as long as you don't wear red...

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no one got my last title. i'm sad. no one ever gets my titles either and they're often puns or song lyrics or pop culture references or...

okay bygones.
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damn i'm so glad i found bolthouse farms juice here. this shit is so fucking good. (they didn't have the green one though :(). that alone will get me shopping at loblaws again (that and the baby kiwis mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.)
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[i feel like i need to mention that this post isn't motivated by anyone or anything in my life. it's just what i think about around this time of year]

postsecret is all about love and hearts this week. not really what i'm in the mood for i confess. my bookstore sent out a little mailer for a contest to win some bonbons for 'singles awareness day' which cracks me up. what a fantastic counterexpression. much better than mine which has been 'happy vd day' for years.

no, no one ever gets it.

i've recently been informed that in latin cultures they don't celebrate february 14th the same way we do. in fact it's a love AND friendship day. so groups of friends will get together to celebrate their love for each other and that sort of thing.

this seems a lot healthier than the north american way. especially if you consider just how many supremely miserable people there are in the world because of such pressure filled days as valentines.

i mean really, if you have a long term significant other it's fine because you both know what you want and how to deal with the day. but what do you do if it's your first date? your third date? your birthday? your tenth date? you have to work? your six month anniversary? okay even by the six month point you probably have an idea what you each want out of something like hearts and flowers day. maybe.

take me for example. roses are nice and all but they don't do it for me. lilies? orchids? giant tropical hawaiian flowers? for fuckin' sure. but roses? they just don't do it the same way. well i lie. there is something to be said for a single perfect rose... (and really there isn't a flower i don't like) or candy/chocolate? i can't stand milk chocolate. okay i can stand it because it has chocolate in it. but it doesn't do it for me the way really good dark chocolate will. [and no godiva is NOT really good chocolate... just in case anyone who loves a chocoholic is wondering]

cinnamon hearts? i am a total whore for those things. can't stop eating them. so if you love me you NEVER give them to me.

and? if we've had two dates and you show up fully hearts and flowers and ridiculous i'm going to think you're nuts. that's where the single flower comes in handy. you can't force romance after all and trying to overdo it with someone you barely know can be kind of a disaster.

anyway the point is that the traditional sort of methodology of singles awareness day really doesn't work for that many people and it ESPECIALLY doesn't work if you're single. which i nearly always am in february actually. so what are the rest of us supposed to do?

at least the marrieds have a shot at having something to do that isn't lame and may perhaps not involve a restaurant full of people trying to pretend they're in love. and if memory serves it's quite nice if you're in the second to eighth month of dating because you still want to get that silly and romantic with each other.

and that leaves everyone else.

the ones who are coming around to break up time
the ones who think hearts and flowers are silly but are nonetheless in love
the ones who are single and happy that way
the ones who are playing the field
the ones who have a significant other who cares deeply for valentines day
the ones who will pick up on singles awareness day (and often regret it the rest of the year)
the ones who don't give a shit
the ones who feel suicidal every february
the ones i'm not thinking of...

i think the coolest vd day activity i've heard of was actually organised by habitat for humanity. they have a home building day for singles on the saturday before vd day! how cool is that?

i mean if you're going to do something romantic and you're single i can't really imagine something better than building a house for a needy family while you're at it. my friend dj tried to do it but it was full already.

ah well. she would have had a great time actually.

so for those of you into romance (hi mom and dad!) please party responsibly. everyone else? please complain in blogland! [my comments especially!! *grin*]
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okay weirdest thing i ever heard of.

someone stole one of those portable 30 foot climbing walls. it weighs SIX THOUSAND POUNDS!!!

okay maybe not EVER heard of but damm it's weird.

first of all climbing is a way smaller community than anyone thinks it is so *someone* is going to hear about that wall and let the owners know. cause that's just not cool.

but seriously it's thirty feet high AND weighs six thousand pounds. wouldn't it be easier to build your own?

speaking of climbing i'm taking a week off. i'm moving well but my hands don't want to hold anything. seems like a sign from my body to me.
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happy sunday. i'm just finishing my laundry and now for hours of tv with some munchies (it's sick how healthy they are, baby kiwis, bananas, granola, almonds, sunflower seeds and maybe some pretzels and nutella. i've turned into a health nut even on veg out night. weird)

have a great evening you guys, i'll be in and out.