Monday, December 14, 2009

Love lettar

Sujata Ji,
Nice one!!! I found another letter on the web. This one was sent to Santa Singh from his mom. Couldn't stop laughing at this...:)Pyaaaray Puttar Santa,Vahe Guru. I am writing this letter slow because I know you can't read fast. We don't live where we did when you left home. Your dad read in the newspaper that most accidents happen 20 miles from your home, so we moved! I won't be able to give you the address as the last sardar who stayed in this house took the numbers with them for their next house, so they wouldn't have to change their address.This place is really nice. It even has a washing machine. I'm not sure it works too well, last week I put in three shirts and pulled the chain and I haven't seen them since. The weather here isn't too bad. It rained only twice last week. The first time it rained for three days and the second time for four days. The coat you wanted me to send you, your aunt said it would be too heavy to send in the mail with all the buttons, so we cut them off and put them in the pocket.We got another bill from the funeral home. It said that if we don't make the last payment on grandma's funeral, she will come up again. Your father has another job. He has 500 men under him. He is cutting the grass in the cemetery. Your sister had a baby this morning, I haven't found out whether it is a boy or a girl, so I don't know whether you are an uncle or an aunty.Your Uncle Jatinder fell into a whisky vat. Some men tried to pull him out, but he fought them off and drowned. We cremated him and he burned for three days.Three of your friends went off the bridge in a pick-up truck. One was driving and the other two were in the back. The driver got out- he rolled the window down and swam to safety. The other two friends drowned as the couldn't get the gate down.There isn't much more news at this time. Nothing much has happened.Love, MomP.S. - I was going to send you some money, but the envelope was already sealed.

Welcome The Love Letter

Welcome The Love Letter Collection is an ongoing, edited collection of anonymous love letters established in 2001. Love letters are selected three times a year by guest editors. You can submit a letter using our anonymous form.
newsAugust 20, 2009: The new collection edited by Helena Reckitt has just been posted, and the submission form is now open for our next collection. We now have a facebook group "The Love Letter Collection." Please join the group to be notified of new collections. Read the love letter collection's history here.submission Your love letter can be a letter you've sent or received, or a letter you'd like to send but can't. The love can be a fantasy love, desperate love, unrequited love, impossible love, naive love, frustrated love, absurd love, obsessed love, new love, fleeting love or lost love. Click here to submit.
anonymity theirs: Please replace names with underlined spaces, and remove identifying characteristics, such as place and dates, or they will be removed for you. yours: The submission form on this site is anonymous. All letters are posted anonymously, regardless of how they are submitted. Identities won't be disclosed, even if they are revealed.
selectionDepending on the volume of submissions, approximately 1/4 are accepted for the collection. Once selected, the editor will choose a title from your letter, excerpted from the content. Paragraphs may be split up for readability. New collections are posted three times a year. The next collection willl be posted in the winter of 2009/2010.annoucement list Join our facebook group "The Love Letter Collection" to be notified of new collections three times a year. If you are not on facebook, use the submission form to add your name to our email list. You can also use this form to contact Cindy Loehr, the project director. Remember to provide your email address if you'd like a reply.
person on the other endThe love letter collection is directed by Cindy Loehr. Read a bio here. See other projects at collectiveexperience.org.

Love lettar line

The first 30+ minutes of "Love Letter" were quite boring, but if you ever watched the movie again, knowing how the plot unfolds, they'd be anything but boring. The premise of this is cool and a little creepy: a woman, enstranged by her husband's untimely death, sends a letter to his old address. She knows that the house was knocked down and built over by a highway years ago, but does it anyway, perhaps out of desperation. Unexpectedly, she gets a reply. From there, the story begins, and it takes a much different direction than how the plot sounds on paper. I can't really say too much without spoiling it, but this is a tragic movie, yet beautiful at the same time. There are flashback sequences that make you really care about several characters in the movie, including the deceased man (who is shown as a school boy in the flashbacks). This is so well set out, and almost brought me to tears at times. Movies like this are what make me want to see more and more Asian cinema, because this was an absolute epic.

