Valentine’s Day <3

 

So I know Valentine’s Day brings with it a multitude of mixed emotions from feeling utterly happy and loved to those who are completely neutral about the day because hey tomorrow is just Friday to those who claim they’ll forever be alone and their feelings of loneliness creep in during this supposed romantic holiday.  Valentine’s Day is a highly commercialized holiday because in my opinion, you don’t need a calendar to tell you to get your sweetie flowers or go on a nice dinner date.  But, being the hopeless romantic that I am, I do, indeed enjoy the holiday, whether I am single or taken.  And for those who are hustling to get a last minute Valentine’s Day card or stuck on what to say or simply wish to leave a cute note, I’ve compiled a list of some of the (in my opinion), cutest, most romantic, and sweetest sentiments and quotes.  Happy Valentine’s Day, everyone!  XOXO

 

1.  “Gravitation cannot be held responsible for people falling in love.” – Albert Einstein

2.   “When I saw you I fell in love, and you smiled because you knew.” – William Shakespeare

3.  “You are the only thing in life that I got right.” – Yellowcard

4.  “You know you’re in love when you don’t want to go to sleep because reality is better than a dream.” – Dr. Seuss

5.  “They say that love is forever.  Your forever is all that I need.” – Sleeping With Sirens

6.  “True love comes from more than just the heart.” – Pierce the Veil

7.  “At the touch of love everyone becomes a poet.” – Plato

8.  “Cause on the list of everything I need, there’s air but first there’s you and me.” – Go Radio

9.  “I am thinking it’s a sign that the freckles in our eyes are mirror images and when we kiss they’re perfectly aligned.” – Iron & Wine

10.  “I love the way the galaxy starts to melt when we become one.” – The Spill Canvas

11.  “There are unspoken words here.  We kiss poems.  Stories.  We kiss books.  Volumes of things left unsaid, emotions untapped.  We kiss loneliness.  Heartbreak.  Rejection, confusion, resentment, rage.  We kiss, scribbling hope onto pages left blank too long, and when they’re filled, we kiss joy.  Elation.  Longing.  A spark of desire fanning quickly toward flame… And there we stop.  Close the covers.” – Ellen Hopkins

 

I Believe…

I believe music saves lives.

I believe in true love.

I believe money cannot buy happiness.

I believe a good cry can cleanse the body of sadness and thoughts weighing someone down.

I believe in marriage equality.

I believe art is an indispensable staple of society.

I believe in wishing upon eyelashes and dandelions and shooting stars and 11:11 and candies with double wrappers.

I believe karma is a bitch.

I believe hell is Earth.

I believe hate is a strong word.

I believe holding a grudge is not worth your time.

I believe everything happens for a reason.

I believe if it’s meant to be it will happen.

I believe if you’re out of sight you are out of mind, but also

I believe absence makes the heart grow fonder.

I believe nothing is as bad as it seems.

I believe there is beauty in pain.

I believe we are all a little crazy.

I believe laughter is the best medicine.

I believe in Bigfoot and the Loch Ness Monster and other creatures.

I believe aliens exist.

I believe Courtney Love had something to do with Kurt Cobain’s death.

I believe rain is romantic.

I believe the worst feeling in the world is finding out someone you trusted is actually dishonest.

I believe I can express myself better through writing.

I believe I determine my own destiny, my fate is not predetermined.

I believe in hugs.

I believe everything in moderation.

I believe I am ever changing; I am not the same person I was when I woke up this morning.

I believe exercising is therapeutic.

I believe no one is simply pretty.

I believe you should treat people the way you want to be treated.

I believe our dreams try to tell us something.

I believe silence is too loud.

I believe Pluto is actually a planet.

I believe humans are complicated creatures: we’re chaotic, we’re gorgeous, we’re fairytales, we’re tragedies, we’re flaws, we’re good, we’re bad, we’re unique.

 

Summer Lovin’

To me summer is romantic, especially for the youth.  No school, so everyone is a bit more laid back and stress free.  Summer allows for watching the sunset on the beach, going out for ice cream late at night, and goofing off outside with sidewalk chalk or silly string, or simply relaxing under a tree.  And there’s always been this dreamy idea that with summer comes summer flings, so in honor of those, I’ve put together a list of summer love songs.  So share a headphone with that special someone….

 

1.  So, I was going to say Boys Like Girls’ “Thunder,” but since my Itunes is on shuffle and I literally just heard their song, “Red Cup Hands Up Long Brown Hair,” that will be the first song on the list.    It’s an up beat, bubble gum sweet pop jam all about this crazy, beautiful girl.

