[begin rant]
Well, I’ve been thinking about it and decided I would be remiss in my confirmed bachelor status if I did not post some message grumbling about Hallmarktines Day. Once again another year has passed by on this “holiday” where I was made to listen to all the sappy lovey dovey tripe spewed by all the students at the college. To make matters worse it was someones brilliant idea to stick me out in public with a laptop trying to convince students of the merits of using the library’s resources from home. The students could care less, all they were conscerend about was if thier significant other would put out tonight after a fancy dinners. GAG. By 11:30 a.m. I couldn’t take another student dressed in pink or red droning on about their plans for the evening. Even the rather dreary male bashing, fight the power “rap” of the dreadlock having, hyperactive, chatter box, 20 something “original woman” student could not break the loveyness of the student body. Even the one student I overheard wimpering about how she couldn’t register for face book because she didn’t have a college email address was two wrapped up in trying to pick up the guy she was complaining to to even bother taking the handout that provided the EXACT information she was whining about. To me this is a holiday that does nothing but give people another excuse to be demanding and greedy. If you love someone, heres a novel idea… Tell them… You don’t need some stupid little greeting card holiday to do it. Tell them every day. You are not guarnteed to ever see another Valentines day together. Buy them flowers just because. Buy them chocolates, not because some cherub threatens you with an arrow, buy it becasue you know the person you love will enjoy them. Give them a card for absolutly no reson, Hallmark makes those too…
Well that’s it… thats my feelings on the “holiday” in a nutshell…
If you will now excuse me, I need to go stop Lisa Simpson from giving me a pity valentine saying “I Choo Choo Choose you”…
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