babble
Monday, February 10, 2003
Unless you live under a rock, in which case I'd like to commend you on your network connectivity, you know that the over-hyped Hallmark holiday known as "Valentine's Day" is fast approaching. I usually just ignore this so-called holiday for a couple of reasons - I absolutely despise forced celebrations, and I think it's basically just a marketing ploy to part lovesick people with their hard-earned ca$hmoneys. However, for some reason I feel compelled to get my lovely girlfriend something. My mad pimpin' friend Steve thinks it's because I want to get laid, but really, I'm doing it for love. (Coughbullshitcough)
Anyway, I've had a hard time trying to think up something to get her, and all of these fucking ads in the Sunday paper and on the teevee aren't helping. All they show are these hideously ugly heart-shaped pendants and floofy teddy bears and shit. Neither of us like that kind of crap, though I've been threatening Liz with heart-shaped jewelry gifts because she keeps singing Lionel Richie songs to me and then they get stuck in my head. But aside from any retaliatory "gifts" like that, I'm completely at a loss. I could take her out for a romantic candlelit dinner, but like red roses, dinners on Valentine's Day cost more than neurosurgery. I could buy her jewelry, but I don't know her ring size, she rarely wears necklaces, and she usually wears leather bracelets if she wears any at all. I'd get her lingerie, but really, it'd be off her and on the floor in two seconds, and if all I wanted was a pretty decorative floor accent I could just buy a lace doily at the 99 cent store and be done with it.
I don't know why I'm even thinking about this - I hate this phony mass-marketed bullshit that attempts to make people feel inadequate if they don't express their love (or lust or fear of being alone) at the exact same time as a few million other poor saps are doing it. Why can't we all just express how we feel on a random day, just because? I hate that we buy into the commercialization of emotions. I say, we should all rise up and fight our greeting card industry oppressors! Stop the mass-marketed holidays! Stop the forced sentiments! Shun those red-trimmed teddy bears and heart-shaped created ruby earrings! Fight the power!
babbled by Kat @ 2:38:00 PM |
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