Sunday, December 13, 2009

How to start love lettar

Start your Love Letter by telling your beloved your reasons for writing. For instance: "I have lain awake many sleepless nights trying to compose words that might adequately describe the feelings of my heart. But every time I have made the attempt, I have failed miserably. Please forgive my poor effort and accept a trite and simple phrase: I love you. I think I can say it no better than that..." Never insult your beloved's feelings or belittle yourself by saying something like: "I know you probably don't feel this way," or "You must think I'm crazy." If you are timid in your Love Letter, your attempt at conveying heartfelt words will fall flat and might be misunderstood.Avoid being casual, too light-hearted, or openly erotic. A Love Letter is a letter of respect that coveys deep, difficult-to-express feelings. Don't discount the impact of poetry in place of, or in addition to, your words. Maybe your beloved has a favorite author or poet. It will be seen as a compliment if you take the time to quote someone he/she admires. Be sure to give proper credit where it's due. Don't forget the Internet is a great place to find that poem or song you are trying to quote!
Be real. Your Love Letter should be a carefully crafted work of art, but it also needs to sound sincere. You want your Love Letter to make your beloved fall in love, not fall into laughter. Be confident as you express your emotions, dreams, and vulnerability.

Saturday, December 12, 2009

What is love

What is Love
Seasoned FeelingsAsk any teenager or senior citizen, “What is love?” and their answers reflect a similar influence. Love involves feelings -- romanticized by music, literature, and media. We all yearn to recreate that intimacy based on what seems so ideal. Our deepest longings shape what defines love -- fervor (passionate), flawless (perfect), and fulfillment (joy). When we express love, we develop a strong emotional attachment, anticipating our love to be returned. What do I receive out of the relationship? What’s my level of contentment? Our feelings focus upon discovering that one individual who satisfies all our heart’s desires. Sadly, what nourished and warmed our love for one season often withers and grows cold. “The course of true love never did run smooth.”1What is love if not costly? Real love demands sacrifice that can’t be found in self-centeredness. You can give without loving, but you can never love without giving. Sacrificial love requires that we give what we value most: our hearts, minds, souls, and strength. Real love does not always follow our natural inclinations; it is not an impulse from feelings. Love can only be understood from the actions it prompts. When we bear with the failings and weaknesses of others, divine love reveals itself (Ephesians 4:2). At all costs, this love compels us to give so that we alleviate the suffering of others. Instead of seeking to fulfill our emotional and physical needs (receiving), we humbly give of ourselves (1 Peter 3:8–9).

Wednesday, December 9, 2009

By love

MacLean, suffering from heroin addiction, soon left the band, as did all the other members except Lee. MacLean later emerged as a Contemporary Christian artist. Echols and Forssi also experienced the ravages of heroin addiction and disappeared from the scene. Arthur Lee, as the only remaining member, convened a new lineup and continued recording as Love. The reconstituted version of Love, which included Jay Donnellan and Gary Rowles on guitars, Frank Fayad on bass, and George Suranovich on drums, played in a blues-rock style very different from the band's previous line-up. Three albums were released by various permutations of this lineup: Four Sail Out Here and False Start. The latter featured a guest appearance by Jimi Hendrix. Arthur Lee released the solo album Vindicator in 1972, followed by a final official Love album, Reel to Real recorded by Lee and session musicians. Love was finally discontinued in the late 1970s, and various plans to reunite various Love lineups in the following years did not come to fruition. Lee reemerged with the one-off single "Girl on Fire"
After spending six years in prison from 1995 to 2001 for firearms offenses, Arthur Lee began to play Love's classic songs in concert by reuniting with the members of Baby Lemonade. In the early 2000s, co-founder of Love and original guitarist Johnny Echols rejoined Lee, in this line-up and performed as "Love with Arthur Lee and Johnny Echols." This reformed group toured for several years, frequently performing Forever Changes in its entirety.
Ken Forssi died of a suspected brain tumor in his home state of Florida on January 10, 1998, at age 54. Bryan MacLean died in Los Angeles of a massive heart attack at age 52 on December 25, 1998, while having dinner with a young fan who was researching a book about the band. Arthur Lee died in Memphis, Tenn., on August 3, 2006, of complications from leukemia at age 61.
In 2009, a reformed version of Love, featuring Echols (he and "Snoopy" Pfisterer are the only living original members), members of Baby Lemonade, and Probyn Gregory of the Wondermints toured the United States and Canada.

Friday, December 4, 2009

Romantic love

This article examines the ways in which romantic love was experienced, discussed, and written about by Nepali villagers in the 1990s. Love letters written by young village residents illustrate how love came to be reconceptualized during this time period as a desirable rather than an embarrassing emotion, one linked up with other achievements perceived as admirable, such as education, development and success. Because love letter correspondences were only made possible by increased female literacy rates in the village, the article also explores some of the socioculturally and historically specific impacts of the acquisition of literacy skills on gender hierarchies and intimate relationships.

Young loves

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