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learnteach ([personal profile] learnteach) wrote2012-10-18 02:23 pm
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Sharing the Love

Reply here, and I will respond with three things I love about you.

In honor of Teresa, and because we need it.
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[identity profile] katerit.livejournal.com 2012-10-18 09:27 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, I love that Teresa is being honored and I love the opportunity to remember her.

[identity profile] marysdress.livejournal.com 2012-10-18 09:44 pm (UTC)(link)
John, you warm my heart. That you would do this is one of the things I love about you.

[identity profile] shalmestere.livejournal.com 2012-10-18 10:13 pm (UTC)(link)
They can be things you *like* about me, if you prefer :-)

I could use this today...

[identity profile] fighter-chick.livejournal.com 2012-10-18 10:19 pm (UTC)(link)
But to start with, here are three things I love about you...

* Your endless devotion to Art and Craft
* Your willingness to try new things, no matter how crazy or wondrous
* Your voice.
I've loved listening to you sing, tell stories, and speak since my very first SCA event. In my head and heart, your booming baritone will always be linked to the joy of discovering my tribe.

Turning it around

[identity profile] shutt3rg33k.livejournal.com 2012-10-18 10:46 pm (UTC)(link)
I love your filking romantic ways, your sense of just-let's-go do-it adventure, and, related, gourmand dining on the beach with you.

[identity profile] brat-grrl.livejournal.com 2012-10-18 11:10 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, I guess I"ll just put what I love about you, John!

I love how quickly and completely you can turn into someone's dear friend
I love that you have so many completely unrelated interests in the world, and will teach your skills, but can also learn so rapidly on something that interests you.
I love that your old-fashioned, gentelmanly and genteel manners -- they are so endearing.

~Dwen

[identity profile] rustmon.livejournal.com 2012-10-18 11:12 pm (UTC)(link)
I love you because you represent all of the Joy in the SCA to me.

I love you because you are always trying to move forward and never, ever stopping.

I love you because you are the exemplar of what it means to help people.

[identity profile] brat-grrl.livejournal.com 2012-10-18 11:15 pm (UTC)(link)
I dearly dearly wish I had known Teresa. I am sure that she and I would have been totally 100% compatible...

[identity profile] anthraxia.livejournal.com 2012-10-18 11:23 pm (UTC)(link)
Three things I love about you.

You are the person I point to when I want to illustrate the difference between The Order of Chivalry and The Romance of Chivalry. the Order sees Chivalry as something that should be a part of one's actions, to a lesser or greater degree. But the seekers of the Romance of Chivalry (romance in both the modern and the medieval meaning), which to me you exemplify, sees Chivalry as an ideal to immerse onself in, to constantly seek, to idealise and desire, and to treasure each facet of it that you are able to learn. Chivalry is the Grail quest - the seeking is the test of your soul, and the end may never be reached, but is worth seeking all the same.

I love your voice. One day you and I and a lute and a guitar and a harp and a few dozen books of songs are going to spend a long evening that may take all weekend, possibly with a few carefully chosen companions, and we are going to sing everything: period, pop, rock, folk, classic, bubblegum and filk. In fact, I think we should book a date and a place and make it happen. For some weird reason, I've always wanted to visit the Catskills...

I love your passion for food. 'Nuff said - we're on the same wavelength and anything more needs to be said at great length with a full mouth.

[identity profile] kahnegabs.livejournal.com 2012-10-18 11:23 pm (UTC)(link)
Thanks John, that's a very sweet tribute.
I suspect you do know that that request is the very last she ever posted.

[identity profile] channel6.livejournal.com 2012-10-18 11:24 pm (UTC)(link)
I didn't know Teresa either--I wish I had from all accounts of her.

[identity profile] kareina.livejournal.com 2012-10-19 03:57 am (UTC)(link)
I must agree with the "I love your voice" comment; some of my best memories of you involve you in song. Not just the richness and beauty of your voice itself, but also the way you can take any tune and compose new words in real time, seamlessly. Add to this list your laugh and your smile and it is easy to understand why you count among my favorite people in the West; I miss you!

[identity profile] balutakat.livejournal.com 2012-10-19 04:37 am (UTC)(link)
I didn't know Teresa, but I know a lot of her friends, and I like them very much, so I suspect she would have been of my tribe, as well.

We need it, yes.

[identity profile] channel6.livejournal.com 2012-10-19 05:17 am (UTC)(link)
oh--and three things I love about you John:

1. Your humor. Witty but kind.

2. Your ability to converse thoughtfully on a wide range of subjects. Especially science subjects.

3. How you relate to children. Wonderful.

[identity profile] freewaydiva.livejournal.com 2012-10-19 05:34 am (UTC)(link)
*flails like a muppet*

[identity profile] thelbk.livejournal.com 2012-10-19 08:28 pm (UTC)(link)
Cheating :-)
1. Your voice...
2. Your desire to make the world a better place, one scheme at a time.
3. You open your heart again and again despite all of life's disappointments.

[identity profile] gormflaith.livejournal.com 2012-10-19 08:42 pm (UTC)(link)
I love that you can sometimes enjoy your compulsion to help people.

[identity profile] thread-walker.livejournal.com 2012-10-22 11:35 pm (UTC)(link)
You were my first friend in the SCA.

You were the first man to ever "dip" me.

We laughed and listened to music to and from Estrella over 22 years ago.

You are inspiring.
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