Hugs as a matter of life and death.

Do you know that elated feeling you get when you hug someone you haven't seen in a very long time?? Well that feeling and chemical reaction that happens underneath it all could possibly save your life...LITERALLY!!!
Some of you might say "I'm not a fan of the hug." and I know exactly how you feel because I was one of you. But there's still hope, if I've been converted, so will you. Being a fan of The Hug vs not being a fan depends on whether you've been hugged properly or not. Chuck in "Pushing Daisies" explained it like this; 'It's like an emotional Heimlich. Someone puts their arms around you and they give you a squeeze and all your fear and anxiety come shooting out of your mouth in a big wet wad and you can breath again.' and I agree a 100% - make that a 125%!!!!
Going back to what I started with, SCIENCE!!! It has been proven that hugs help us. Four hugs are necessary for our survival; eight are what the doctors order in order for the optimum upkeep of our being. This all the depends on that heavenly chemical/hormone in our body - OXYTOCIN - otherwise known as the "bonding" hormone. These studies showed that HUGS reduced blood pressure in humans which in their turn help reduce the risk of heart disease. All you need is a hug between 20-seconds or 30-seconds long. It might sound like a short time but it allows enough time for the sense of touch to feed on the much needed closeness for the elixir to get kicking.
Hugs have been elevated to the level of Sex, Laughter and also medicine to cure modern-day (minor) illnesses.
We all need a hug once in a while so go ahead and start hugging!!! (please use responsibly espescially before you walk up to that handsome stranger you've been eyeing all this time and use me as an excuse ;))

GET HUGGING!!

Thought of the day: You can't wrap love in a box, but you can wrap a person in a hug. 

Thanks to http://ezinearticles.com/?Hugs-are-Good-For-You!&id=1064465 for the Hugs Article!!

'Tis the season...for misbehaving

FINALLY Winter seems to be creeping in, ever so slowly - warm white sunny mornings, quiet chilly nights, with a thunder storm here and there, seem to be just what the doctor ordered for this time of year. Unfortunately we don't have white Christmases on this tiny island but we sure do know how to make the best out of the Holiday Season!!!
The first week of November had barely hit before we had all the Christmas decorations up; cute fluffy teddy bears hanging from the ceilings in department stores, with shiny white baubles attached to them and of course also something for behind closed doors - Christmas Lingerie!!!
I don't mean to sound like a total freak but who can resist a little tinsel on a 'brassiere' and a little mistletoe to smooch under? 'Tis the season to be jolly after all, and we all need our little share.
I do get very excited when Christmas is on the way; parties, booze, people hugging, everyone smiling and saying "Merry Christmas" to each other can really make any Grinch's heart grow 3 times as big in one day - Ah!
Here 's something else about me - I'm single and fairly happy about it too...not happy in an 'I'm-pretending-to-be-happy-but-in-reality-I'm-needy-and-deperate' kind of way but, genuinely 'warm-and-toasty-and-marshmallowy-inside' kind of way. Now don't get me wrong, I love male attention as much as the next broad does but, I guess I haven't found someone to tie me down (or up for that matter) and as Andy Williams found out in "I'd Rather be Rich" - the girl always marries the man who makes her toes curl when he kisses her and if my toes ain't curlin', I ain't commitin'. ;)
So what I wish you for now before I wish you a Happy Christmas - cause quite frankly we have more than enough time for that - I wish you all a happy Toe Curling month and hopefully the Prince with the glass slippers to fit your feet. Get kissing!!! xoxo

Thought of the day - Someone very wise told me this last week - "if you like him let him know we're in 2012 for fuck's sake!!" maybe I will maybe I won't...time will tell...until then!!!

Inspiration from above...ok ALMOST!!!!

I had been thinking of doing this for a very long time but it actually took a friend of mine to come up with her own blog to tip me over the edge.
So...let me start at the very beginning, cause according to Julie Andrews, it's a very good place to start. Let me tell you something about myself; Sybil Vane is not my real name - I like it that way. She's a character in 'Dorian Gray' - the first woman he fell in love with whose career as an actress in a run down theatre - none the less - was destroyed because of Dorian's love for her. Sound too dramatic?? Honey you don't know the half of it!! Do I really believe a "real" relationship can kill our real self and alter us into a being we don't really recognise? Possibly but not always. I love rainy days and Winter. I'm an absolute nerd and can spend hours discussing something I read the day before, I'm fascinated by guitarist hands and how they strum. I love watching shitty horror movies in dingy cinemas, laughing my head off at every gushing wound. And by the time I post this I'd have re-read it, changed, and found at least 10 spelling mistakes which I would have definitely changed just for the sake of being a total grammar nazi.
I know what you're thinking!! And yes you're perfectly right BUT I endeavour to prove you wrong (or right) and hopefully I will! ;)

I leave you with this for now - In the end love will be worth all the fighting and waiting around we have to do.