A random friendly chat that stemmed from a strange dream
(yes jem...it is totally weird...)
started an entire conversation about brief encounters, chemistry & love.

"you know...i think chemistry is...overrated when it comes to partners"

All it does is to lead you to believe there could be more to it,
leaving you setting expectations and being disappointed after.
But being in love....that's just something else altogether.
Chemistry is about completing each other's sentences,
making each other laugh, able to connect, and everyone can see it.
You can find chemistry with many people,
depending on how vulnerable you are at a point in time.
But on a whole deeper level, i gather it's when the odds are stacked really low,
when times are shit,
You need more than chemistry to get things going.
The spark gets inflamed from the connection of the two damn hearts,
Sometimes you meet this person and he turns out to be wow...attractive.
You two can really connect, talk about everything under the sun,
and you think "hey...i could go far with this person"
And then you get together and you realise that apart from the chemistry,
You guys have nothing left and it isn't enough to sustain a relationship.

That was what she said.
Inspiring.

And this was what i picked this off from Before Sunset:
Well, all these couples expected after a few years of living together
for the passion, that consuming desire to be the same as in the beginning.
It's impossible!
No, i know. I know that... I mean,
God, otherwise we would end up with aneurism
If we were in that constant state of excitement right?
We would end up dong nothing at all with our lives.

I guess it's all true. How far can chemistry take you?
Which leads me to my next take on brief encounters.
Maybe chemistry is good only when it's ephemeral.
After all, even chemical reaction fizzles out after an experiment.

Why weren't you there in Vienna?
I told you why!
Well, I know why, I just...I wish you would've been!
Our lives might have been so much different!
You think so?
I actually do...
Maybe not, maybe we would have hated each other, eventually.
Oh, what, like we hate each other now?
No, maybe we're...we're only good at...brief encounters.

Maybe brief encounters aren't a bad thing.
The day that two person met will remain a memory that they subconsciously seek,
a feeling that was only beautiful because it was brief.

Ever had that?

Daydream delusion
Limousine eyelash
Oh, baby with your pretty face,
Drop a tear in my wineglass.
Look at those big eyes,
See what you mean to me.
Sweetcakes and Milkshakes.
I am a delusional angel,
I am a fantasy parade.
I want you to know what i think.
Don't want you to guess anymore.
You have no idea where i came from,
We have no idea where we're going.
Launched in life,
Like branches in the river
Flowing downstream,
Caught in the current.
I'll carry you, you'll carry me.
That's how it could be.
Don't you know me,
Don't you know me by now.

~ Before Sunrise ~

she spoke at
10:22 AM