Happy Valentine's Day
Readers:
I just couldn't decided what to do for Valentine's Day. I sat down last night and thought about it, and all I could come up with was everything I didn't want to do: list Valentine movies to watch (St. Valentine's Day Massacre), list Valentine's music to listen to (My Funny Valentine), write about the history of St. Valentine, do an anti-Valentine piece. I even scanned a Valentine a teenaged boy had drawn for me, thinking back to earlier Valentine's.
I decided to do something sentimental and corny. I got out my book of craft papers, some lace doilies and scissors, and I made you some Valentine's:
I just couldn't decided what to do for Valentine's Day. I sat down last night and thought about it, and all I could come up with was everything I didn't want to do: list Valentine movies to watch (St. Valentine's Day Massacre), list Valentine's music to listen to (My Funny Valentine), write about the history of St. Valentine, do an anti-Valentine piece. I even scanned a Valentine a teenaged boy had drawn for me, thinking back to earlier Valentine's.
I decided to do something sentimental and corny. I got out my book of craft papers, some lace doilies and scissors, and I made you some Valentine's:
It isn't the size of your house as such
That matters so much at all.
It's the gentle hand and it's loving touch,
That make it great or small.
The friends who come and the hour they
Who out of your house depart,
Will judge it not by the style you show,
But rather the size of your heart.
It isn't the size of your head so much,
It isn't the wealth you found.
That will make you happy--it's how you touch
The lives that are all around.
For making money is not hard--
To live life well is an art;
How people love you, how they regard,
Is all in the size of your heart.
....or the size of your rack
Now you KNEW I wasn't going to play it straight,
all the way through... didn't you?
That matters so much at all.
It's the gentle hand and it's loving touch,
That make it great or small.
The friends who come and the hour they
Who out of your house depart,
Will judge it not by the style you show,
But rather the size of your heart.
It isn't the size of your head so much,
It isn't the wealth you found.
That will make you happy--it's how you touch
The lives that are all around.
For making money is not hard--
To live life well is an art;
How people love you, how they regard,
Is all in the size of your heart.
....or the size of your rackNow you KNEW I wasn't going to play it straight,
all the way through... didn't you?
Happy Valentine's Day, Everyone.
posted by Washington Cube at 11:58 PM
44 Comments:
Happy chocolate covered VD, Cube!
And if you don't want to listen to music or watch movies, celebrate the holiday in the spirit which it was intended. Find someone whom you care about, join arms and trot on down to your local pharmacy and throw lots of money at the greeting card and seasonal candy aisles! *muah!*
Love,
Drew
Aren't you the one who told me it's not VD without sharing it with the ones you love? Happy Valentine's Day, Drew. :)
Happy Valentine's Day, Cube.
The last one made my day ;)
Oh, Cube. In the end it is the rack that matters, isn't it? Have the happiest of Valentine's Days.
Beautiful valentine! Thank you!
Love it!!!
Was there a real St. Valentine? The history is unclear, and that uncertainty led the Vatican to remove St. Valentine from the Roman calendar of official, worldwide Catholic feasts in 1969. There appear to have been three men who could have been St. Valentine: one was a priest in the Roman Empire who helped persecuted Christians and was beheaded on February 14 by order of Claudius II; one was a bishop, who was beheaded by order of Claudius II (scholars believe that these men were actually one person, beheaded by the Roman emperor between 269 and 273 on the Flamian Way. The third candidate for the St. Valentine part was a bishop of Terni, imprisoned by Emperor Claudius II, who, while in prison, healed the daughter of a prison official. That official and his family converted to Christianity. No fan of this phenomenon, the prefect of Rome, Furius Placidus, had St. Valentine beaten and then beheaded (Furius indeed).
So what does this saint have to do with lovers? Historians theorize that St. Valentine became associated with love because his feast day, February 14, fell the day before the Roman festival of lust, Lupercalia. Lupercalia was celebrated by the Romans for 800 years, when young men would draw the name of a young woman in a lottery and keep her as his lover for the next year. Pope Gelasius I attempting to give this custom a Christian spin, dedicated this festival to St. Valentine, rather than Lupercus, and changed the lottery to have young men and women draw the name of a saint whom they whose example they would follow for the next year. Buzz kill.
The Lupercalian custom continued in the form of handwritten notes from young men to the object of their affection. Although the Christian holiday erased the devotion to the god Lupercus, the sending of notes continued, but with the name of Valentine associated with it.
Death by beheading melds into candy, cards and continued angst.
grince
-66: Several of my friends have already said "La Rack" was their fav. Who doesn't love boobage, right?
Momentary: One would think. ;)
Reya: Thank you and have a good birthday WEEK!
Law-rah: Thanks and Happy Valentine's Day to YOU.
Grince: Spoken like a true (and I mean this in a good way) Catholic girl. ;) Have fun with your Sweetie today.
happy vday! nice valentines.