 

2.  Blink 182’s “The Rock Show” is a classic must hear summer love story song.  Occurring at Warped Tour, the well known rockstar summer camp and concert, a boy falls in love with the girl at the rock show.

 

3.  With the word summer fling in the lyrics, one can not go wrong with Dropout Year’s “Tire Swing Romance.”

 

4.  Do you know what the cutest love song is?  Fight Fair’s “Pop Rocks.”  This pop punk gem is all about love and how the singer will text his girl all day and leave her notes on her car telling her how pretty she is.  Adorable, right?

 

5.  A good cover never hurt anybody, and Her Bright Skies (voted one of the 100 bands to watch for in 2013 by Alternative Press Magazine) nailed Usher’s beloved jam “DJ Got Us Falling In Love.” With a pop twist, this song is wonderfully made for summer now and not just the clubs.

 

6.  Hot Chelle Rae is my idea of the epitome of summer because their songs are utterly joyful and poppy and upbeat, so it’s fitting that their song, “The Only One” make this list.  And as the title hints at, this pop gem is about how a girl who changes a boy’s idea of love and shows him love can be beautiful and it’s okay to be vulnerable and thusly that girl is his only one.

 

7.  One may shutter at the name: Ke$ha, but one must give her credit that she does churn out artificial pop wonders that almost every one can sing along too, and she does it again with this summer worthy song: “C’Mon.”  All about partying, staying up late, and finding someone you’re attracted to, this is the soundtrack to every summer bash.

 

8.  Mayday Parade’s blast from the past song, “Jamie All Over” is another fast paced love song for summer.

 

9.  Plain White T’s never disappoints with their cute lovey dovey songs from “Hey There Delilah” to “1,2,3,4” and they’ve done it again with “Rhythm of Love.”  This laid back, beach laden, slower paced song is all that one needs while watching the sun set.

 

10.  With Summer in their name, you can’t go wrong with this band: The Summer Set.  Pure pop at it finest with indefinitely adorable lyrics and catchy choruses and of course, their songs are infused with happiness and that touch of summer everyone needs.  So, really any of their songs will do for your summer love song playlist, but I’ve hand picked “Boomerang.”

 

A Dying Breed

I must admit something: I am a hopeless romantic.  But, I want to clarify something, when I call myself a hopeless romantic, that does not mean I am hopeless and desperate to find love.  Hopeless romantics love love.  Hopeless romantics believes in passion, chivalry, true love, and we love always and forever.  We are the dreamers of the world; we are positive when it comes to love, and we are sincere.  We’re hopeless though because we are not made for today’s standards, and we are few and far between.

That was quite a sweeping statement I just made about myself and all other hopeless romantics, so let me explain.  I adore anything related to love.  I want to hear how a husband proposed to his wife.  I cry at weddings (even if I don’t know the couple very well).  I enjoy watching romantic films (The Notebook is one my favorite movies), and I’m interested in reading books with a good love story.  I write about love in my poetry.  I listen to countless songs on the subject of love.  I have a soft spot for slow, acoustic ballads and love songs (Death Cab For Cutie’s I Will Follow You Into the Dark).  I even really like Valentine’s Day.

I give my all in relationships; letting the other person know I miss him, I think about him, I care about him, I’m here for him, and I love him.  I don’t hold back; I say what I feel, and I allow myself to be vulnerable.  I’ve been hurt by love before, but I’m not bitter.  I’m a firm believer that if you love someone, you love them forever and always, because if you stop loving someone, then you never really loved them at all.  Love is not finite.  Hopeless romantics looks on the bright side of things.  I know there is someone out there for me.  Love exists; I’ve seen it.  It will happen when I least expect it.

Hopeless romantics are a dying breed and we don’t fit into today’s society.  How many other people get letters from the one they love?  I write letters to the person I love when we are separated by distance and even if we are close.  I write poetry for the person I love.  I leave sticky notes for the person I love that say sweet, little things.  I text the person I love sappy love song lyrics and quotes about love.  I believe in grand gestures.  I want a guy to throw rocks at my window, and when I open it he’s out there singing to me with a boom-box in hand.  I want a fancy dinner in the park at sunset.  I want someone to be chivalrous: holding doors for me, pushing in my chair, waiting to eat his food until I return.  I want someone to remember a little detail about me and surprise with a fantastic birthday gift.  I adore surprises and I love surprising others.  I want to stay up late with someone simply talking.

Maybe I’m unrealistic in my expectations.  Maybe this stems from watching Disney’s fairytales at a young age, and wanting my own happy ending.  Maybe I have these unbelievable ideals because I’ve seen The Notebook too many times.  Or, maybe this is how love should be.

 

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