It's Valentine's Day again! Good gosh, I can't even type the words without throwing up a little in my mouth.
It's not that I hate Valentine's day, I just hate what it stands for, where stupid couples who dress in stupid colour-coordinated outfits with their stupid stuffed toys and their stupid public displays of affection.
Love is often viewed through the eyes of the insane. Okay, that's not entirely true. Love is also sometimes viewed through the eyes of the really dumb. Of course, love isn't always portrayed as idiotic. In Hollywood, it's usually superficial, and the guy always get the girl of his choice, which is never the case in reality.
I'm not a love Scrooge with a heart that's already turned to stone, or perhaps I am. Far from it, really. I'm most definitely a romantic at heart. Perhaps that's the main reason why I resent such superficial and horrendous displays of affection. You can do that all the time, at your own time, in a motel room, in the basement car park, in the lift, in the subway etc. why do you have to wait for Valentine's Day to do it even more? I just don't understand it.
What I also really don't appreciate is the continuous and utterly long stream of love songs on the airwaves, played over and over and over again and again like a broken record. Grow up people!
February 14 is the culmination of every asinine idea of what love is supposed to be. From the little turqoise box from Tiffany & Co., to the bed of roses, a fancy dinner, happily ever-after, the kiss in the rain. None of this actually has anything to do with love - it has everything to do with being in love with the idea of being in love.
I'm not delusional. I know we'll never be rid of the cash cow that is Valentine's Day (suppressing gag reflex!). So with everything else in life that we can't change, I've learned to take a more constructive view of the situation, roll my eyes and move on.
Valentine's Day is a wonderful way to sieve out the people you shouldn't date. And last but not least, love is really, really grand. Genetics, however, is everything!
And oh, let's not forget the sex...I wonder what will happen if everyone has an orgasm at the exact same moment, will the Earth will be swallowed up by a black hole?
Hmmm...
