My high school (student body) is celebrating today with Hush Day. Every girl gets a heart (I still got mine) and they cannot talk to a boy in any way. TAs and teachers are exempt for obvious reasons. The point is for the guy to get a girl to say something to him so he can take her heart. The guy at the end of the day is cresened(sp?) Mr. Iressistable.

I'll note that the student council did this, not the school; the school just said 'ok'.

Is it me or are the hearts a metaphor for something? Maybe it's the feminist in me.

As archaic and sexist it may possibly be, I never turn down a challenge. I'm extremely competitive. Too much pride to give up my heart. God, that last sentence sounds like a pop song or something.

yuck that hush day thing sounds real lame

I can think of at least 5 ways that's wrong but why bother enumerating them. I hate Valentine's day - there's no better way to take the fun out of things than to make something expected.

"Too Much Pride to Give Up My Heart" was the B-side of Will To Power's highly successful crap-cover of Peter Frampton's "Baby, I Love Your Way."

And here's a little candy heart narrative for the inter-nerds.

Awww..thanks, Jess! And you rock.

And yes, that Hush day thing is sick.

I actually like Valentine's Day. Come on. All the best chocolate's in one place and on sale, friends send me flowers, jewelry's discounted...it's actually a perfect holiday for a single woman, really.
At least in my opinion. :)

I've never been much of a fan of Valentine's day, but I do stock up on candy when the stores slash prices.

I actually had a guy come up to me last year on my way home from work and ask me why I didn't have any flowers. At the time I think I said something like "I don't believe in all that crap" but I've since come up with livelier replies:

"Because you didn't buy me any, stud."

"Because every living thing I touch wilts and dies."

"Because my boyfriend knows I'd prefer a six-pack."

"Because my girlfriend is waiting at home with them."

Thanks for the thoughts. Affections back at you...

...even from this 46-year-old, 24-year-tech writer, 25-year-husband, two-adult-sons parent.

...sigh.

I don't really enjoy Valentine's day. The expected exchange of cards, candy, flowers or what have you, makes me feel extremely awkward. It feels especially weird when my fiance and I do nice things for eachother at any time- not just one day of the year. It kind of seems pointless to do the same thing on Valentine's day that we do any other time.

The day is also particularly stressful for my fiance. Last year his mother called him, crying, upset that he didn't send her flowers, a card and candy, when it wasn't even something he'd done before. Therefore, she had no reason to expect it. She's a messed up woman.

And is there nothing stranger than giving someone the reproductive organs of plants to show you love them?

Thanks, Jessica... candiless love back at you.

"And is there nothing stranger than giving someone the reproductive organs of plants to show you love them?"
--RedDragoness

Yes. Change "plants" to "animals" in the above sentence and you have it. What a great mental image! Happy Valentine's day!

Happy VD.

Now there is a reason why I dislike a day supposedly for lovers. But happy VD anyway, everybody.

Oh, and "heteronormative"? I know a lesbian couple who are going all out.

Happy Valentines Day, Jessica!!!!!

VD can suck. Even in grade school, I used to write HAPPY VD. One kid always started crying because he didn't get valentines and we always got a lecture asking why we didn't give Chuckie any valentines.

Update: I won. No one got me to talk. I'm that stubborn. It was kinda stupid, but it occupied my time because my classes this term are hella easy and kinda boring.

Though I think it would be more fun for me if I could win them back. I'd get a lot.

Really the only benefit I got from it was to find ways of communication without speaking and improving my pantomime skills. I rock at pantomime now, at least considering that I sucked before.

Am I the only one who goes with the whole "I don't celebrate Valentine's Day because it's a Christian holiday and I'm not a Christian"? Yes, I know. It's a Hallmark holdiay. My response to that is:
a) it's named after a saint
and
b) I'm not a Hallmark, either.

I'm single now, but I've always discouraged boyfriends from making a big deal out of a day that isn't important to me. A romantic dinner on VD isn't all that special. A romantic dinner on a random Tuesday night when I'm not expecting it - that's romantic.

Thanks Jessica! First Valentine of the day. :)

I had to laugh. I've received two Valentine's Day greetings today, via email. Both from small online digital media stores urging me to celebrate the day by buying a 100-pack of blank 16x DVD-R's for only $33.99.

My roommates and I, all single (some of us more recently so than others) are celebrating by going to a fancy dessert place tonight.

Whenever I was in a relationship for Valentine's Day I never thought it was weird. Of course I was in high school so our ability to do spontaneous nice things for each other was a little limited (one year the BF and I were in a play together and Valentine's Day was during show week, so we postponed it to that Saturday. He still showed up at school that day with a rose though).

I guess you guys will do. Happy Valentine's Day.

Gee, thanks for the ringing endorsement. Right back at ya.

Seriously, thanks for all your splendid efforts here, teaching me and countless others so much.