Valentine's Day

Valentine's Day is shit. Here's why.

First, how many of you omit the possessive apostrophe and write "Valentines Day?" You know it's the day of St Valentine, right? Following from that, how many of you write "Valentines Day" after posting an annoying meme on Facebook to show the world you know how to use some form(s) of punctuation? Well Captain Awesome, now that you can demonstrate the difference between:

(i) "A woman, without her man, is nothing" and;

(ii) "A woman: without her, man is nothing,"

maybe you could learn to use a fucking apostrophe.

Of course I'm only using one form of smarm to criticise another but the message of this blog is that everything is shit and that includes me. Naturally, I'm single and unlovable and VD is another slap in the face but that's not the motivation for this post.

The greater problem with VD (yep, that's the joke, you got it, well done) is that it's yet another conduit for those without their own thoughts to blindly do as they're told by external entities, not just with the lubby-dubby crap but with our gender roles. Men, buy a tacky card cos Hallmark told you to. Men, spend thirty times the regular price on a single bloody rose which will die in a week cos the florist told you to. Ladies, don't be so fucking frigid and put out for once, even though we all know it's only men who enjoy sex. This is the one day a year that men NEED to show their women (obviously) that they appreciate them by following the well prescribed "idiot's-guide-to-stuff-girls-like" you've seen on every bullshit TV show and movie. Dontcha go stepping out of your gender roles or anything. This is a time warp. The 1950s ended over half a century ago but not on February 14. Every other day of the year, blokes can be a complete tools cos there's always/only Valentine's Day when we can show we care by doing the things society has told us that we can do to show we care. Men, we've put it into a window and institutionalised it so we won't look like sissies.

Well fuck that.

My heart is well and truly broken on VD because I've got to watch normally thinking adults be dictated to without regard for logic.

Here's some Harry Nilsson, not for any of my ex-girlfriends but for everyone who fell into the quagmire of VD.