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02 February 2007
Valentine's Day cards/messages?→[More:]Am I making this up or was there some discussion of doing a valentine's day card exchange?
MeCha's own.... ;) Yep that's me. I have a bunch to add, too. And it needs to be redesigned (although the fug and tackiness is on purpose). Just too lazy and unmotivated to do it....blah.
Last year's Valentine's Day here was the bestest day evar on the internet tubes.
That's when you're going to be here in ATL, right rainbaby? If you have WiFi at your conference or seminar or whatever it is, you're welcome to borrow my laptop so you can stay connected. I only have it for traveling so it would be no problem.
Hah, I didn't notice the MetaTalk thing. yhbc's suggestion wouldn't work though - my valentine site has already been MeFied, so posting it again would be a double post ;)
I love Iconomy's VD page very much (I got it from stumble upon when searching for a valentine poem a friend wanted me to help her look for), but I don't do holidays, because I take issue with people needing/or only acting on a certain day of the year to tell people they are cared for. If you aren't being that kind to me the other 363 and 1/4 odd days a year, don't be nice to me just because it is a holiday.
*remember my RL nickname is thegrumblebunny, heh :)*
because I take issue with people needing/or only acting on a certain day of the year
Why would you be such a stick in the mud when everyone else is so obviously excited about it? If you're not interesting in participating, fine, but don't make everyone else feel like a simp for getting excited over something they've enjoyed in the past.
Wait a second, I am afraid you misinterpreted. I like Valentine's day. I am all for romance and making people feel special.
My point is people send christmas cards, valentines, et cetera to people that they don't even genuinely like, know, or they aren't that nice to every other day of the year and they only acknowldge them because it is a holiday.
I am. I only sent Valentine's Day messages to you people last year because I wanted to get some of my own. That, and I've been secretly playing you all against each other. Heh.
goml, aside from mudpuppie (who is a scheming little vixen, yes she is), I don't think anyone on this site would sent a Valentine to someone they didn't know (at least just a little) or like just because the option to do so was there.
For many, the MeCha anonymous Valentines were a fun way to share some happy thoughts on what (for some, anyway) could've been an otherwise depressing day. Yeah, I know it's a holiday created by Hallmark, and yeah, I know a lot of people think it's a particularly lame holiday.
But to come into a thread where people were expressing enthusiasm and announce how you view such people as needy, acting, and hypocritical is just rude and curmudgeonly.
Also, some of you will get a paper cards this year. This is because back around the end of 2006 I addressed a bunch of envelopes to a bunch of you people. Then I got on a plane and as soon as I came back 2007 started and, well, the envelopes are still there.