Yes. I would love to kick Cupid’s ass.
Impy is one of those people that really just gets bored and annoyed that people need a certain day to ‘be romantic’.Can people not do random acts of love without the requirement of a yearly calander date?
For one the price of roses goes through the roof at this time of the year. Funny that. Let’s bleed people’s wallets dry cause you HAVE to buy roses because it’s oooo it’s Valentine’s Day and it’s ‘romantic’.
The poor dude that buys them will have to live on two minute noodles for the rest of the month because he spent all his wages on flowers he can’t afford.
If you have had anything resembling a date in the past couple of months this yearly holiday makes people do stupid shit like the “where is this going” talk. They don’t go making cards that say “I think I like you but right now it’s too soon to tell, so here’s a card and that’s it”. It puts silly pressure on people to ‘perform’. To display their love.
The generic teddy bears and love heart chocolate boxes and all that hoohah? They suck.
So do all the cards.
Go ahead and call me bitter. I’m not.
Valentines Day has been turned into yet another mass produced media frenzy for consumers to spend money on useless shit and I don’t understand why there should be ‘one’ day to celebrate loving someone. It’s bullshit. Everyday you are with someone special that you adore should be special in some way. You don’t need to say it with expensive, over priced crap. Surprise the people you love in your life with random acts of love.
Don’t be a sheep.
And if you are single …. HAPPY SINGLES AWARENESS DAY. I’m wearing black. I’m having a party.
Cupid has a fucking lot to answer for.
Corrupted fucker.
Tristan's pet
on Feb 14th, 2010
@ 00:31:
Abso-fucking-lutely!
The boss & I will be studiously ignoring Valentine’s day. It’s become just yet another money grabbing exercise *nods*.
Tp xx
viemoira
on Feb 14th, 2010
@ 08:26:
I’ve always hated v day. Took the oldest to see the Valentine’s Day movie last night and got a kick out of a charecter that felt the same and threw “hate v day” parties each year.
thepinkpoppet
on Feb 14th, 2010
@ 10:17:
I likewise feel pretty much the same as you and many others do about this “fabricated to make you spend your money and declare your undying devotion” day. Hallmark and the chocolate makers of the world are all screaming at us and telling people to not listen to nay sayers such as ourselves, but I say it proudly and loudly…”Tell your sweetie you love them, show it to them EVERY day of the year. Maybe surprise them with little things that you sincerely give from the heart (as opposed to feeling pressured to buy) once in a while at random times..not some pre-designated date on a fucking calender.” Speaking as a woman who has been married to my Cap’n for over 28 years now (and no, his is not the only relationship I ever had–there were many others so yes, I do have more experience than most realize)…couples should not only take this one puny day a year to declare their feelings due to the pressure of a vanilla-sided society that cannot feel comfortable with any other form of affection, love, companionship, relationship outside of a Hallmark card and a box of candies and a bouquet of overpriced flowers. Tell your partner, what or whoever that is, every damned day of the year! I am not against LOVE in the least bit, hell, I’ve been in love and am still in love. But I am against any superficial, artificially created and mandated decree that disallows me to be myself and wants me to conform to societies dictates. I AM A UNIQUE INDIVIDUAL! I DO THINGS MY WAY! I DO NOT CONFORM! Now stepping off my soapbox…but still seething. (sorry Impy–but I needed to get that out of my system.)Hugs to you hon.
Chloe
on Feb 14th, 2010
@ 13:28:
I swear, the amount of hate getting slung around on Valentine’s Day is fast approaching the amount of love… Which is sad. Because as bad as commercialism is (and it’s bad and annoying, yes yes yes!), I dislike the spreading of ill-will and hate even more.
C’mon now, guys… Know love no hate!
~Chloe
vanimp
on Feb 14th, 2010
@ 13:32:
Lol I’m celebrating Happy Singles Awareness today
vanimp
on Feb 14th, 2010
@ 16:53:
Hmm this has been bugging me. It was never intended to spread hate. A dislike of a manufactured holiday yes. Also a wake up call to all the peoples out there waffling on about it when there are countless single people out there who don’t enjoy the day. All the new couples who feel pressured into performing because of a calender date. Some of those people single and attached also find Valentine’s Day to be tedious.
