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What do you all think of Valentine's Day?
14 years ago
Chapter Six (furthering the subplot of the renegade dragon who's a pawn for greater evil) is done, 16000+ words later. Not everyone cares about this stuff, so . . . what do you think about Valentines Day, and has time changed your perception? I'm curious to know what you think, so here's my opinion (getting it out of he way):
I used to hate Valentines Day with a passion, back when I was in college and had no girlfriend. (Meanwhile there'd be lots of moans and squeaking coming from dorm rooms above and below me). It seemed to me like Valentines was more of an exc...use for Hallmark to sell cards and chocolates and shit, than it was an actual holiday to be cherished. And then there were all of those unintentionally hilarious collegiate conspiracy theories spawned by radical feminists about gender subordination, “V-day,” evil men this and evil men that, capitalist freaks, up with Joe Stalin, etc etc etc.
Since I got married, I use Valentines as an excuse to do what should be happening among loving couples (regardless of gender) 24-7-365. Otherwise, I couldn't care less about the "holiday,” which I still believe to be a fabrication meant for Hallmark, florists and candy maskers to reap big time profits from people who are sexually repressed the other 364 nights of the year. I'm all for making money in ethical, lawful fashion with minimal government interference, but I find the whole idea rather crass. So I skip most of the crap and buy only that which really matters. Heck, I can make my own cards, too. I am not an artistic genius yet I do have some skills.
True love shouldn't drain your pocketbooks, folks!
PROTIP: Buy the little Necco had wafer hearts, the ones that taste like flavored ash, in the days after Valentines. They will be a lot cheaper, and by this time next year they will still be just as hard and still taste like sugary ash. (Or tart fruity ash!) It wouldn't surprise me if actual volcanic ash was used in their manufacturing.
I used to hate Valentines Day with a passion, back when I was in college and had no girlfriend. (Meanwhile there'd be lots of moans and squeaking coming from dorm rooms above and below me). It seemed to me like Valentines was more of an exc...use for Hallmark to sell cards and chocolates and shit, than it was an actual holiday to be cherished. And then there were all of those unintentionally hilarious collegiate conspiracy theories spawned by radical feminists about gender subordination, “V-day,” evil men this and evil men that, capitalist freaks, up with Joe Stalin, etc etc etc.
Since I got married, I use Valentines as an excuse to do what should be happening among loving couples (regardless of gender) 24-7-365. Otherwise, I couldn't care less about the "holiday,” which I still believe to be a fabrication meant for Hallmark, florists and candy maskers to reap big time profits from people who are sexually repressed the other 364 nights of the year. I'm all for making money in ethical, lawful fashion with minimal government interference, but I find the whole idea rather crass. So I skip most of the crap and buy only that which really matters. Heck, I can make my own cards, too. I am not an artistic genius yet I do have some skills.
True love shouldn't drain your pocketbooks, folks!
PROTIP: Buy the little Necco had wafer hearts, the ones that taste like flavored ash, in the days after Valentines. They will be a lot cheaper, and by this time next year they will still be just as hard and still taste like sugary ash. (Or tart fruity ash!) It wouldn't surprise me if actual volcanic ash was used in their manufacturing.
