Monday, February 12th, 2007...10:56 pm
Anti-Valentine’s Day Cards — why didn’t I think of this?
Yet another brilliant idea not conceived by me. And I so could have. For so many years, I’ve dreaded Valentine’s day and had to give inner speech after inner speech about its commercialism and Madison Avenue creation financed by Hallmark. How I’m okay. How not having a Valentine does not make you a loser (usually there are other factors, too). Converting it to a girls’ night out with other singles, groups of us spitting at the lovey-dovey couples, snarling at the commercials, ordering rounds of marg’s-rocks-no salt, dancing on the graves of sweet, heart-shaped boxes of lame, flavorless milk (ugh) chocolates. Who’da thunk? If only I’d channel that ire and tequila into cold, hard cash. Yes, people, the greeting card industry. And not just that, there’s mugs, picture frames, candles, t-shirts….the merchandising is unlimited, as George Lucas has taught us. Ironically, now it is that very industry capitalizing on mocking itself. Very crafty, indeed. Now, where do I buy one of those cards…..?
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7 Comments
February 13th, 2007 at 8:55 am
Usually I’m the first one with the banner of, “COMMERCIALISM” (you’ll hear me the most at Christmas). I don’t why Valentine’s Day doesn’t bring that out in me. It should, it isn’t even based on a pagan holiday! It must be the candy.
February 13th, 2007 at 7:37 pm
The origins of Valentine’s Day, like the origins of love itself, are somewhat obscure — a combination of myth, history, destiny, chance and marketing.
Legend has it that a certain third-century priest named Valentine persisted in performing marriage ceremonies despite a ban by the Roman emperor Claudius II (Claudius was persuaded that single men made better soldiers for his army). Thrown into jail, Valentine formed a relationship with his jailor’s daughter (some say he cured her blindness) and he signed his last message to her “From your Valentine,” a phrase which still gets a lot of mileage.
St. Valentine was executed on February 14, circa the year 270, and his remains (probably his, but there were two other Christian martyrs called Valentine) are now on display in the Whitefriar Street Carmelite Church in Dublin.
(answers.com)
February 14th, 2007 at 2:07 pm
So, a martyred anti-war, marriage-obsessed priest leads to Valentine’s Day? Since when does Valentine’s day have anything to do with marriage…?? ;p
February 14th, 2007 at 3:30 pm
Ho! Ho! Ho! You are so funny. Oh, I’m sorry, were you serious?
Did you know that your website has, not one, not two, but three Valentine Day advertisements?
February 15th, 2007 at 9:23 am
What does this mean;
“Your comment is awaiting moderation”. It’s been waiting for almost 24 hours. Not that it really matters too much I guess. It was kind of a stupid comment anyway.
February 15th, 2007 at 11:42 am
See, what’d I say about commercialism?? Good ol Google ads! I also had one about a website to hook up with cheating wives!
February 15th, 2007 at 5:45 pm
Awaiting moderation is a filtering system for the comments on this blog to make sure no spam is put on or other “undesirables.” Usually I am notified fast, but the emailing from this site has been slow the last few days. Maybe they are working on something. Sorry for the delay. Be patient!
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