Love has many definitions.

Some say love is what you need in order to give someone a kidney.

Some say that love is that moment where you know you want to be with someone forever.

Hallmark would have you believe that love is a folded A4 piece of card paper with words along the line of "Yo-you de one, baby" (albeit more poetically said.)

I personally have no real definition of love, but for me it is something that I can point to. Love is, for instance, the reason I am late posting today. Love is my ass in the shape of an Alfa Romeo seat. I got to spend 5 hours in the car driving to Lewes, listening to Sarah McLachlan's "Rarities and B-Sides" and singing at the top of my lungs. Lewes is a hell of a drive from us, it's all the way down the end of Sussex (I bunked off work today-I just couldn't face it). Why did I go to Lewes? Because Harvey's Brewery is there.

And why is Harvey's Brewery a measure of love, you might ask (here's me being a cow again)?

Because my Angus is a Sussex Boy, born and bred. Because my Angus and his entire Sussex family are celebrating Independence Day with me on Saturday. Because you can't buy this beer anywhere but in the south end of Sussex. Because our 150 bottles of wine and 62 bottles of beer we bought in France last week don't matter, because I bought a keg of Harvey's and a crate of their beer for Saturday.

And I did this because Angus' favorite beer in the whole wide world is Harvey's. I wanted to surprise him, so I drove down to Lewes by myself (he is at a conference today) to reward him with a keg of his and his family and friends' most favorite beer.

I did it because all of these years on, he still looks at me with a sparkle in his eye.

That's love to me. That sparkle. That sparkle is what love is.

Well that, and beer of course.

-H.

(The keg is to go on that stool but I simply can't lift the fucking thing. Where's Wonder Woman when you need her?)

Posted by: Everydaystranger at 01:34 PM | Comments (7) | Add Comment
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1 150 bottles of wine...is ALOT of wine!

Posted by: wn at June 29, 2006 02:38 PM (IEAQ1)

2 Gordon's a Guinness man, and luckily, I can get that anywhere. Of course, at home he mostly drinks red wine (which, as I don't drink wine, I'd be hopeless at purchasing) or vodka and Dr. Pepper. The way to my heart? Hoegaarden. You know, just in case you needed to know that. Plus, wheee! I don't think I've ever been the first comment before!

Posted by: amy t. at June 29, 2006 02:40 PM (zPssd)

3 What a woman! You go girl! Have a great 4th...

Posted by: sue at June 29, 2006 03:30 PM (WbfZD)

4 Damn. Now I want to come to the party too. Just to see the spectacle of English drunkeness that will ensue And to hang out with you all and that adorable puppy, of course.

Posted by: caltechgirl at June 29, 2006 04:20 PM (Armyk)

5 That is a serious amount of alcohol you've got there! How many people will there be?

Posted by: amanda at June 30, 2006 12:26 AM (cqrWD)

6 Will you be serving food? I sure hope so!

Posted by: kenju at June 30, 2006 12:26 AM (2+7OT)

7 I haven't listened to Rarities & B-Sides in years. the last week or so I've been pulling out cds that I haven't listened to in a long time. so far I've listened to Ani Difranco's Dilate, Bjork's Homogenic, Tori's Under the Pink, and Pink Floyd's Division Bell. I have the Cranberries No Need to Argue up next.

Posted by: girl at June 30, 2006 05:33 PM (ZIi+3)

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