Love is near, prepared?

[yro Pedward]

Yus, it's that time again for Valentine's day coming soon! Whoo... are you prepared? Of couse you are, with a box of chocolates (yum), beautiful roses (watch the thorns), and any other loving activities you prepare this year (carnival!). So the question is, what do you plan of valentine's day?

[Twi]

I plan to sit at home and scowl at couples.

[Toshi]

twilightyoshi said:

I plan to sit at home and scowl at couples.

Word.

[Fluory]

I'm not going to do anything different than usual. I find that even in a relationship, Valentine's Day is the epitome of boring no matter what. And I don't like chocolate. :D

[Moot]

Nothing, considering the Mootette is away somewhere for the 14th.

[Digi]

I plan to go to school on Valentines? Nothing really special happens. It's just two days before my buddies birthday. Yep, it's really just a checkpoint for me so I don't forget his birthday. XD

[plebanshiren]

I actually have a girl in sights at my school, apperently she's very into me TRIPLE BONUS MULTIPLIER ! ! We'll soon see though ^ ^

[Yoshifrog]

I plan on running away from goth kids.
Why, might you ask? They all love me.
And I also plan on staying very near to Mr.Jazzy Boots cuz I'm hoping we can hitch a ride together and buy some rubber hands.
Don't ask.

[Chilaquiles]

Humbug to that Hallmark holiday.

[Masakuni]

Nothing really, though a day or so after that is a half-day at school, and I have an extended weekend then.

[Rackinac]

I'm gonna wear some goth halloween shirt. And stabby mcstab stab people. And eat chocolate. Resees~

I laugh at the 13 year old that has a boyfriend. It's too young in my opinion.

So I renamed it "Stabby McStab Stab"

And Yoshifrog, XD. I know the feeling, 'cept geeks. I have two guy friends who are totally geeks, not goth though. TRIPLE BONUS MULTIPLIER ! !

[emvee]

I honestly never put much into the day, mainly because I've always been single XD. However this year the boyfriend has something planned on the day before, so I guess I'll be spending V-Day alone, but the day before with him. *shrug*

[Yin]

I never really treated Valentine's day all that different from any other day. I'd probably just do things as always, school, read, computer. I might eat more chocolates than usual on that day, probably. Anyways, a friend of mine has a birthday after Valentine's day, it's just a reminder so I won't forget.

[yro Pedward]

I won't be doing anything special. Just sit and relax infront of my computer, or just watch some movies, or anything special on Cinemax channel.

[Yoshifrog]

twilight said:

And Yoshifrog, XD. I know the feeling, 'cept geeks. I have two guy friends who are totally geeks, not goth though. TRIPLE BONUS MULTIPLIER ! !

OMG I LOVE GEEKS. They are totally my best friends :9

[Not-Garr]

I plan on scowling at people who hate on Valentine's Day just for not being with someone. Sour grapes and all that annoys me.

[Rackinac]

Well, I just think that it is stupid to have ONE special day devoted to your loved one. That should be everyday. :3

[Zippy]

I don't plan on treating Valentines Day different from any other day of the year (other then replying to people who wish me a happy Valentines Day). Well, back in elementary school it used to be fun because we all got candy from other students, but I just never really cared about it really. Heh, I haven't experienced Valentines Day with a special girl of mine, mainly because I'm not good at staying in a relationship. If something gets in the way of how I usually go about my days, it just messes with me (and I've been with the demanding type before). XD

But anyways...nothing out of the ordinary for me.

[Contention]

What would possibly be the main subject of Valentines Day, and why has such moved to a "special occasion"?

It's always seemed, that out of all "well-celebrated" holidays, Valentines Day was for the most part overdone. Now, this thought is no sour-stricken perception on love, as love itself is a gift soaked through every pore. The day merely seems as an attempt to elaborate on one, unexplainable, emotion. When, love in itself, is an action best spontaneous. When the average viewer puts their eyes on Valentine's Day, many illusions pop the skull. Those of which always seem to be fluttered with sappy "cards" and dripping bags of lust, tied with ribbons and drenching with chocolate. Erotic scents fume the air; spreading by nostril to elongated nostril. Where they sit, perched, digging in. As if a garden itself had bloomed inwards, coveting all hearts with soft petals and dewy drops. Lovers kiss under a running sky, where stars are leaping and planets are seeping. Where the wind tustles at their hair, turning every lock and wrasping against their solemn flesh. Oh, the night that forever remains in all of time, that one "blissful" "orgasmic" day.

Or so the hopeful "dreamer" would say. Valentine's Day, in a sense, promotes a wrong take on the meaning of love. Some would remark that Valentine's Day is the day to "respect the love between a couple", but shouldn't that belong to any day they are together? Sure, it's interesting to have one event a year set aside in the name of love. But, why do couples have to do anything "special" for Valentine's Day? Why can't the love they express be "eventful" no matter what time of year the seasons may cast? Why can't a woman recieve a box of chocolates any ol' time? Why can't the things that take place on Valentine's day, be expressed more fluently throughout the whole relationship? The "cause" of the day, is indeed a very "giving" one. However, it just seems so out of context and somewhat estranged. Yet, in ways, celebrating Valentine's Day is like celebrating "National Wake Up Day". A special time, somewhere in October, where everyone wakes up in the morning and has eggs and bacon. And why would we celebrate this holiday? Why not! We should set aside a certain section of our lives, in order to honor the task of "getting ourselves up in the morning". Instead of having the same old cereal and milk, why not something "inventive" like gravy? You know, start the day with a smile. Why not make other goodies to, like "National Adventures to the Bathroom Day". Where instead of just going to do your business, you get to take a newspaper in with you as well. Heck, maybe even fit the whole TV in the restroom. Why not? Holidays for the things, that you can't help, that remain without reason.

It's not to say that love is not something to be honored. It's that pact, between two, when you know everything could always go right. Where you know that you will fight and bicker, but strife will soothe over and all will patch. Where you can look at anything, and constantly be reminded of the person you care for. When you see their face, and don't know what to say, but only wish to wrap your arms around them. All the diffrent ways we express it and show it, and at times, even flaunt it. Taking your loved ones out, buying them things; they all work, they all are "special". Yet, holding it to one day in "ceremony" seems so "disjointed". It provides one view on the emotion, a clean cut slice. Love is not a simple little book to read, and it's no "epic novel either". Love is a written text, that eyes can't see and fingers can't cross.