Friday 14 February 2003
My Geeky Valentine
(with apologies to Rodgers & Hart, Ella Fitzgerald, Miles Davis et al ... )
I hate-hate-hate St Valentine's Day (V-Day) and always have. I used to think that my attitude was due to a severe case of sour grapes; I didn't much like being single even if I wasn't out and out desperate about it. Even though I knew at the bottom of my dark little heart that SVD was an exceedingly crass commercial exercise to push sales of cards and gifts, all that ostentatious flaunting of perfume, flowers, Belgian chocolate, jewellery, romantic declarations by other women from their "significant others" made me feel even more inadequate and generally self-conscious of my singleton status.
It actually became rather spooky, as when February of any given year rolled around, and even if I was "involved" in some manner with a young man or three, I somehow managed to always be single on/around every single V-Day throughout my adult life. Was beginning to suspect it was a plot or a sign of some kind.
Here I am, though, well and truly partnered with a husband of all things, and yes I still loathe V-Day, and the fact that it is a total fabrication by Hallmark and advertisers and commercial enterprises to flog more "stuff", all in the name of lurve. Excuse me, but ahem, love has nothing to do with it. Let's be honest about it and go ahead and call it "Hope you get lucky and if you don't then you're obviously too vile to be allowed to live Day".
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That being said ... we did acknowledge the date in our own er unique style. The PC computer game that Tuxedo has been waiting for with bated breath over the last couple of months (Command and Conquer: Generals) was finally released, so he picked up his pre-ordered copy and spent several hours after work happily blowing shit up. (I have this mental image of thousands of gamers picking up their pre-ordered copies of C&C: Generals and spending this particular Friday night figuring out the intricacies of the development and use of tanks, devising ever more elegant strategies and techniques, and well, just blowing shit up ... while their partners/girlfriends/wives/whatever sulk and pout because once again that berloody computer is getting more attention than they.)
As one poster to a forum Tuxedo frequents wrote:
Roses are red, violets are blue
I'm getting Generals, so fuck you
Hee. Such a romantic, schmoopy sentiment. It's just as well I (a) don't give a damn about V-Day anyway and (b) know exactly where I stand in the order of priorities. Heh. Mind you, I wasn't totally neglected, because - and again with the geekiness - my gorgeous husband bought me my very own domain name! (www.otterkat.net) What an absolute sweetheart that guy is ... okay so most females would probably prefer Belgian chocolates and bucketloads of flowers, but fuck the stereotype because getting my very own domain name is *so* much more personal and appreciated and all about me.
Anyway rather than celebrate this particular Hallmark holiday (other than Tuxedo playing C&C: Generals and me doing yet more packing), we're going out tomorrow night to belatedly celebrate our wedding anniversary by dressing up a little, having dinner-and-movie and then snuggles (etc, etc) back in the comfort of our home. Bliss, if you ask me.
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I did get schmoopy enough to sing this to Tuxedo this morning; I think he was kinda touched. Yeah, aawwwww. (*gag*?)
MY FUNNY VALENTINE (Rodgers & Hart; performed by Ella Fitzgerald)
Behold the way our fine feathered-friend,
His virtues doth parade.
Thou knowest not my dim witted friend,
The picture Thou hast made.
Thy vacant brow and Thy tousled hair
Conceal Thy good intent.
Thou noble, upright, truthful, sincere
And slightly dopey gent - you are ...
My funny Valentine
Sweet comic Valentine
You make me smile with my heart
Your looks are laughable
Un-photographable
Yet you're my favourite work of art
Is your figure - less than Greek
Is your mouth - a little weak
When you open it to speak
Are you smart?
But don't change a hair for me
Not if you care for me
Stay, little Valentine, stay
Each day is Valentine's day
Is your figure - less than Greek
Is your mouth - a little weak
When you open it to speak
Are you smart?
But don't change a hair for me
Not if you care for me
Stay, little Valentine, stay
Each day is Valentine's day