Welcome to all!

It's Valentine's Day! In this issue are some great ideas for a romantic movie to share, a romantic poem to read to a special someone, and a love song to get you in the mood.

I've included my current favorite love poem, "i carry your heart with me" by E. E. Cummings. This is one of his most famous poems and was used with great dramatic effect in the recent movie, "In Her Shoes."

Michael Hedges has set the lyrics of the poem to music on his "Taproot" album, which is available through Amazon.com. Hedges himself sings the lead, but the backing vocals are sung by David Crosby and Graham Nash.

The poem is used twice near the end of the movie, "In Her Shoes," a touching movie about several kinds of love. Carmen Diaz recites the poem at the wedding of Toni Collette, her sister in the movie.

It's a very touching moment that has inspired many to search out the lyrics of the poem.

Another interesting feature of the movie is the use of Sonny and Cher's "I Got You Babe." It's used very effectively in the movie. I've included it here in case you've forgotten the lyrics.

Enjoy the following features of The Dating Advisor and keep your spirits high!

In This Issue

1) Favorite Dating Service Reviews
2) Find a Unique Gift at 1-800 Florals
3) Article--Do's and Don'ts For Replying to Personal Ads
4) Love Poem--i carry your heart with me E. E. Cummings
5) Romantic Movie--Cyrano de Bergerac
6) Love Song--I Got You Babe Sonny and Cher

1) Favorite Dating Service Reviews

Lavalive.com
Lavalife is "where singles click." When you click on lavalife you’ll find 10,000 or more singles on the site almost any time of the day. This is a supersized dating service with a great looking website and an outstanding assortment of features. It is quick and easy to get started with lavalife, and in no time you will be searching among their enormous membership for that special someone who really catches your attention. There are many success stories here and you just may be their next one.
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BlackSinglesConnection.com
The BlackSinglesConnection theme is, "We bring black singles together." They have created a highly rated and very comfortable online dating service for the community of African Americans and blacks worldwide. All of the best dating features can be found here and the pricing is very reasonable. Especially, check out their limited time special, one of the best deals seen anywhere on web dating sites. You’ll agree that BlackSinglesConnection is a wonderful discovery and you may well meet your match.
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2) Find a unique, fun gift at 1-800-Florals

The site makes it easy to select a great bouquet of flowers for the right occasion. The bouquets are gorgeous and they offer same-day delivery throughout the U.S. and Canada. Want to know more about flowers? There are numerous great articles that will make you an expert and help you decide.

Click here.

3) Do's and Don'ts For Replying to Personal Ads by Tracy Brant

You may have a great personal ad... and a wonderful smiling photo to go with your ad... but things can still fall apart if you are sending out an awkward first message in response to other people's ads. What can you do to make that first message work for you?

DO:

Write in advance. This lets you think about what you want to say about yourself and, more importantly, check your spelling and grammar. Have a friend read and react to your draft message.

Spellcheck. Yes, this counts. It shows that you are serious about finding dates and willing to pay attention to details. Some people are just natural bad spellers, but it can make you look less smart or less educated than you really are. Most websites do not offer spellchecking of profiles.

Personalize! We recommend writing a general template of a first message, but you have to personalize it for each person you contact. Mention something from their profile, ask a question that refers to something they wrote, or describe how you would be a good match for them. Mention what attracted your attention to their ad. No one wants to think they just received a form letter.

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4) i carry your heart with me by E. E. Cummings

Love poems have the power to inspire us and to warm our hearts. We should take a few minutes each day to recall an inspirational line or stanza.

i carry your heart with me (i carry it in
my heart) i am never without it (anywhere
i go you go, my dear; and whatever is done
by only me is your doing, my darling) i fear
no fate (for you are my fate, my sweet) i want
no world (for beautiful you are my world, my true)
and it's you are whatever a moon has always meant
and whatever a sun will always sing is you

here is the deepest secret nobody knows
(here is the root of the root and the bud of the bud
and the sky of the sky of a tree called life; which grows
higher than soul can hope or mind can hide)
and this is the wonder that's keeping the stars apart

i carry your heart (i carry it in my heart)

5) Cyrano de Bergerac Movie Review

Have you ever felt tongue-tied while trying to say the right romantic words to someone you love? Christian had that problem too, but luckily he had Cyrano to help him out--the perfect mentor.

Listen to and marvel at the great words that Cyrano is able to say to his love, Roxanne, through Christian. Ever wish you could talk that way?

Here's a review by Amazon.com editor Marshall Fine.

Edmond Rostand's ineffably romantic play about the big-nosed soldier and swordsman with a poet's soul looks stagey in this 1950 film adaptation. But, thanks to a heartfelt performance by Jose Ferrer (who won an Oscar for the role), the beauty of Rostand's words shines through. Ferrer plays Cyrano, who is in love with the beautiful Roxanne but is unable to tell her so for fear that she will reject him because of his extremely prominent nose. In a heart-breaking turn, she confesses her love to him--but it is love for another man, a soldier under his command named Christian. Christian, however, is a good-hearted but tongue-tied youngster, and so the older Cyrano woos Roxanne vicariously by supplying Christian with his own words of love, most famously in a balcony scene in which Cyrano speaks for himself while pretending to be Christian. Ferrer is tender, tough, and funny and single-handedly pulls this film to near-greatness. -- Marshall Fine

6) Love Song
I Got You Babe Sonny and Cher

This song is a standard of sorts. It combines humor and personality with a warm thought. That thought gets repeated, and repeated, and repeated. But you gotta love it.

[HER:] They say we're young and we don't know
We won't find out until we grow
[HIM:] Well I don't know if all that's true
'Cause you got me, and baby I got you

[HIM:] Babe
[BOTH:] I got you babe I got you babe

[HER:] They say our love won't pay the rent
Before it's earned, our money's all been spent
[HIM:] I guess that's so, we don't have a pot
But at least I'm sure of all the things we got

[HIM:] Babe
[BOTH:] I got you babe I got you babe

[HIM:] I got flowers in the spring I got you to wear my ring
[HER:] And when I'm sad, you're a clown
And if I get scared, you're always around
[HER:] So let them say your hair's too long
'Cause I don't care, with you I can't go wrong
[HIM:] Then put your little hand in mine
There ain't no hill or mountain we can't climb

[HIM:] Babe
[BOTH:] I got you babe I got you babe

[HIM:] I got you to hold my hand
[HER:] I got you to understand
[HIM:] I got you to walk with me
[HER:] I got you to talk with me
[HIM:] Igot you to kiss goodnight
[HER:] I got you to hold me tight
[HIM:] I got you, I won't let go
[HER:] I got you to love me so

[BOTH:] I got you babe
I got you babe
I got you babe
I got you babe
I got you babe

That's all for now.

Make it a great week.