Before I delve into the topic I actually wanted to write about today, I just had this earth-shattering thought. On Facebook, the new "timeline" format allows you to have a "cover banner" picture in addition to your profile picture. At first I thought this was kind of useless and silly, why have two pictures? If they are both pictures of you, are you a super egomaniac? What is the point of the cover photo? And then I realized, while I was Google imaging pictures of lights (I am strangely obsessed with creative lighting, as I'm sure I'll blog about at some point) like fairy lights, sparklers, etc. and it struck me that the cover photo is really made for those of us who like to express ourselves visually, but don't have a front yard to decorate.
The Facebook cover photo is for people who live in apartments. So thanks Facebook. Now I'm really excited to decorate my virtual front yard for the coming autumn and winter holidays!
But seriously. Let's focus up. Look at this. Now back at me. And back at this.
Now. I would like to go to this place. Any takers?
Anybody?
Just me?
Ok...
Too bad I am not the owner of that winning lotto ticket...
This picture looks like the setting for perfect happiness.
(Assuming of course, we're about to eat something really delicious in this paradise locale.) But I mean...beach, dusk, firelight....it seems kind of like the PERFECT STORM of things I like.
I can't imagine anyone doing this for me. I would blush so hard my face would burst into flames. (Side note: my work crush came to my desk to talk the other day and I could actually feel the flush and heat creeping up my pale face like it does in cartoons. I'm 100% sure he noticed. But considering he's the only person in the NY area I'm interested in - my real infatuations are long-distance - you can understand why I look forward to our little discourses)
My face during our chat.
The handful of relationships I've been in during my 30 years on the planet haven't really prepared me for the possibility that someday, someone could do such a romantic gesture as a candlelit beach dinner for me. I mean, I've had friends do amazing things (surprise parties, buy plane tickets etc.) but never a partner. I'm a great believer in both big and little, spoken and silent signs of affection. It's harder in the beginning stages, for sure (I have the worst time with crushes, as I'm sure you can tell with my stories of blushing and bumbling) but once you are with someone, it shouldn't be so hard to show and tell them your feelings. It's important to let someone know - in a way that both of you are comfortable - just how much you care about them.
What is the greatest thing someone has done for you, or you for someone else? I've flown thousands of miles for a few days with friends, and driven through the night for a less than an hour of time with a former boyfriend. You've got to let people know you acknowledge them, and they mean a lot to you. Because there will come a day when for whatever reason, you can't. It's as simple as that.
On a much less grand scale, I think daily check-ins, be it a kiss, or a putting a song they like on the radio, reminds our loved ones that we've been watching, we've been listening. Listening is the greatest gesture of love I can think of. I will spend the better part of this weekend on a train just to spend Saturday with my mom. And I wouldn't have it any other way. It's an easy decision to make, simply because I love and miss her so much.
Safe weekend to all, including my fellow travellers
TGIF
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