Valentine's Day is a mean holiday. First it makes people who aren't in love feel bad, then it makes those who are (or think they are) feel guilty about having to buy something to show just how much they love their significant other. What a crock: alienation or rampant consumerism.
i happen to be one of the lucky ones, i am pathetically in love... to quite an embarrassingly lame extent... but then again my favorite movie is Star Wars and i ride around on a Vespa so you'd think i would no longer be embarrassed about my lameness. Everyday is a bit of a holiday when you're in love.
The other day i realized that i am fully capable of expressing my anger and frustration in writing but have a difficult time describing happiness or enjoyment. The reason, i concluded, was because i have needed to develop ways to release anger and sadness but have never felt the need to quickly expel pleasant feelings.
On the same note, those of us in love don't need a holiday. Shouldn't holidays help to provide a positive feelling for all? St Patrick's Day is great because everyone is considered Irish for that day so all of you who aren't can be one with us that day and have a great time. Valentine's Day (as in St Valentine's Day) is an exclusive holiday to those who are in love.
It seems to me that there are only two options for keeping people from being excluded on this holiday:
1. Refuse to celebrate it
2. On Feb 14th everyone has to have sex with everyone else
As much as i enjoy sex i am not sure i want to have sex with EVERYONE. There are lots of diseases out there and i like my penis where it is, i don't want it rotting off on me. The only logical option seems to be a boycott of this day, so i for one will not be celebrating Valentine's Day.
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