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First, on He's Just Not That Into You. I thought, when I saw the 10 cliches you won't see ad, that I wanted to slash Bradley Cooper with every boy ever (helped by his turns on Alias, Kitchen Confidential, and Nip/Tuck), but it turns out I pretty much just want him to sex everyone he stands next to ever no matter their gender, orientation, or looks. First I want him to be adorable with them. I ♥ Bradley. I harted the movie too. Lots of people I love, and it was funny without being goofy or having the fun based on people falling over and getting hurt. Also, Justin Long? please be in every movie. Thanks.

Second, delicatelight gave me five things she associates with me.

1. John Travolta's hair
John Travolta had good, if slightly ridiculous hair in Grease, and baaaad hair in Pulp Fiction. But he had OMGWTFBBQ hair at the Oscars last year, which delicatelight and I noticed and commented on at the same time on a big group chat, and thus we were bonded for life! I'm not much of a Travolta fan, and even less so with hair that looks like it was black christmas tree flocking sprayed onto his head, but I will always have a soft spot for him a) for giving me all those summers of my life singing and dancing to the Grease soundtrack in my next door neighbour's front yard, and mostly b) for giving me delicatelight!

2. San Francisco
San Francisco has always been The City to me, even when I lived in England and to most people I met "The City" was the financial centre of London. SF is an amazing place. Part of the reason I love it is my home city bias, I'm sure, but there is a lot to recommend it other than that. It's surrounded on three sides by water and on the fourth by other separate cities, so it is small (by city standards) and cannot get any bigger. There are no sprawling suburbs that get incorporated and incorporated into a teeming mass, it just is what it is. And what it is is a collection of distinct and diverse and amazing neighborhoods. Except for snow, I cannot imagine that there is something a person could want that can't be found in San Francisco. Well, unless you want the ability to walk more than a mile in any direction without confronting a hill. Because that's pretty much not going to happen unless you stick to walking around the edge of the bay.

3. England
England was my home for most of my adult life, until June 2007. More specifically, the south of England. For, much like with California, you cannot say "England" and mean any kind of uniform thing. There was a lot that I loved about it, though the weather and plumbing did not appear on that list. But the refreshing lack of insane puritanical 'values', the interesting television, the BBC news, the National Health Service (omg seriously no WORDS for how much I miss this), small gas-efficient cars, trains that go everywhere, Brighton, London, Bill's Produce and Deli, Sainsbury's, my friends.... I loved those things and more. A lot.

4. Candle Salad (!!!)

I really feel you need to see what we're talking about here. There is also the things people say about it: When my son was a child we fixed this salad that had him eating his fruits with delight. "Candle Salad" is fun for children and adults. It's the ingredients you use; the ingredients you combine; and how you present your faire that wins or loses. The appearance of food creates favor or disfavor before the first bite. So it's important to make your meals look inviting.
I MEAN. LOOK AT IT. Just saying.
Candle Salad appeared in a bandom fic, and delicatelight linked, and I read, and became obsessed for the night. I looked up pictures and recipes and made icons and all sorts. And it still makes me laugh. Weirdest thing, the next day, my mom sent me an email with the subject line: What is Candle Salad? and I was completely stunned that it had appeared in her life and mine on the same day. But it turned out that I had linked her to a picture of my pigeons on my photobucket, and she'd seen all the candle salad pics.

5. Cat Deeley
CAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT OMG I love her. She was a children's TV presenter in the UK when I lived there, and I didn't think much about her, because I didn't watch children's TV. But then I started watching So You Think You Can Dance (thanks to jelloh0530 and delicatelight) and I became OBSESSED. She is INSANELY adorable, and so so so sweet, and gorgeous, and has the best smile and such amazing legs, and she gets down on the floor to fix a girl's shoe even when she's wearing a tiny dress, and she puts big fake gold teeth in her mouth even when someone else was just wearing them and she gives HUGE hugs, and she cries along with people and OMG I LOVE HER. I might have mentioned that already. But it's true. She's enthusiastic and geeky and funny and hot. And I'm pretty sure I would marry her tomorrow given half a chance.