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I have no beef with Valentine's Day. I mean, I don't really celebrate it, unless I happen to be in a drugstore and get drawn in by something shiny and red and chocolate, but I'm not sure that even qualifies as celebrating, just consuming. Yeah, it's shlocky and contrived but that can be said about any holiday, any tradition, I suppose. I guess I'm sort of against any obligation towards anything, and right now I feel like I have a choice of two obligations:
1. participating in the red/pink/white heart-shaped candy and card giving; OR
2. railing on about how it's a fake holiday, it's biased against people in relationship and/or it's a holiday for people who aren't creative and don't know how to do nice things to their romantic partner.
So I'm choosing indifference, which comes with no obligation. Unless it's part of the larger cultural obligation towards apathy? Ok, that's too much.
I found an AMAZING tie at the thrift store today, but while walking around the price tag fell off and I didn't realize it until I got to the cashier so they wouldn't let me buy it. I was mad. And committed. I think I might go back tomorrow. I did find some new pants, but don't worry![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
mintwaster, I'm still lacking good pairs in gray and black. I might wait until next Monday because all Village thrift stores are having President's day sales where everything is half-off. Except that might be scary.
I got a dental card in the mail last week. I'm happy to go to a dentist I don't have to pay for, except I'm scared because it's been so long since I went. Be on the lookout for more anxiety in this vein, but substitute my "primary care physician" and "the bald spot on my head." Remember that spot? It's still there. It might be getting bigger. It appeared at Thanksgiving, so what's that, two and a half months? Yeah, yeah, I know.
1. participating in the red/pink/white heart-shaped candy and card giving; OR
2. railing on about how it's a fake holiday, it's biased against people in relationship and/or it's a holiday for people who aren't creative and don't know how to do nice things to their romantic partner.
So I'm choosing indifference, which comes with no obligation. Unless it's part of the larger cultural obligation towards apathy? Ok, that's too much.
I found an AMAZING tie at the thrift store today, but while walking around the price tag fell off and I didn't realize it until I got to the cashier so they wouldn't let me buy it. I was mad. And committed. I think I might go back tomorrow. I did find some new pants, but don't worry
mintwaster, I'm still lacking good pairs in gray and black. I might wait until next Monday because all Village thrift stores are having President's day sales where everything is half-off. Except that might be scary.I got a dental card in the mail last week. I'm happy to go to a dentist I don't have to pay for, except I'm scared because it's been so long since I went. Be on the lookout for more anxiety in this vein, but substitute my "primary care physician" and "the bald spot on my head." Remember that spot? It's still there. It might be getting bigger. It appeared at Thanksgiving, so what's that, two and a half months? Yeah, yeah, I know.
