I miss you more than I should, than I thought I could, can't keep my mind off of you.

so I am back in the UK for the whole of...12 more hours, I'm going to a wedding in the morning, which I'm looking forward to very much. And then I'm flying up to Edinburgh, mum is flying on Wednesday to Hamburg, and Dad is going to Holland. Christopher gets his results, to see if he gets into college this time round or not.

E. E. Cummings (1894-1962)

i like my body when it is with your

1i like my body when it is with your

2body. It is so quite new a thing.

3Muscles better and nerves more.

4i like your body. i like what it does,

5i like its hows. i like to feel the spine

6of your body and its bones,and the trembling

7-firm-smooth ness and which i will

8again and again and again

9kiss, i like kissing this and that of you,

10i like,slowly stroking the,shocking fuzz

11of your electric fur,and what-is-it comes

12over parting flesh....And eyes big love-crumbs,

13and possibly i like the thrill

14of under me you so quite new

Notes

1] Cummings wrote this poem for Elaine Thayer (Richard F. Kennedy, in Dreams in the Mirror: A Biography of E. E. Cummings [New York: Liveright, 1980]: 194-95).

"Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind." Dr. Seuss

So I hadn't realised I have been here for a year and a week, until today, which is a bit of a shame, because I was going to go buy myself celebratory ice cream or something. oh well. so

i think i should do some kind of summation, i don't know of what.

we can start with...

amount of german learnt: 0%

trips to berlin: 2

trips to hamburg:...finally more than 2

trips home: 4 ( i think..)

encounters with the male species: 0

encounters with....creepy crawlies: more than i could ever imagine

and now my list is exhausted.

hmm

other places i've been....turkey..and..nearly edinburgh.

chuck taylor

so, today i gave Gerritt my converse, which i'm convincing myself was sensible, because they are definitely not lady like. and made my feet look like clowns feet. Now aside from the fact that I have room in my cupboard for another pair of shoes, like the amazing red stilettos that I know are sitting at home for me, he looks even more gorgeous, which makes life a little bit more difficult. He also said 'thank you for giving me your man shoes' in English. and entire sentence, I was genuinely astounded. so cute!