
Day Eight: Three turn ons.
Day Nine: Two images that describe your life right now, and why.
Day Ten: One confession.
Disclaimer: No, not all of these are rational, and no, not all of them make for good happy relationship funtiems. Honestly I haven't had my heart won very often, so these are mostly based on the few times I've been infatuated/in love and what I remember drawing me to the other person. Sap incoming.
1. Be a hell of a lot cooler than me. And by this I mean have easy social graces, be confident, be self-assured, be a snappy dresser. The first thing I admire in someone is how put-together they are, and half the time attraction starts with awe and admiration of someone who makes me feel awkward and lame.
2. Be really, really passionate about something worthwhile. I love people who love something. Nothing gets my heart pounding like watching someone totally immersed in something they love-- I always fall for musicians, for artists, for cooks, for volunteers, for people willing to get really excited about something and put work and love into being good at it. I could sit and listen starry-eyed while someone described the best meal they've ever cooked or the best hiking trip they ever took or what they did in their engineering class or how frustrating the concerto they're working on is or what the characters they're writing are doing. Passion is the most attractive thing in the world to me.
3. Be willing to wait. Oh god, you must be such a patient person to get me to commit to anything. |D
4. Be independent. This is kind of like being put-together, but it carries with it a connotation of "don't be dependent on me." If I give my heart to someone, I want it to be something they want to take and are happy to have, not necessarily something they need for their continued happiness. I want a relationship of equals, where what is given is freely given. I've known people who don't understand this and probably never will, and it's made me realize how much I value that freedom.
5. Make me something. Bonus points if it goes with the aforementioned passion, though if you don't know what the hell you're doing and try it anyway it is equally sweet and wonderful.
6. Be willing to try something new. Introduce me to something neither of us has done before. Make an idiot out of yourself in front of me in the name of experimentation. Be willing to do something out of your comfort zone on my recommendation; be willing to try something new with me. (On the other side, introducing me to cool shit is equally excellent.)
7. Be musical. Yes, this is so petty. But I've never truly fallen for anyone who wasn't a musician. So this seems to be pretty standard criteria. |D
8. Be a militarily-inclined violinist. No, I cannot fathom why this is a pattern.
Man, this week rocks. Had a badass lesson yesterday - one of those, "Wow, Sarah! That's... actually improved!" lessons (sob), and my life is sufficiently lacking in stress that I can go up to my friends' floor for slumber parties or spend an hour eating lunch with a friend and get Starbucks and hang out in the lab between practicetiem and studiotiem. I have plenty to do and to be engaged in, but I get to bed on time and even have time for naps. Life is good.