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You are what you love

By georgegsmithjr ⋅ February 26, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment
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It’s late at night and I’m just finishing up working. It’s a Friday night, but it doesn’t have the same closure of most Friday nights. I’m feeling alone and tired. At the end of the day, I can’t help but think about a quote from a Jenny Lewis and The Watson Twins Song, “You are what you love, and not what loves you back….”

So – what am I? Here are the things I love: Living in New York; Music (or to be more specific: acoustic rock, singer/song-writer stuff, songs with hand claps, female vocalists, folk music, songs that read like literature, hip-hop); literature (again with the specifics: Henry Miller, Vladimir Nabokov, David Sedaris, David Eggers, Nick Hornby, Gustave Flaubert, Lawrence Durrell, Michael Chabon, Chinua Achebe, Anais Nin, Sylvia Plath, Elizabeth Wurtzel); poetry; spring and summer time; the ocean; skittles; Paris; French Language; love stories; movies that make me cry; friends that make me smile; intellectual debates; colorful pictures; colorful walls; gatorade; Apple products; moleskine notebooks; women’s fashion; my bed; my friends; my family (or what’s left); my mentors; sesame bagels with cream cheese; soy chai’s from Starbucks; Pizza; Chicken Wings; comfortable clothes; dressing up; travel; blogging; writing in general; drawing (even though I’m bad at it); photography (even though I’m worse at it); alone time; being surrounded by people; karaoke; blue pens; anything minty; twitter; foursquare; social media; seeing my friends succeed; being there for people; being a good listener; surprising people; being three-dimensional; late nights; early mornings; running (when it doesn’t hurt); Basketball; Syracuse Orange (Fave Current Player: Andy Rautins); New York Yankees (Favorite Players: Derek Jeter, Robbie Cano, and Mariano Rivera)…..

I could probably continue to type about the things I love – these things that make me who I am. It’s not a complete picture, but I’m there. Lately, someone called me a “player” and that was hurtful. If there’s anything I pride myself on, it’s my complete honesty. I’m not interested in playing any sort of game. I just want to continue to add to this list of things I love and continue to add to who I am….

Discussion

3 comments for “You are what you love”

  • http://www.alikelystory.blogs.com/ Kath1213

    Would be interesting to cull this list and come up with a Twitter-style list…what do you love in 140 characters or less?

    Miss you, btw :-)

  • http://momitforward.com/ Jyl Johnson Pattee

    These are all the reasons I love you, George! And this list inspires me to create my own. I once created a list of 300 of my favorites. It was the best flight from SLC to Cincinnati I've ever flown. Now my kids are forming their lists. Awesome!

    We need to catch up. I miss you :).

    PS: Awesome new digs!

  • http://diaryofalabellover.com/ Lexy

    That is quite a list. As for the “player” comment I am sure that whoever said had their reasons. As much as you may have been hurt by that comment, sometimes it is important to reflect on the impression that you may be giving off. I have been told that I come off intimidating and bitchy but to people I am close with I am warm and sweet. It's just about tweaking the behavior, that's all.