Feb
14
– Cupid, draw back your bow…
Ahh, today is the day of love and corporate Hallmark cheesiness… a few lessons can yet be learned. It is not too late. You can save yourself.
Step away from the chocolates and overpriced flowers. They’ll only lead to late night binge eating & depression when the flowers die.
And they will die.
Here is the most brilliant piece of wisdom about Valentine’s Day I’ve ever encountered courtesy of Zach from Lost Angeles (and Fight From Above!) I recommend you head over and read the WHOLE post, this excerpt gets just a little tiny bit of the point across…
The power of a corporate holiday is dangerous. It’s like the dark side of the force. When you are celebrating, it all just enhances the mood. I understand that on a day like this you can start to feel like you are in Denny’s on Christmas in Lincoln, Nebraska if you are single. Take it from me though, as someone who spent plenty of Valentine’s Days alone, it’s not that big of a deal.
Every day in a good relationship should be a celebration. If anything, VD (same initials as venereal disease, btw) is just an excuse to geek out a little bit with the person you love. That’s all. If you don’t love anyone, maybe kick it with someone you like. In the end of the day, just find a way to have a good time. It’s a fucking day. You don’t beat yourself up for not playing football on Super Bowl Sunday, do you? So don’t sweat this. You are the jam. I swear you are so much the jam that if I had any peanut butter and some bread, I’d make you into a big human-sized sandwich.
So all I want to do is stop you from making the mistake of having the big VD meal with the WRONG person. You will regret it. I promise. Call them now and back out. You got time still. Until you pick them up you got time. Stay home and watch the Olympics with other cool people. Take a drink every time there is a dumb joke about curling. Do what you gotta do.
Just listen to your buddy, Zack. Avoid the 150 dollar slow death we call the not-ready-for-VD-status-VD-dinner. You know what I am talking about. I love you all. Even you. Yeah, you.
via Lost Angeles
I love Valentines day, for all the wrong reasons. This year I get to spend it with some of my best friends in a place I love, probably making fun of dorky people holding hands and being romantic. Corn dogs and smuggled rum may or may not be involved… you never can tell.
And on that note I’ll leave you with these gems.
