tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-47887533211860510.post7508216158616416611..comments2023-09-01T06:43:37.443-07:00Comments on Blinding Moments of Unconviction: POSHLOSTVanessahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00955306665512218243noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-47887533211860510.post-49435701895054997572008-02-26T14:48:00.000-08:002008-02-26T14:48:00.000-08:00Here's my shout out to V-day. Unfortunately many o...Here's my shout out to V-day. Unfortunately many of us get caught up in the day to day drudgery and overlook all the love in our lives, so why not take a day to celebrate, remember and focus on it. Screw the commercialization of it, but embrace whatever deeper meaning you can find. And if you can live like it's Valentines Day every day of the year, all the better.Camille (of the wind)https://www.blogger.com/profile/10796740559082158303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-47887533211860510.post-2307726535595783092008-02-20T15:52:00.000-08:002008-02-20T15:52:00.000-08:00Amen, sista. Mr. P and I went shopping for new ma...Amen, sista. Mr. P and I went shopping for new mats and a dust mop for the new floor on Valentine's Day night and found it a perfect time to go shopping since everyone else was crammed into all the restaurants or movie theatres or wherever people go on that night. And I absolutely eschew red roses and Mr. P knows it.<BR/>From the perspective of someone that works at a school I find it a little disturbing how every holiday is turning into an opportunity to give kids serious sugar rushes. Seriously, every two months there is something to celebrate and what better way to celebrate than with a huge pile of candy and cupcakes? I don't remember Valentine celebrations when I was a kid being near as big as they are now. It definitely goes back to the whole commercialization crap. I was still recovering from all the junk I ate at Christmas and then I was bombarded with a bunch more chocolate and candy last week. And now all the Easter candy is out in the stores ready to be consumed next month. Ick. It makes me all a little sick.<BR/><BR/>P.S. I never considered the advantage of having hardwood floors for dance parties. Maybe we'll have to have one this weekend...;-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-47887533211860510.post-76950828490129013282008-02-18T14:35:00.000-08:002008-02-18T14:35:00.000-08:00Man...nothing like reading over one's own comment....Man...nothing like reading over one's own comment. WAY too frequent use of the quotation marks. I'm like a bad caricature of myself. <BR/><BR/>Sorry about that. Maybe I shouldn't have pointed them out. But, you're a discerning reader...no doubt you noticed the finger curls in my "speech";-)Lucyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11107964636020955468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-47887533211860510.post-3012752991391315732008-02-18T14:30:00.000-08:002008-02-18T14:30:00.000-08:00With three "I agree"s, I feel safe putting out my ...With three "I agree"s, I feel safe putting out my "nay". Only because I hope you know how much I respect and value your well thought out opinions. I do realize this is your blog, and you get to say whatever you want to say or feel without fear of debate. This is no debate. Just my defense of Valentine's. <BR/><BR/>I love Valentine's Day! Yes, like any holiday, attempts have been made to commercialize it and manipulate the feeble minded into thinking that in order to observe a holiday, one must buy something...anything. But, I think the basic idea of it, to set aside a day of "love", is touching. <BR/><BR/>Along that line of reasoning, I appreciate setting aside a day to honor mothers and fathers, celebrate our nationality, remember our many blessings and memorialize our dead. I love Christmas, although the same commercialism has mutilated its meaning, and will continue to celebrate it because its concept is pure and sincere. More than any holiday, we shouldn't "need" a day to honor Him. And yet, we do.<BR/><BR/>As far as your memories are concerned....hilarious! I love that you wrote them down. Every detail only adds to the quality of my sketch of you.:) I love knowing about your blog! I hope you don't mind my reading.Lucyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11107964636020955468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-47887533211860510.post-15983793457950333572008-02-18T10:37:00.000-08:002008-02-18T10:37:00.000-08:00Wow! I didn't realize that two of my daughter in l...Wow! I didn't realize that two of my daughter in laws had such negative feelings about Valentines Day. Actually, I agree with both of you. I hear of horror stories about husbands or boyfriends that don't measure up to preconceived expectations of Valentine gifts for the wife/girlfriend. The wife/girlfreind then goes ballistic, and the poor guy is in the doghouse for days, if not weeks...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-47887533211860510.post-25441339770795314202008-02-18T07:33:00.000-08:002008-02-18T07:33:00.000-08:00Amen! I have a similar dislike for the holiday. ...Amen! I have a similar dislike for the holiday. If there wasn't so much focus placed on a false day of showing love through gifts I would not have been emotionally scarred by the following story. On more than one Valentine's Day I experienced heart wrenching break-ups. Mind you I'm better off without chubby Jeff from the 8th grade, who didn't talk to me anyway, and OCD Danny, whose hair was much to perfect, who once told me maybe I shouldn't wear what I was wearing to meet his Aunt, (I know) and who sent me purple roses to say sorry for breaking up with me (yuck). These thoughtful boys did give me a story to tell. If they would have broken up with me on Presidents Day I wouldn't be the cold hearted girl I am today.EJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06453413323243024719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-47887533211860510.post-30944530932942162282008-02-17T22:11:00.000-08:002008-02-17T22:11:00.000-08:00Good thoughts here (Elizabeth agrees with me). You...Good thoughts here (Elizabeth agrees with me). Your thoughts are not irrationally negative toward the "holiday." In fact, in her and me you have two readers who agree with your conclusions. Valentines Day seems to have been mutated by corporations wanting us to go into debt buying useless junk to convince people we love them. It is similar to how DeBeers somehow convinced people that a very expensive stone (a diamond) is somehow synonymous with true love. What a load of crap. We have been fed a fallacious comparison and have allowed ourselves to be convinced of its truthfulness (by "us" and "we," I of course do not mean us or we).Joalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14461081735941226493noreply@blogger.com