Although I’ve already done one post this month on the topic of love in the geekyverse, I thought I’d make use of V-day for a truly blatant excuse for another blog post. I know it’s not an original concept – so sue me.
Love is a many splendored thing. Love lifts us up where we belong. All you need is love!
Christian, Moulin Rouge!
Love, as has been noted by many, is a complicated thing, with all sorts of different expectations depending on who you are, who you’re dating (or not) and what culture you are from, or are living in. Indeed, this most rose-coloured of European traditions is becoming rather popular with the burgeoning youth population in Iran, of all places, despite the government banning the production of such gifts.
Flowers – especially red roses – are so passé these days… how about blue roses instead? If you’re feeling poor and/or are too far away to hand deliver a present, you can always send your beloved a ‘Walking Dead’ Valentine’s Day e-card or have a radiogram delivered. You could, of course, go by the old standard and stay indoors watching a film together; if you’re stuck for ideas, here’s a list of the top ten romantic movies for geeks.
Of course, if you’re the kind of person who empathises with Ebeneezer Scrooge and exclaims “Bah, humbug!” at the marketing excesses of Valentines Day, you’ve probably gone and bought yourself (or your similarly cynical loved one) something suitably anti-Valentines already, while listening to a suitable playlist at the same time. Such folk will also be happy to know that St Valentines was stoned to death, and not in the Cheech and Chong sense of the term either.
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