The Day of Love

Valentines Day, it is really such a funny holiday when you think about it. It’s kind of like a random declaration of everybody’s birthday. Now, of course, traditionally, it is supposed to be a day to celebrate with your romantic other, but then again I have always received cards, cookies and the like from my mom, grandma and friends. And lets not forget that as precious little school tots we all dedicated a day of art class to making a mailbox to collect valentines, and then would give a really cool Hot Wheels or Barbie or Transformers Valentines Day card to all the classmates. So really I think the day is just about love. And I think it is great. Everybody is in a good mood, you see lines of guys on the streets buying flowers for someone special, it’s really hard to get a dinner reservation, it’s a day of celebration, if you will. I went do dinner with a good friend, drank too much Sangria and made my way home, so far less booty than I am sure a good number of people were getting, but not less of a good time. And I passed out home-baked muffins in cute little heart-papered bags to some of the special people in my life. What a great day. A hallmark holiday to be sure, but really, if you need a reminder button to help you to remember to demonstrate a little love and affection, is it all that bad? Sometimes we all need a little zap.

On the same reminder-button-of-positive-things-in-life note, Manu Chao sings a song, “Me Gustas Tu,” where he is just listing all the things he likes: the sea, cinnamon, planes, wind, and the list goes on. I hope he listens to the song when he is in a bad mood, or to compound a good mood for that matter. Really, wouldn’t it be great to have your own little melody to bebop to as you are walking down the street that just lists all of your favorite things? I am working on mine now.