It's the candy hearts in general. They've had some out at my (otherwise wonderful) coffee shop for the past week. The first time I saw them I could not keep the sneer from my face.
I would also like to politely request that De Beers and all other diamond vendors STFU immediately. If I hear one more commercial intimating that the hearts of women everywhere are irreparably shattered when their husbands/boyfriends/sons fail to buy them diamonds on February 14th, I am pretty sure my own heart will explode with rage and irritation.
If Kay Jewelers would just change their commercial song to "Every Killing begins with "Kay", then I'd buy a fuck-ton of diamonds! To kill people with, of course...
Embarrassing fact: it took me YEARS to realize that the point of that jingle was a spelling pun. I thought they were actually saying that no one gets a kiss unless you buy jewelry from them, so I just tuned those commercials out entirely for making such a ridiculous claim.
The same thing happened with that expression for lost things, "It'll be in the last place you look." I would just sort of laugh uncomprehendingly when people said that to me, because I thought it was just one of those dumb old sayings that make no sense. I mean, it's still a dumb old saying, but it kind of makes sense.
OK. So I'm not the only one. V actually had to sit me down and explain this to me. I felt really dumb. She still laughs whenever the commercial comes on and I look sheepish.
The worst thing about Valentine's Day is that the candy all seems to be really weak. For some reason, Easter and Halloween always get better candy assortments (although I will grant you that nothing is worse than Easter Peeps. They're nightmarish.)
Do not say that anywhere my mom is likely to read it, or I will be stuck putting up Deficit decorations with her and singing Deficit songs. You may think I'm kidding. She knows a lot of Tom Lehrer, and she's not afraid to deploy.
I think the commercial side of Valentine's Day is really, really annoying regardless... but especially so when you're single. My own complicated feelings are on record.
I'm not telling you not to like V-Day, just as I would hope you aren't telling me I should. If you're sick of people complaining about it every year, fair enough and mea culpa; but it's a drop in the bucket to the couple-up-or-fail bombardment on the other side.
Would you feel better about the holiday if you just imagined the Valentine's Day displays as representations of the Aztec sacrifices to their various deities, rendered in chocolate?
My birthday is the day after Valentine's Day. People would always give me the candy they left in their lockers in grade school. So eventually I saw it not as "Everyone hates conversation hearts", but "Everyone knows I love conversation hearts. They are just saving them for me. In the bottom of their locker." Hell I even like the sour ones. I am horrible.
I do hate Valentine's day though! I swear! If not for St. V, my birthday would still be a major holiday of animal sacrifice!
There must be something in the air today as my tolerance for all things Valentine’s is completely exhausted. The last straw, I believe, was last night when I popped into Wal*Mart* for some milk and there were THREE cages(the ones usually filled with giant playground balls), filled to bursting with pink and red plushies right when you walk into the damn store. I thought I was going to vomit. To make matters worse, there were two clueless teenage guys rummaging through one cage looking for a white bear, no, that one has too much red… she wants a white one. ARGH!!!
*I usually don’t shop there, really, because they are evil, but it was late and I had forgotten to buy milk at the local Fresh store and my God, I paid $3.19 for whole milk…
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Sometimes I R Dum.
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Agree completely on this holiday. As the kid put it, "What a great idea! Let's devote a whole day to making people feel inadequate!"
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No, I mean right this second. I'm trying to warn you.
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Okay, but how 'bout if...
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Wait a minute. I don't even enforce them.
fuck.
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http://www.lexrides.com/loverboy.htm
I think the commercial side of Valentine's Day is really, really annoying regardless... but especially so when you're single. My own complicated feelings are on record.
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Points for effort, though.
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I do hate Valentine's day though! I swear! If not for St. V, my birthday would still be a major holiday of animal sacrifice!
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*I usually don’t shop there, really, because they are evil, but it was late and I had forgotten to buy milk at the local Fresh store and my God, I paid $3.19 for whole milk…
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