singing softly -- THE HAZARDS OF LOVE

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Today I wore my rainbow scarf to work. Technically it is not MY scarf, but my friend's scarf. I saw it once and liked it so much she let me bring it home and there it has stayed always. She says she does not mind. I like it, because it's a rainbow scarf, but also because -- wow, how did I become that girl who borrows friends' clothes and everything

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[oddishly]

Please write stories for the rest of forever. This is a LOVELY post :)

Knowing that nothing works out quite the way you expect it to, kind of, is a bit of a disappointment.

Mmm. But then sometimes you walk into a raincloud and as well as getting dripped on, you see a rainbow beam into existence, and what you expected isn't nearly as good as what you got, so. ♥

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YOU are a lovely person, so I guess we are even. Well, sort-of. And you are right, about the thingy -- oh, all right, I guess I could call it a raincloud, I just wanted the excuse the work the word 'thingy' into this sentence!

You made me think of that poem you always quote, you know:

But here I am wading out with
cupped hands, chasing flashes of sun-
light, trying to capture bubbles, look-
ing for a rainbow I can write down.

I think Mik has already said things about the way you're impossibly cheery and optimistic and always believe in things until things (against all expectation) turn out to be BAD, the way you're always looking out for rainbows to write down, so here's the original part: I like the way you think! And the way you write things, that always seem so clear, the way you manage to reach into my mind and tweak the mess I sometimes feel about some things and say them, and sort things out just that little bit better. ♥

[oddishly]

Oh, you <3 I like the way you are so, so genuine, and that even when you don't think you are saying exactly what you want to say, the way you want to say it, you always try. And, like. You don't hold back, it's all there, the truth as ugly or unexpected or cold and hard as it gets. It's really kind of inspirational, and I am trying really quite hard to be a better person, recently, and you are someone I am aspiring to. So! Thank you for that :)

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I will have to let you try it by proxy-tasting, and reporting the results to the Internet!

Because of your coquetry, obviously. *straight face*

OKAY, UM, serious now! -- I love you because you have this irritability that makes me laugh some days (never at you, dude, but at the ridiculous circumstances you face) and makes me feel very, very scared for the people you're facing down in your head. I love you because we can have discussions on things we disagree about and still emerge unscathed, that we can do the whole sane and rational dialogue thing, you know, it makes me respect you immensely. <3

(deleted and reposted b/c Freudian slip fail! EYELASHES? Where did that come from? ... oh, your original comment.)

[loverave]

♥

Also, I am jealous that you are good at scooping ice cream. I was sucky at it.

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It's all about the wrist strength, bb! (Should I insert a leer here just for the heck of it? Yes, I believe I should. LEER)

I love you because of the gentle way you have of putting things, the way you tell stories and inhabit them thoroughly, the way your username puts me in mind of birds and love and wings.

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I like the way you talk about Classics, the way you navigate things with with a sense of wit and verve and friendliness, the way you articulate things so well. I like that you have fun and are somewhat crazy. <333

[ashlein]

ME :D?

OOHHHH GIMME THAT BLUE CARAMEL!!

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YOU :D!

I like that you are crazily enthusiastic about things! and appreciate cake and sparkles! You are everything that I love about fangirls, that sense of joy and ebullience. I like that your entire comment was in CAPS. I love the way that, even though you have problems, you continue plugging away anyway. ♥