Happy VD 2007

Well, it has come again: Valentine’s Day. Here is my tribute to this greeting card pushing holiday. I am sure that Hallmark cringes at the thought of all the homemade cards traded by school kids. Before the cynicism gets the better of me I had better put in a better thought.

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I have perceiv’d that to be with those I like is enough,
To stop in company with the rest at evening is enough,
To be surrounded by beautiful, curious, breathing, laughing flesh is enough,
To pass among them, or touch any one, or rest my arm ever so lightly round his or her neck for a moment, what is this, then?
I do not ask any more delight, I swim in it, as in a sea.
There is something in staying close to men and women, and looking on them, and in the contact and odor of them, that pleases the soul well;
All things please the soul, but these please the soul well.

Walt Whitman – I Sing the Body Electric – Stanza IV

V-Day 2k6

Valentine’s Day is always a rocky day. So many relationships hinge on the choices made by a guy. Rose and dinner mean romantic love. Crotchless panties from Wal-mart mean that the relationship is over in two weeks. Then there are the mateless souls that will call this day “Singles Awareness Day.” My feeling is that this is a day for renewing our passions in whatever or whomever. This wallpaper is my tribute to our burning hearts.

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Valentine’s Day

Recently, I received an email from a friend. She wrote in her short note that she has learned that men face the same biological clock that women face. We are both thirty-five and neither of us are looking to have children. This puts both of us at odds with the the other 99% of straight humanity (statistic from Pulled It Out My Ass Polling Services). It, however, doesn’t mean that we do not want the other things that the masses want: passionate and stable relationships. It also means that we face Valentine’s Day differently than the masses. Why is the question. I can’t speak for her, but I do have some idea about myself.
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