Wednesday, February 18, 2015

When You See Just How These Couples Met, You Believe Real Romance Is Still Alive.

Everyone thinks the story of how they met their significant other is great and completely unique. Well, they happen to be right.


When you think about it, meeting someone you love, even if it’s temporary, is pretty incredible. There are billions of people on Planet Earth and you can find one that fits you perfectly. Whether you date online, in person or work together, meeting a special someone is pretty exciting. You’re beating the odds when you meet someone you truly love.


These people met in such unique ways, it’s hard to believe it really happened.



1.) Communication is everything–no matter how you communicate



Mary and Stephen Lindoff, married for more than 30 years, met when they were 9 and 8, respectively. They sat near one another in a school for the deaf in Montreal, Quebec. They parted ways, and would not meet again for over 20 years. Stephen was born completely deaf, and a bout of tuberculosis left him with minimal vision at the age of 6. Mary was also born deaf, and her vision began to deteriorate about 10 years ago, though it’s still better than her husband’s. Much of their communication, then, is based on touch, including tactile finger spelling. And because senses are heightened in the absence of others, Mary and Stephen’s sense of touch is extremely sensitive; though they’ve never heard one another’s voices and Stephen has never seen Mary’s face clearly, the couple knows everything about each other. And you know what else that means: “The sex is good,” Stephen told the Toronto Star.



2.) Love that can stand the test of time.



Bob Humphries, 89, and Bernie Bluett, 87, met and fell in love as teenagers, but had to part ways when they both enlisted in the RAF in World War II. After the war, their lives continued in different directions, leading them both to marriages (to other people), and to Bernie moving to New Zealand. In 2002, Bernie’s daughter discovered that Bob was still alive, and the former (and future) couple, was reunited. Bernie moved back to England, finally seeing one another for the first time in decades. “When I saw him again I didn’t see an old man – I saw that young soldier. We both feel young at heart,” Bernie said. The couple was married in 2013.



3.) It’s nice to have the same interests



It’s always nice to hear stories of love in adverse circumstances, although this story is not exactly sweet. Jeana Ramsey met Edward Johnson when she was working as a cook in the Miami Correctional Facility in Bunker Hill, IN. Edward was an inmate, serving a second sentence. When he was released in 2001, they moved in together. Unfortunately, old habits die hard, and Jeana must have been easily led, because soon after, the couple was arrested after a bank robbery turned violent–two tellers were killed and a security guard was left paralyzed. They pled guilty. Edward got 40 years while Jeana got 7. Oh well. I’m sure the romance was fun while it lasted.



4.) Love comes from tragedy



Boston Marathon participant James Costello was photographed the day of the 2013 bombing, staggering away from the explosion, clothing shredded, in what became an iconic image of the tragedy. He underwent several surgeries for his injuries, and recuperated at the Spalding Rehabilitation Hospital. There, he met Krista D’Agostino, a nurse who aided him in his recovery. They were engaged by December, and married in August 2014.



5.) Winning the lottery…of love



Eddie Harrison and Edith Hill, 95 and 96, respectively, met because they both liked to play the lottery. They both won and split the $2,500 prize. But they actually won a whole lot more. They spent ten years together before marrying in 2014, and consider themselves soul mates, never arguing. However, there are other factors that put their romance in peril. Edith’s daughters are fighting for custody of Edith, and, depending on the outcome, Edith could lose her house–and her husband. The couple is firm on their love and are willing to fight to stay together, though. “We’ll always be like this regardless of what happens,” Eddie says.



6.) Sometimes you need a matchmaker



Lynne Love is a funeral director, and probably didn’t consider dabbling in matchmaking until she met Tom Lennon, 76, and Isabell Bacon, 70. She was helping them arrange funerals for their respective spouses, and kept in contact with them for some time after the funerals. Both widow and widower often complained to her of being lonely, so the aptly-named Lynne Love decided to set them up on a blind date. Six months later, Tom and Isabell were married, and Lynne was the witness. “I think if I died tomorrow,” Lynne says, “this would be my greatest achievement.”



7.) Sometimes you just know



When he was 6, Wang Zi-heng used to play with his next door neighbor, Qian-qian, and declared that he would marry her when they were older. Zi-heng’s family moved away, though, and that seemed to be the end of that. However, they reconnected some 18 years later and the spark was still there. The couple was married earlier this month..


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5 Great Books To Read, If You Have Not Yet



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1. Bad Feminist by Roxane Gay






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“If you’re in the mood to read wonderful, thought-provoking essays that feel like they’re written by your best friend, check out Bad Feminist. One of the greatest things about this essay collection is the way Roxane Gay treats her reader as a confidant, as if these personal and brilliant perspectives are secrets that are shared just between the two of you. With her wide-ranging grasp of pop culture and current events from Sweet Valley High books to the Jerry Sandusky trial, Gay puts you at ease as she shakes the foundations of what you believe. Read Bad Feminist if you need your point of view challenged while getting the most welcoming hug of your life. Pick up a copy so you can gab about all your personal growth soon.” — Sami Main





