Category Archives: love

romeo & juliet

27 Friday Jul 2007

Posted by in films, life stuff, love

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A serious blast from my past . . .

It was well over 40º yesterday evening and so Nog & I went out for our usual summer *emergency cold beer & air-conditioning session*, stopping off at Fnac on our way to Bodeguita Romero just to see if there was anything we particularly needed…

And dog my cats, I spotted a DVD of Zeffirelli’s 1968 classic Romeo & Juliet, which I don’t think I’ve seen in at least 20 years. And Nog had never seen it. And it was just 6 euros! So what the heck.

Anyhow, just finished watching it, with me in a flood of tears. And curiously, although Nog knew the basic storyline he was fuzzy on the details, so that twist at the end came as a bit of a surprise for him. And luckily he didn’t mind me practically reciting the whole film while we watched it.

But talk about bringing back memories. I remember going to see it at the cinema in Winnipeg when I was 11 or 12 and I stayed on to watch it three times in a row. Boy did I catch hell when I finally got home. Also saw it many times after that and bought the LP (gorgeous music by Nino Rota). And more than anything in the world (at that time) I wanted to be Olivia Hussey. And part of me still does, I think. Wow, we think we actually grow up but we can get so suddenly jolted back to long ago feelings.

What does this for you?

five variable love profile

12 Thursday Jul 2007

Posted by in fun stuff, love, quizzes

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Your Five Variable Love Profile


Propensity for Monogamy:

Your propensity for monogamy is high.
You find it easy to be devoted and loyal to one person.
And in return, you expect the same from who you love.
Any sign of straying, and you’ll end things.

Experience Level:

Your experience level is high.
You’ve loved, lost, and loved again.
You have had a wide range of love experiences.
And when the real thing comes along, you know it!

Dominance:

Your dominance is medium.
You tend to be the one with more power.
You aren’t a total control freak in relationships..
But of course you don’t mind getting your way!

Cynicism:

Your cynicism is low.
You are an eternal optimist when it comes to love and romance.
No matter how many times you’ve been hurt – you’re never bitter.
You believe in one true love, your perfect soulmate.
And if you haven’t found true love yet, you know you will soon.

Independence:

Your independence is medium.
In relationships, you need both “me time” and “we time.”
You usually find it easy to be part of a couple.
But occasionally you start to feel a little smothered.

The Five Variable Love Test

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totally knackered…

10 Sunday Jun 2007

Posted by in life stuff, love, musings, trips

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    . . . but in a nice way.

Got back from Lisbon about two hours ago. Earlier today we both felt we weren’t quite ready to come back but as soon as we got in the door it felt good to be home again. First item on the agenda was to make a huge fuss over the cats. Well, cat – Azar still isn’t speaking to us, but Sunny greeted us in his lovable doggy manner as soon as we came in and has been demanding constant attention ever since. I reckon Azar will forgive us and come for a cuddle once we get into bed.

Aside from feeling totally knackered I’m also feeling very happy about our trip – it was the best holiday yet. Quite different from Barcelona in that Lisbon really felt like ‘home’ almost as soon as we arrived. And four days wasn’t nearly enough.

Anyhow, I’ve got close to 400 photos to sort through and upload, as well as coming up with an edited version of the daily notes I wrote.

But right now I really need to sleep. So hasta mañana . . .

azzzzzzz

pillow talk

04 Monday Jun 2007

Posted by in home, love, musings

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Love it.

Waking up at the same time in the middle of the night and starting to sleepily chat. And I don’t know if it’s the hour, being rather drowsy, feeling warm and cosy (it’s probably all of these things) but these ‘pillow talk’ conversations tend to be much more intimate than daytime ones, talking about hopes and fears, memories and random thoughts. There are no distractions and the only sound other than our own voices is usually a cat or two purring. And the nicest bit is discovering something new about the person you see every day and being reminded of why you love each other. f_magic.gif

Of course, now that I’ve taken the What Corset Are You? quiz over at raincoaster’s and discovered I’m ‘vinyl/fetish’ things might get a bit friskier in the wee hours. f_bigeyes.gif

happily ever after?

01 Friday Jun 2007

Posted by in culture, life stuff, love

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sleep.jpg      Misery: the secret to happiness

Jan Parker of the Association of Family Therapy said: “The authors are right to point out that the pursuit of relationship nirvana can be potentially damaging.”

She said it was important to explore what people mean by a happy and healthy relationship, because nobody’s life or relationship can be in a permanent state of happiness – there will always be more difficult times.

This sounds like kind of a no-brainer to me, but apparently there are a lot of people out there who have been brainwashed into thinking that getting married somehow gives them a guarantee of living ‘happily ever after’. It certainly wasn’t always so.

I blame Hollywood. 😉