Sub: The same for you. Try and do one "fun" thing today to lift the winter "bleh."
Baking Chocolate Catnip hearts :-)
My man loves my rack, but what about the back?
"What you gonna do with all that junk inside yo trunk"?
As the cady gets out of hand, I bet there gets to be more junk in that trunk than intended
Happy Passionate Lover's kisses and kinky aspirations day! Whips at the ready!
*Crack*
>^, ,^<
I am such a fan of boobage.
You love to pull the punch and tickle at the end, sneaky Cubie.
Mmmm.
Happy Punch and Tickle? (As long as it's consenting adults, right?)
Happy V Day to you Cube and to all your many admirers!
Supercomputers have racks? Wow!
Ain't life grand?
cube this is awesome. actually, the last card looks like a corset i would wear. ever thought about fashion design? :)
happy hearts day!
Lupercalia 2006! Let's bring it back - who's in? ;-)
Great post, as always. Happy Valentine's Day to you!
You rock sista. SO crafty. I feel like such a loser because all I'm going to do is masturbate.
Have a happy valentine's day.
rl
The rack is hot.
Unless its a torture rack.
Still hot.
muhaha.
Beautiful. Best use of doilies, ever. (Let Santino try that on the runway!)
I was actually going to try to be creative with paper last night, and I remembered that my scanner no longer worked. (Crap!) Nice job, Cube. Have a lovely Valentine's Day!
Cheers,
Merujo
Wrethy: Enjoy the day with your true love.
I-66: You and every man I know.
Playful: The Brit's have slang for "slap and tickle." Same thing. You've got some good music (mix) to listen to today. Have a wonderful Valentine's Day. Emote, Playful, Emote...you're an actress. :::swoon:::
Drfs/Sue: Have a wonderful Valentine's Day. So far, mine has been going great.
Travis: Yes. Supercomputers have racks. Now shoo. ;)
Miss VP: Happy Valentine's Day to you. I have female friends who are well versed in the art of corset wearing. I have a few myself. It was amusing designing that card. The funny thing is, they were all done in under ten minutes, so I was happy enough that they scanned well.
Stef: Happy Hearts Day to you, and Happy Birthday ALL WEEK!
Rob: I love you. You are SUCH a guy. I can always count on you. Laughing.
Johnny: I think I have someone I can introduce you to on both scores.
Merujo: Thank you. It was a rush job when I had totally run out of ideas on Valentine's Day. P.S. WHY is Santino STILL on that show? Fixed, I tell you.
Happy V-Day Cube!
Does a pair of hearts beat a flush? Or make one?
Happy V-Day!
Happy Valentines Day to you too Cubie!
Issac: Thank you and the same for you. I've been enjoying the blog you share with Lonnie entitled:
dcdrinks.blogspot.com (a shameless plug.)
Always: Cute AND Sweet. AWWWWWW.
Cubie - As the Knight of the Crusade said to Indiana Jones, "You have chosen ... wisely" - good call on a nice way to celebrate Valentine's Day in blogland.
Happpy Valentine's Day.
Miss Velvet!!! :D Happy Heart's Day to you... and the Gentlemen of Craig's List. ;)
Tales: Thank you, and the same to you. Good luck on your view-a-thon.
Aw, I'm going to pretend that was just for me. Yay for getting a Valentine! I hope you have a wonderful day. Treat your heart, and your rack, well!
Megan: My personal day has been going very well. I hope it is the same for you.
Thank you, WC! I was "screaming" on a response to the Rock Creek Rambler that I better get a red heart today! You and my dear grandson obliged. Am much pleasured.
K
Kate? Welks. :D
I have always liked making valentines. I love the little heart doilies that always stick together and I love the glitter and sequins and ribbons. Did you ever make the woven hearts that form little baskets? Have a wonderful love-ly Valentine's Day!
Happy Valentine's Day to you, Barbara. I love all those simple little craft projects for the various holidays. I'm corny when it comes to these things. I think I'm a thwarted third-grader.
What is wrong with you?
Britnurse
LOL--happy belated VD! Boy did I have a doozy of a nightmare of a V day, but that's another story for another time. That was a very sweet post, and I loved the zing at the end!
Belated Happy to you too, Elvira. :)
Hope your day was what you hoped it would be . . . mine was all sex and candy. ;)
Smash: I had a wonderful day, myself. God..I haven't thought of that song in ...ages. What ever happened to that group?
Thanks for the well wishes. You are spectacular!
I read your blog, Shark. Sounds like you had a great day. P.S. Loved your little snow person.
You are adorable! Happy V-Day! (well, belated since it is the day after)
I always wanted to see cheyney nude. Not in a "I will get titilated" sort of way, but rather in a very macho "let's see that guys wrinkly junk," sort of way.
Girls wouldn't understand.
If you could photoshop his face on a gay porn star (or even hasselhoff in a speedo) it would be super fantastic.
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