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1. Once again, I find myself in an uncommon fence-sitting position regarding Valentine's Day, also known to the bitter as Singles' Awareness Day, that celebration of love and affection to some and a shameless corporate promoter/exploiter of materialism to others. This year, like every year since grade-school parties lost their charm (or really, existence), I am ambivalent. I neither look forward to the day nor loathe its coming. Sometimes I laugh because I wonder if don't I have better reason to march around bitterly spouting anti-V-day sentiments than most people, but really, I probably don't...especially since I consider myself actually better off for having never loved rather than having loved and lost. Personally.

My excited anticipation of/anxiousness about V-day is pretty much limited to the chocolate--I love it, but dread the impending icky feeling when I inevitably eat too much.

2. I just read about somebody who has this little anxiety that makes her want to abandon her plans for going out as they begin to near; she'd rather stay home, and can easily talk herself/rationalize her way out of going. It was very interesting, because I am the exact same way (just ask roommatechelle), and I'd never heard of anyone else having that weird personality quirk (not talking about depressed people who never want to go out, period--that's different).

I think it's mainly my introversion expressing itself, though generally in a detrimental way, I'd say, because I am in fact fairly split down the middle with the intro/extraversion, and the two parts tend to war with each other. Experience has taught me that if I want to stay out of trouble, when I feel most like abandoning my plans and staying in is actually when I most need to make myself leave the house. I think I'm definitely getting better about it, though...right roommatechelle? :)

3. Regardless of whether you're an extra- or intravert, regardless of your opinions on V-day, you just must agree that the video below is one of the most amazing things you've ever seen.