start of the 2007 year

so theres no clever new years resolution like those of the past to try to strive towards as of yet. only goals. one of which includes being more open and writing reality rather than obscurity.
so heres the start of the weekend:
friday night i met up with tal after work for a romantic 1 year anniversary dinner at il mulino. i was lucky to get last minute reservations (2 weeks) for 6:00. we hoped in a cab and got there just in time. it was absolutely amazing. the food was more than i ever expected and the service was incredible. it was a nice way to start off our year together.
saturday was full of errands with michelle and making truffles as part of tal's anniversary gift. we promised that we would make homemade gifts for this occassion (in other words we are both broke from xmas- and me even more so from tal's bday).
i have vinny's 30th birthday tomorrow afternoon and then tal and i are headed to the l word premiere party in nyc. it was supposed to be at crobar but they weer shut down for excessive violence and drugs so its been rescheduled at the copa on 34th. i think that bryan and alex are meeting us there.
more details to come.

love - pain - hurt = hope + x

what happens when we hurt the ones we love? what is the result?
if the above function serves true than what's left over is hope plus an x factor. hope that somehow that x factor is greater than the sum of the pain and hurt. hope that somehow love will overcome and the equation won't be 0 = 0.
but using mathematical theory its true also that
love = hope + x + pain + hurt
love equals the hope that the x factor is gerater than the pain and hurt of the past, present, and future. we all have hope whether is putting ourselved out there falling in love, investing more in a relationship, trusting your other half and for better times in the future.
hope is always part of the equation until that x factor does not balance or is not greater than the amount of pain and hurt.
but even still couldn't love just be enough?

.love.

there's one sad truth in life I've found
while journeying east and west -
the only folks we really wound
are those we love the best.
we flatter those we scarcely know,
we please the fleeting guest,
and deal full many a thoughtless blow
to those who love us best.
~ella wheeler wilcox