Things I love: Valentine’s Day
I know it’s hard to believe. Or maybe it isn’t. But for the most part when I reveal to my friends that Valentine’s Day is second only to Halloween for me (I have a bit of a candy thing), they’re always a little surprised. I’m this crazy hipster who hates romance and wears almost all black (in a New York way, not a gothy way). I write stuff where love tears down governments and kills people. I listen to angsty folk music and I was a vegetarian up until three days ago. By all accounts I should not like Valentine’s Day. I should pass it off as a holiday created by card companies to sell more crap. And I guess I don’t like it.
I fucking love it.
There’s one very simple reason why: It is a single day in the middle of what I consider to be the bleakest month of all to tell everyone that you love them and eat heart shaped candies to celebrate that love.
I want to punch all the people who call it national single awareness day. Because you’ve got family and friends that love you. If you’re on the internet as much as I am, you’ve got people you’ve never met that love you. And that’s kind of awesome.
So embrace this great day, eat a crap ton of candy hearts that say things like “ur cute” and “luv u,” and tell everyone that you love that you love them.
Couldn’t agree more. I’m not really in V-day for the sappy stuff, more for the candy. But I’m not going to be a sourpuss either for those who really love the holiday. Besides, bitterness only hurts ourselves.
By the way, by “was vegetarian” does that mean you currently enjoy bacon?
Exactly!
Also I enjoyed bacon for the first time in a year today and it was the best.
Mmm, glad you made it back to bacon. Sure it’s important to be healthy, but it’s also important to enjoy bacon.