2. Acceptance by Jeff VanderMeer






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Acceptance serves as the conclusion to the creepy, weird-as-heck, and totally fascinating Southern Reach trilogy by Jeff VanderMeer. The premise: The government has been sending expedition teams into a mysterious quarantined zone called ‘Area X’ — with increasingly confusing, sinister results. But despite the fact that they’re billed as a trilogy and were all released within one year, each book establishes its own distinct kind of weirdo genre (a surrealist adventure journal! a darkly comedic spy thriller!) and offers really different payoffs to the reader. VanderMeer nails the specific language of each style he fools around with, playing off your expectations of ‘genre’ fiction in funny and unsettling and sometimes truly beautiful ways. So if you think you don’t like science fiction, read this trilogy anyway — because whatever you think you’re getting, you’ll be wrong.” — Rachel Sanders





3. Isla and the Happily Ever After by Stephanie Perkins






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“If YA book lovers are looking for a swoon-worthy romance novel, the final installment of the Anna and the French Kiss series, Isla and the Happily Ever After, should be next on your reading list. The characters are honest and realistic while maintaining a fairy tale-like essence that will keep you up all night. Set in both New York and Paris, the story follows a young couple’s relationship and their inner struggles of finding love at an early age. You will fall in love with the artistic male lead, Josh, and the ending will break you down into a crying, joyous mess.” — Arielle Calderon





4. The Bone Clocks by David Mitchell






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The Bone Clocks has everything you might expect to find in a David Mitchell novel: great characters in settings far-flung over space and time, all tied together by ambitious ideas and gorgeous writing. However, in addition to all that cool jazz, The Bone Clocks sweats the comparatively small stuff, which is where it really shines. Yes, the book is about an epic war taking place over hundreds of years between factions of immortal psychics (and what a war!). But it is also the story of one woman: Holly Sykes. Her tiny human life is the thread that holds the various stories of The Bone Clocks together, and ultimately it is what makes the book deeply meaningful, not to mention devastating.” — Isaac Fitzgerald





5. You’re Not Much Use to Anyone by David Shapiro






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“What I loved about Richard Linklater’s recent film Boyhood was the way that, while nothing really happened, everything happened, because that’s how life is. People fall in and out of love, kids grow up. Everyone fights and worries about their future. David Shapiro’s You’re Not Much Use to Anyone is similar in the sense that it’s just a story about a recent college graduate trying to figure life out in New York City, and he doesn’t actually do much besides hook up and try to find a job and get drunk and wander around New York thinking about how broke he is, and yet. There’s a raw honesty and deceptive thoughtfulness here that makes you actually want to know what happened — will he hook up with that girl? What if he doesn’t get that job, will his parents be mad? Full disclosure: I was friendly with Shapiro during the events of much of this thinly fictionalized novel, and to read about what happened then from his perspective was like reading a refracted, very selective version of my own life. But even if you didn’t know him, that might be true for you too.” — Doree Shafrir





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This Insane Street Art Is Off The Walls... This is Amazing!

Have you heard of Banksy? He is a well-known, anonymous street artist and political activist. He has said that he pines for a city that is more blended into its street art culture. He wants one that “feels like a party where everyone was invited, not just the estate agents and barons of big business. Imagine a city like that and stop leaning against the wall – it’s wet.”


Banksy puts his marks everywhere. More often than not, they are completely epic pieces of street art. Here are examples of artists that attempt to live up to Banksy’s dream to get the art off the walls and start melting into the streets.



First day of robot-school for the son of Under-bridge Droid.





Hail Hydra!





This giant plastic man is fairly interested in whatever that guy’s eating.





Hey what’s the opposite of rock bottom? Ehm, this!





Ice giraffe is completing his community service.





Who can say whether these statues of older folks are emerging out of the sidewalk or moonwalking back into it?





I don’t understand why more things aren’t made out of giant legos. I feel like construction would be soooo much easier.





One of Banksy’s originals. Dude hates landlines.





This train’s last stop was at someone’s acid trip in the 90’s.





This artists was like, “This street is cool, but it could be Pac-man.” And so it was.





Street art is the perfect way to bring my childhood nightmares to life. Thanks, I guess?





This is the kinda thing that I really really dig, but I don’t understand at all. Like heavy metal music.





This is sweet, but mannequin or not, this guy would get severally accosted in New York City for taking up that much sidewalk.





This is super and I imagine it blasts “Cherry Pie” by Warrant at all times.





Its tough being a city lawyer. This guy just lost his head-case. Badom *miss*





What dark spirit have these horses conjured?





This is the kind of uplifting piece that would go great in a park or around a koi pond.





Broad strokes.





This one is called “Politicians Discussing Global Warming” and it’s why I might actually vote this year. Personally I’m against zombies in puddles.





Taking street art VERY literally here.





Ice giraffe is completing his community service.





First day of robot-school for the son of Under-bridge Droid.




(H/T: Distractify.com)


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One Look Inside Of This Church And You will Be Headed For The Hills.

St. George’s Church in the Czech Republic was in danger of closing until a local artist saved the day. He added something to the church that made it special. It wasn’t more holy water or statues. It was a haunting installation that played up the church’s reputation for being cursed.


St. George’s Church was abandoned and left to deteriorate for nearly three decades, but was saved for being cursed. What an interesting PR move. Even if you don’t believe in curses, you’ll love what Jakub Hadrava did. The ghostly installation sends chills down my spine.



St. George’s Church





Caters





Lukova, Czech Republic





Caters





The church was left to rot after its roof collapsed in the late 1960s.





The locals took the collapse as a sign of bad luck and never returned.





Caters





Until Jakub Hadrava turned the place into a work of art, that is.





One spooky work of art.





(via Yahoo!)


The curse drove people away from the church…and then right back into it.


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