my funny valentine

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be my valentine



Valentine's day...i have a love/hate thing about Valentine's Day. I think it is a big commecialized pile of crap, HOWEVER, as a lover all that is romantic, frilly, chocolate-y, flowery sentimental and indulgent, i LOVE the "visual" stimulation of is all. I never REALLY want to celebrate VD, yet i still do, sorta. I am thinking that my Mister would not really be all that into a big sappy card or cheesy VD sentiment. Sigh. I suppose i will have to use my imagination this year. I hate valentine's day for the way it makes people feel bad. I never wanted flowers for VD until i worked as an receptionist and had to hand out the 10000 bouquets that came for the girls in the office. It made me feel like the red-haired stepchild when normally i would not have given a flying fuck to the moon about whether thier muggle husbands and boyfriends sent them flowers. And i hate the way it makes single people feel lonely and inadequate. It sucks that there is this holiday that has the power to make some people feel like they are floating and others like they are drowning. All so that lots and lots of cards emblazoned with false sentiments and all the other commercial trappings of "LOVE" can be sold. Bleh. Give me REAL romance, random flowers, an unexpected embrace. A handmade valentine. a genuine smile. Those are the REAL treasures that you can't buy at Hallmark.

Ok, enough of that.

Got an email that confirmed that the app for Mutation was recieved. Still don't know if i got in. I don't have very high hopes at this point, but whatever. The RIGHT thing will happen, whatever that may be. Meanwhile, i have a brand new batch of freshly made bars of soap to package up, a new tacky bag in the works, and a tree to finish embroidering. I just got something wonderful to read : http://www.sundress.net/wickedalice/.
I ordered the new 2005 edition, and they sent me the 2004 edition too, just because!!!! So now i have two lovely new poetry zines to devour. Everything is really really good, valentine's day or not. I don't need a day of love, I have love all year!!! And for all my peeps who are NOT celebrating this day with a significant other...well, you are ALL my favorite funny Valentines today. Love, hugs and kisses to you all.