Valentine's Day
So, the usual, cynical entry by a single adolescent on Valentine's Day would be something along the lines of "Valentine's Day is so over-rated, blah, blah, blah." However, I wholeheartedly disagree with this, for the following 3 reasons:
1) Valentine's Day is not a poor excuse by Hallmark and Godiva to capitalize on America's consumer culture. In fact, I find Valentine's Day to be a beautiful reminder that we should take some time out to appreciate those we love. Just like we are supposed to take a day to especially remember our secretaries, our moms, our dads, or the birth of our saviors, we should also take some time out to cherish those we hold most dear in our lives. Though we "should" cherish our loved ones every day, our lives are hectic, and we can often forget the little things. I am not saying that this is okay, nor am I saying that this is reprehensible, but sometimes we all just need a little reminder to take some time out and spend some quality time with our significant others.
2) One does not have to have a "date" or "significant other" to truly enjoy Valentine's Day. For instance, this evening Stef and I enjoyed back to back screenings of "When Harry Met Sally" and "The Thomas Crown Affair" (the new one). "When you realize you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody, you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible."~WHMS. We had sushi and ice cream, and thoroughly enjoyed ourselves. There is nothing second-rate about spending Valentine's Day with friends, since we do love our friends, at least in a Platonic sense.
3)If you are single, and feel the need to have some sort of "date" on Valentine's Day, just go down to your local bar/hang out place/library. There will be plenty of males/females who feel exactly the same way you do, and would do anything (even hook-up with you!) to get the pleasure of sexiling their roommate. As for me, I have the room to myself this weekend, and thus there would be no one to sexile, and thus no need to go out of my way to pick up a girl.
And so, Happy Valentine's Day!