MusicalAlchemy

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She thinks she knows my mind. She thinks she recognises those glances, from the glances she gets from boys she dances with on Saturday nights; but it's not like that with us. We're too subtle for any of that. We've practiced our teenage crushes, so that our little signs don't show to those ignorant of our strange ways; but it's not like that anyway. She thinks she understands me, Known me so long how could she mistake? But there's the problem, because seeing isn't alw

I'm sorry to tell you that you are one in ten duotrigintillion/ ten thousand sexdecillion/ - ten sexdecilliard – It doesn't matter. You're one in a googol because one in a million isn't enough. What matters is the 6,775,235,741 Who barely know you exist And I can't believe that I - Just I or me or myself – It doesn't matter Can I really be the only one To have noticed someone like you? This is ridiculous. It's going to stop now. Ok maybe now. Nope. I've got

A tryptych of poems based around a fascination, or a love, depending on how you define the two. It's only by taking a leap of faith into the unknown that you ever find out which of the two it is. If it's not worth taking that leap, it's only fascination. If you can bear to not take that leap, it's love.

You'll hear them all say, "I want that girl". Leaning against the bar, drink in hand, Guy's night out meets girl's night out and they think they've got it sorted. You'll never hear me say, "I want that girl". Outloud. Too nervous to speak a thought apart from the "understanding" voices, and I know I have a long way to go anyway. [There are some things best left unspoken than voiced to those who have no wish to hear] - You'll hear them say, "I want that girl with her w

Pockets is the first thing I test in jeans, before even trying them on. I know what I'm like, I put my hands in my pockets when I'm waiting, and I put things like iPod or phone in pockets. If there's no pockets, I'm not buying it. I once bought a dress purely because it had pockets in.

I don't tend to smell books themselves, but I like the smell of being surrounded by old books, or general library smell. So i guess I'm a covert book sniffer

If protected, yes. Unprotected, absolutely not.

I'd like to say I'd go in to help anyone in that situation, but I don't think if I was alone that I would do it. I think I might take someone with me, or go when she was left alone.

Personally, no. I think guys can look good with long hair, ditto that girls can look good with short hair, but beyond that androgyny doesn't appeal to me. I like women because they look like women... not because they might be a guy.

I think marriage, as with all ceremonies, is a good tradition to have, purely because of what it does. It draws two families together in a way that would not happen if it didn't happen. It lets you see odd relatives that you thought had died years ago, meet people's new partners, and catch up that perhaps you would not do normally. I think even in this age of Facebook, that sort of thing is still needed. I also believe in marriage for keeping a couple together. Not in a "they wouldn't stay together unless they were married" or even that a couple needs a piece of paper to keep them together, but in a realistic sense if you have built a life together, and one of you dies, there's a heck of a lot of paperwork to be done if you're not married. If you're married, it just goes straight (!) through. Same with children - if parents of a child are living together, have been together years, or whatever, this means nothing to a court if the birth mother dies. Marriage makes things simpler, from coping after death to just getting a mortgage. Banks still see married couples as more stable, and you're more likely to get support if you can prove that you will stay with that person for a long time. Maybe the argument is that banks shouldn't do that, but I think there is more stability in married couples.

I'd count homophobia in various levels, i mean there's a difference between the people who get uncomfortable if you talk about gay issues, and the people who will cut you out from their lives if you look at someone of the same gender. I count homophobics as anyone who has any kind of reaction to people being gay. Just as "I'm straight" would get a reaction of "er... so what.", anything different to that in terms of mentioning being gay, i'd count as homophobia. People who would rather you didn't hold hands with your same-sex partner around them, i'd count as homophobic, or the people who are embarassed by it. The people who aren't homophobic, you can joke about with them about it. That's the main difference - whether they and you can joke about it, in a friendly way.

Definitely depends on how the date has gone - of you want to continue it, maybe a kiss on the cheek. I don't think I'd kiss someone completely on the first date, but then again it depends if you're only seeing this person because you're dating. If you have a history of friendship, or if you've been sort of seeing each other but never gone on a date before, then kissing (or more!) is acceptable on the first date. Entirely depends on the context.

I believe in love at first sight, yes, but not the sort of love that can tide you through all matter of things. I think that love is only 'true love' once you know there are things about a person that you don't like, but that you're willing to accept because of the good things. People who can't name anything that's wrong with their partner aren't in love - when you're in love, you know those things, they just don't matter. This is different to being in love when you honestly don't think there's anything wrong with them. That stage will pass, and it's knowing the things you don't like about someone that can tell if you really love them or not.