At not any point have I intended nor anyone for that matter that one should spread ill will and hate. I’m not a big fan of what Xmas has been turned into as well. But any occassion should be celebrated if it’s important to you
thepinkpoppet
on Feb 14th, 2010
@ 17:49:
Just a little postscript here to clarify my earlier comments…I am NOT against Valentines Day, per se, I am NOT against love in the least. I am not even against people celebrating the day. What I detest is when people choose to make that one day the ONLY day they tell their loved ones how they feel– or– when they feel compelled to show it in some way that they normally would not do (flowers, jewelry, cards, candy,ect) except for the fact they feel pressured to do so because of the holiday. I just think people should show their partners the same attention 365 days a year, not just Feb 14th. Sorry if anyone thought I was anti-Valentines or anti-Love. Hugs.
vanimp
on Feb 14th, 2010
@ 17:51:
Hehe what poppet said totally. Love should not be about one day a year
Chloe
on Feb 14th, 2010
@ 18:32:
I know it’s not your intent (or probably the intent of many people who get down on Valentine’s Day) to spread hate… Hate might even be too strong word. (Though I do see a lot of “I hate it!” from lots of other people on the same topic, so maybe not!)
But I’ll admit, there is a fairly blatant suggestion on the part of nearly everyone who bashes Valentine’s Day that simply because people choose to celebrate it, they somehow are too stupid or cold or unloving to figure out that you should show love at other times. That’s kinda insulting, you know?
I celebrate Mother’s Day too. I can assure people that doesn’t imply I don’t celebrate my mother or do incredibly kind things for her at other times. And just because I might choose to celebrate Valentine’s Day doesn’t mean I am in ANY way someone who doesn’t commit rogue acts of love all the time. I don’t know what that assumption/attack is based on, actually. I’ve never known a single person who only does romantic things on Valentine’s Day… (Now I’m beginning to wonder what kind of weirdos you all spend time with! :p)
I’ve also never minded people enjoying the day even when I wasn’t. (And for the record, I’ve NEVER had a romantic, sweet, or memorable Valentine’s Day. Not once. No, seriously, not ONCE. It’s almost of a shame I’m not bitter about it – I could do a REALLY good job of it.)
Don’t get me wrong, the commercializing of the holiday is eye-rollingly ridiculous. So is the commercialism of Easter. And Christmas. And television. And nearly every website ever. And sports. And heck, all the references to men forgetting anniversaries to try to get them to buy things? And kids’ birthday parties are out of goddamn control these days. And … Well, hell, the whole friggin’ world it seems! It annoys me, sure. And once in a while I think, for a second, the Mormons have it right. But, meh. That’s life these days! I listen to NPR so I don’t hear as many commercials on the radio, I DVR tv shows so I don’t see commercials, I make my own greeting cards when I want to send someone some paper-lovin’. Commercialism can only truly irritate me THAT much if I let it. I don’t let it.
I guess it’s just kind of sad to see SO much negativity from SO many people on Valentine’s Day especially when it’s coupled with advice like “be loving ALL the time.” If the best thing was truly to be committing random acts of love as often as possible, I’d rather see that than a diatribe, you know?
(Clearly, I should do my own Valentine’s Day post tomorrow. I’m rambling lots and it’s late and I keep yawning so much my eyes are watering and I can’t see the screen…)
I will close with this Very Important Point Designed To Undermine Everything Else I Said: Holidays involving chocolate or large sums of cash are always good. The television and my innate American greed tell me so.
*bows*
*yawns*
*stumbles to bed*
<3
Chloe
Sephani Paige
on Feb 14th, 2010
@ 22:55:
So I was playing around with GIMP last night, downloading grunge brushes and other bits-n-bobs, checking out new fonts….and I think I found the font you have on your banner
I was just looking at a finished bit of work I did with text on it and I said…”hmmmm that looks familiar…wait…I’VE SEEN THAT BEFORE!!!” ooops 
vanimp
on Feb 14th, 2010
@ 23:00:
Hehe it’s called Bleeding Cowboys
Sephani Paige
on Feb 15th, 2010
@ 21:19:
yup, that’s the one! of course the only way I recognized it was by the “n” lol
doubleknot
on Feb 18th, 2010
@ 15:14:
meh, I worked all day on V-day. One of my co-workers got flowers sent to work from her dude, but I think he is in Iraq, so it was tres cool.
M and I don’t really celebrate V-day either.
And, I’m staying neatly out of the above-noted controversy!