In Love With Love

Photo by Laurel True

My friend Laurel, who I love, took the photo above and posted it on Facebook. Naturally it was well-received, with many people commenting on its coolness and what a great message it is and how it's a sign, etc. I spoiled the fun by pointing out that some conspiracy theorists believe chem trails to be evidence of government evil and are actually chemicals sprayed to subdue the populous--that's us-- into submission. While I don't really believe that, I do look at them somewhat differently now, and wonder: how come all airplanes don't cause those streaks in the sky?

Whatever. More interesting is how the word love has become the number one expression of affection in our society, applied to anything and everything with equal fervor. Just like certain bad words cannot be spoken, that particular one is uttered about a million times a day by everyone and their mother. I am guilty of this for sure. Following is a list of things I absolutely love:

Blueberries
My son
My husband
Tommy Lee Jones
"Adaptation"
"Ethan Frome"
Anything written by Edith Wharton
Peepers
Peeps
Roasted marshmallows
Michael Jackson's voice
"Thriller"
New York City
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Almond butter
The Sunday New York Times crossword puzzle
Helen Mirren in "The Queen"
Landing safely and getting off an airplane
The Staten Island Ferry
Losing weight
Finding typos in the newspaper, or even better, a book
Chianti
"Inglourious Basterds" 
My true friends
Painting
Hot chocolate in winter
Ibuprofen
"Bonfire of the Vanities"
"White Noise"
Queen
Freddie Mercury
"Bohemian Rhapsody"
My hot tub
Blogging
Sleeping
Coffee
Rolos
Anchovy pizza 
The ocean
Word games
Nathan's French fries
Ringo's drum solo on "Carry That Weight"
Oldies
George Harrison
Taking showers
Reruns of old sitcoms
Karen and Jack on "Will & Grace"
The Young @ Heart chorus
Autumn
Swimming
Stewie and Brian on "Family Guy"

So I suppose I feel the same way about my husband as I do about a French fry.