From some conversations and emails and such

Earlier today, while I was vacuuming, I was trying to decide if one-night-stands, were I inclined to have them, would have to be less annoying than long term relationships, or if they could be more annoying. I think they'd have to be less, or why would I want to bother? But then that involves questions like, "what is annoying?" and "Are things more or less annoying in someone you'll never see again?" But at the same time, perhaps it's a circular thing. because maybe they'd end up less annoying because you don't have time to learn that they eat crackers in bed. And it relates to things that I think about often, in that there are things that can be *endlessly* annoying in a stranger, but if it's someone you love, you're just like, "whatever. It's the way they are."

I have always held that when you love people, you love them because of their flaws, not in spite of them. And it is true of most of my friends. I have no one else to try the theory on yet, but I think it's at least mostly true. Some people, there's a little grey area between 'because of' and 'in spite of,' sort of like, 'with full knowledge of' and that's where the rest of my friends fall. I love Heather because she's so bad at faking outrage, and I love Andrea because she's as hopeless as I am with boys, and I love all of you in spite of the fact that none of you have made my bed upstairs and it's very very cold and I should have gone to bed already.

I always forget how easily I get cold, and how little I like wearing multiple layers. I want a hypocaust. Is that so much to ask for? And big, double-paned glass windows, and a well insulated house, so I can turn the heat on and have it actually make a difference, and not just waste energy. At least I can almost always do laundry, which is useful and warming. In DC, on really cold days, I would make a nest on the couch with my down comforter (which was all I needed, cause I slept up high, and the heat vent was up there), and I'd have my laptop, which I loved so much, and I'd just hibernate there on the couch all weekend sometimes. It's much too dirty here for my down comforter to be a laprobe, but luckily we have about 4 million pieces of fleece for laprobes and the like. I just don't have one now, because I was just writing a quick email and doing a little chatting before bed. *cough*

Okay, off now. I have plans that involve taking my notebook with me so that if I remember things I want to put in the new story, I'll have paper for it. :)