Need to get this off of my chest.

OK, it's Tuesday, February 14th, 2012. valentines day... Can we just say this is the most stupid semi-holiday ever invented. It is nothing more than an excuse for Hallmark and American Greetings to create useless cards that say what you should say to your loved ones everyday, a reason for candy companies to jack up prices, along with florists, and then resturants to be overbooked so your 6:30 reservation gets you seated at 8:30, and they are all out of the valentines day special they advertised to get you to make the damn reservation in the first place. It is a day for popular kids at school to have their valentines boxes over stuffed and nerds like me to feel left out. A day for spending money on another useless stuffed animal that you know will end up in a D.I. pile in less than a years time. A day when mom and/or dad to console their child that "I'm sure it was just an accidental oversight that the person they have a crush on didn't send you a valentine."

Needless to say, I have not had great luck with valentines day in the past, and every year that passes, puts me into a deeper depression because it just doesn't live up to its' hype. I just can't wait until I have to console Sophia on the let down of the day. That is why I choose to celebrate unvalentines day. I do not send flowers or chocolates on Feb 14th, I do not buy valentines day cards (especially at $6.00 a pop), I choose to wear black rather than red, and I wish people Happy V.D. Most people think I am wishing them a shorthand version of valentines day, but I am talking about the STD's that they are bound to get from sleeping around on the 14th of February.

I shop around and find a florist that will deliver for a reasonable rate at least a week before the dreaded day. I give chocolates for Christmas, I give cards just for the hell of it throughout the year, and I write my own mushy message instead of a meaningless message written by a complete stranger that is supposed to convey my thoughts and feelings.

So, if you were expecting a greeting from me this, the most meaningless day of days, I'm sorry to disappoint you, look for green beer in your mailbox in about a month, for the 2nd most meaningless holiday on the calendar. And to top it all off, most employers ignore all semi-holidays between New Years Day and Memorial Day, thus forcing those in slave labor to work more than five months without a day off other than weekends, and soemtimes not even weekends are off in February-the middle of May. So if you choose to celebrate valentines, enjoy it knowing you are getting ripped off, and if you agree with me, wait until tomorrow to tell that special someone that your world revolves around them and you can't wait for the next day they have off to spend with you. Begrudgingly greetings from an unsupporter of February 14th. There, now I feel better. Thanks for reading.