Ah yes, so yesterday was Valentines day. I don’t think that a friend of mine could have put it more eloquently or appropriately when they stated : “Happy @$@##$@#$ Valentines day!”. My sentiments exactly!
This is a day that should be put at the top of the list of commercial “holidays” second perhaps only to Christmas. Its just that I don’t really like being told that I HAVE to give somebody something on a specific day (anniversaries are a different matter). This is not to say that I wouldn’t do it (which I certainly would – what? do I look stupid?) just that I feel that spontaneous, unexpected gifts and things are better. I certainly prefer giving those ones (as opposed to gifts that are expected on a certain day), and I prefer receiving them as well (a working theory). At least then I am not subjected to people jacking up their prices for specific events (like roses etc. on Valentines day). They should call the whole thing: “buy something from the florist or get in trouble day”. I guess I am just bitter. I had plenty to say about this yesterday, but today my “anger” has subsided. Oh well.
Tomorrow I have that fateful Archaeology 344 midterm, the one where nobody knows what is on the exam because the professor fled to a foreign country and the fill-ins haven’t known what to cover. It should be interesting. There is nothing better than looking at an exam question and not knowing ANY of what it is referring to. This is something that didn’t even happen during my hieroglyphics/Organic Chemistry exam. It should be interesting, in a train wreck sort of way.