I felt crazy chemistry with ND from the first time I met him, but I shoved it away into a corner of my mind until much later when a relationship was actually possible.

That spark was definitely there from the start, but he's one of the only people I've ended up with that way. Most of the boys and girls that made me go all weak-kneed ended up being extremely bad for me.

It makes me wonder - I see a lot of personals ads by women that say, "chemistry is important" or "essential" or something. I tend to avoid responding to those ads based on previous experience.

Then there was the woman I went on a date with (we'd corresponded online and talked on the phone a few times so we knew each other fairly well)... she said she wanted to start out as friends. Then after the one date she had lost interest because there had been "no chemistry." So I was confused for a bit - I had assumed those two possibilities would be mutually exclusive, or nearly so.

DH and I had chemistry from the outset, but there was as much friendship chemistry as the physical kind. We could talk for hours and hours and write each other 10-page letters several times per week (we were living in different towns in England that year and didn't have regular internet access, so these were actual handwritten letters--I have them all stored safely away in a box).

Ha! Ginger, she has that Sherlock Holmes set (are there two of them? because I think she has two...). She is hard to buy for because she researches and buys everything. Argh!

That UGA DVD is a great find! Totally up my Dad's alley.

On my way over to UCLA just now I saw a disturbing motorcycle accident. The guy's bike was pretty far away from where he was but the opposite direction of where it would be if he flew off of it. It was like he crashed and then walked back up the freeway before collapsing. Yikes. I hope he's alright. Y'all motorcycle peeps be careful. Those things scare me to death.

::Covers juliana's eyes::

Chemistry is not always the best place to judge things. but i like brains before looks, and sometimes brains take a while to show. The most obvious chemistry I had with someone - was with a guy that was fun, but not for life. and chemistry doesn't always survive the bumps . And even when the chemistry is strong - life circumstances can bury it for awhile - a good solid like can bring it back with a vengence

Best of luck Fay

Ginger, she has that Sherlock Holmes set (are there two of them? because I think she has two...).

There's a two-volume set for the short stories and one volume for the novels. The novels one came out later. I don't own it yet because it seemed like the kind of thing I can ask my family for. That's my Christmas dilemma. Not only do I not know what to get my mother and sister, I don't know what I want and they're harassing me for a list.

I heard about the Larry Munson thing on the radio. I would not otherwise know about it, but it's kind of hard to escape UGA in Georgia.

I mistrust the concept of chemistry, even though my ex was a love at first sight. That went really well before it went really badly, so I don't know if there's a lesson there. I rarely have instant chemistry with anyone.

I'm. So. Fucking. Tired.

And I'm not sleeping well when I try to do so. And having fucked up, bad, scary dreams.

And I have a shitload of things to do today. Ugh.

Ugh, Sean, sorry to hear that. At least the end is in sight on the Beverly Hills stuff. I just sent you a couple of e-mails on that.