Valentine's Musings

In lieu of doing anything even remotely romantic this Valentine's Day, I offer the following anecdotes semi-inspired by this wretched "holiday":

• What is the rule for wishing someone "Happy Valentine's Day"? To me, that greeting should basically be reserved for one's significant other. However, I noticed throughout the day that some people toss it out to everyone, in the same vein as a "Merry Christmas" or a "Happy New Year." I just can't see myself using this as a casual greeting for my friends/colleagues.
• Observing all the happy couples and over-worked florists about town today, and feeling a little self-pity over the whole being alone thing, I started to think back to some of my high and low moments from my own dating career. And suddenly, my brain dug out a memory I had not thought about in ages. Back in high school - about 2 or 3 days before graduation to be exact - my girlfriend and I broke up because I found out she was cheating on me. It was actually a lot like the first 15-20 minutes of Eurotrip, but she was my first "serious" girlfriend and I took it pretty hard. Anyway, after it happened I decided to sit down and write a letter to her just spilling out everything I was going through, and it ended up being like 5 or 6 pages front and back. Before today, I had not thought about that letter in years. Now I wish I could remember what it said. The way emo music is all the rage with the kids these days, I'm confident there was a top-10 single or two in there somewhere.
• I saw a guy downtown today who looked EXACTLY like the caveman from the Geico commercials. I mean there is no way I can see anyone looking like that unless they were doing it on purpose - the long hair, the beard....it was like he was on his way to audition for the next spot. I wanted to say "It's so easy, even YOU could do it!" so bad, but I would've felt terrible if he had just randomly happened to look like that.

So, here's to porn and liquor!