Thats how Japanese people would say it because they can’t pronounce their L’s. But aside from that……
So, we find ourselves at the threshold once again at another materialistic, consumeristic, and Social Convention-istic time in the year…..Thats right, VARRENTINES.
I read through a friends blog (Whitney) and read her post. It was about the article she wrote for the Union newspaper back in our 06-07 year. And I have to say that I really completely agree. Statistics from across the United States state that Valentines Day has perhaps the highest rate of concentrated suicides throughout the year. And that got me thinking, all sensitivity aside:
What the fuck are you idiots thinking?
Come the fuck on and wake the fuck up. You are really going to waste 17-18 years of your life because you feel lonely on one miserable, godforsaken day? You ought to be ashamed of yourself. From me, you are not going to get a pat on the shoulder and comforting words such as “I’m sorry you’re feeling terrible.” or “Its okay, I’m really lonely too!” No, none of that. You’re going to get a “What the FUCK were/are you thinking?”
I do apologize for that because it was truly insensitive, but I like to think that I am speaking the hard truth with the above rant. Grow up. Realize that you’re life is not worth one day of materialistic suicide. Ask yourself, are you really going to die for one day you feel absolutely despairingly lonely? No, it makes absolutely no sense at all.
Ladies and gentlemen, what you all must know is that Valentines is not a day focused upon bringing about misery to us single folks. Valentines is the celebration of the ideal of human connection through the means of love. That means the love between your fellow human beings, your brothers and sisters of all shades of colors. Valentines day is not a day of lust, chocolate, or despair of being single. Valentines day is a day to express humanity and the ultimate, human unique idea that is love. No animal in the world shares this common ideal except us humans. We are the only one’s who understand this concept of love, so we take this day, this evolution of a day, to give thanks to creation for allowing us to understand this concept of love. We express our gratitude to our fellow man by celebrating love with each other. It does not mean one has to get into a relationship and elope, but it can be as easy as shaking hands or giving a hug to someone to communicate this idea of human relation and the love that we share amongst each other.
SO!
I entreat everyone: look past this materialistic day. See it for what it really is. A day of love. A day of gratitude. A day of thankfulness to our fellow man. A day of conveying and communing this concept of love to our neighbors. By all means, share chocolates and cards and music and love and all that. But just remember that tomorrow is not about relationships and love, but the concept of love and society and that ever present link they share in our world today. So lets go out there tomorrow, happy and proud of who we are, and show some real love to everyone out there be it woman, man, or beast. Lets just show some love.
