I hate Valentine's Day. I hate being reminded that I'm NOT in love and that somehow I'm less than human because I aint' got a girlfriend, fiancee, wife whatever. That sucks. Forget that man. For all those on here who currently have girlfriends, fiancees, wives or really just appreciate true love good for you. As for me, I'm 100 percent certain that my next gal friend ain't in this city.
I've come to that conclusion. She just don't live here or in Virginia or Murrland or anywhere. She does not exist. I'm tired of going to the same bars, the same parties and seeing the same people. I mean youre all cool and all but none of you just have anything to offer me. I want someone who's NOT been corrupted by this city.
I don't want some durn hipster girlfriend but I don't want a yuppie either. i don't somebody who's relationship lineage i can trace back to six of my MySpace friends. @#$# MySpace.
everybody be frontin' here man. Austin. That's where I'm going next. Austin, TX. I'm following Carla and Chris only not as far. It may be another year from now but by the time I'm 30 I will no longer be a resident of washington DC. i wil be a resaid ent of Austin Texas,. Richard Linklater, robert rodriguez, and you will know us by the trail of dead. all from Austin.
who's from Dc besides Fugazi and marion Berry? Spike Jonze was born in Rockville but he hasn't thought to give back to this area.
reggie [email] said at 2:39 AM 02-15-2006: All that being said, if anyone who was at Peter & Christian's Romance party remembers that girl who was there really cute, with glasses, just moved here from Illinoize like a week ago. I think she may have shown up with Matthieux Borleeque and crew but I don't know for sure.
Basically if anyone knows how to get in contact with her holla at your boy. (though it may be too late cuz I did notice my boy Brad gettin' his mack on w/her too! Go 'head with your Brad self.)
neilbert said at 3:30 AM 02-15-2006: Worst "Holiday" ever. Only good if you are actually in love and most people are not in love and the rest of everyone is single, or gay. Yes, I know gays can give valentines, but it's -much- harder to find a compatible, opposite sex, partner than picking some guy up at club gayness.
reggie [email] said at 8:03 AM 02-15-2006: I have the quote "Valentine's Day is a holiday created by card companies" in my head but I don't know the source.
andrew [email] said at 4:22 AM 02-15-2006: don't forget srv. my cousin stuart plays in a srv cover band there. nathan used to live there too. i lived in san antonio for a while, it was a really nice.
reggie [email] said at 8:03 AM 02-15-2006: You know what, I've never gotten into SRV. Not that I dislike his stuff, it's more along the lines that I don't even know his stuff. Stevie Ray Vaughan is one of those rock icons that I had set aside to check out at whatever point there might be a lull in the music I listen to. Bruce Springsteen and Bob Dylan previously occupied those spots.
mary [email] said at 8:25 AM 02-15-2006: The thing about Valentine's is that all the single people think it's a cruel joke on them and that the coupled people are all basking in flowers and chocolate. In reality, a huge chunk of the coupled people are seething either because (1) they think all the *other* coupled people are having better vdays than they are or (2) they resent the expectations that they are supposed to go out and spend money on these "traditional" gifts.
reggie [email] said at 8:35 AM 02-15-2006: (2) they resent the expectations that they are supposed to go out and spend money on these "traditional" gifts
Borders has ruined my appreciation for a lot of holidays because of this. It was SO busy yesterday as everybody rushed in to do last minute Valentine's Day shopping.
Coolest gift I saw someone buy for their Valentine was this book right here
meredith [email] said at 11:11 AM 02-15-2006: It's true Reggie. Not all of us are basking in V Day bliss. My Valentine's Day:
Woke up, cleaned cat litter, went to work, was crowded by Mz. Elbows on the train.
Was bored at work. Went to the gym.
Was bored at work.
Bought a book.
Bought a muffin. Ate muffin on street corner while waiting for ride to rehearsal. People thought I was homeless.
Rode with director to rehearsal.
Traffic was bad because of Valentine's Day, so we were half an hour late to rehearsal an stuck in a VW Bug for two hours.
My leg fell asleep.
Did rehearsal. Drove home.
Got home at 11:45. Jeremy and I ate pizza.
I said, "Happy Valentine's Day."
He said, "Not anymore."
I looked at the clock, it was 12:01.
meredith [email] said at 12:19 PM 02-15-2006: Luckily ... er ... from that angle, the director's great aunt had died, so she warned us that she was going to be on the phone calling relatives and ascertaining if she should try and change her flights to get home for the funeral, so we didn't talk much.
reggie [email] said at 9:44 AM 02-15-2006: By the way Mary, as of yet I haven't seen if Neko Case is coming to DC but she will be playing in Philly @ the Trocadero on April 8 (that's a Sa'rday.)
Tickets go on sale Friday...I think I may haveta make that trip.
woody [email] said at 11:49 AM 02-15-2006: Disagree on 1, I think most coupled people have figured it out after a year or 2. Agree on (2) though. Never believe when somebody says "Oh, I don't expect you to get me anything".
The biggest problem I have with VDay is it ignores the natural cycles of relationships and on Feb. 14 all couples must momentarily pretend everything is awesome even if they were arguing about something the day before. I love giving gifts or doing nice things for my wife whenever I feel like it which I think is pretty often. But if I told the truth on some Valentines day when we were in a rut or pissed off about something and said "boy, this really feels forced and I don't feel the way the card says I feel right now" that just wouldn't fly. So I go as far as the card but that's usually it. A nice dinner will follow later.
This year though, she read the card and half-jokingly said "Aww, is this really how you feel?" I replied "Oops! I forgot to read what it said. It was the last card in the store!"
She thought I was joking. She was half right. There were actually two cards left, and I did glance at the poem...
art [email] said at 12:08 PM 02-15-2006: i know that you weenie. I got a card for my wife with a poem in it too, just wondering if it was the same card perchance
kara [email] said at 12:02 PM 02-15-2006: on Feb. 14 all couples must momentarily pretend everything is awesome even if they were arguing about something the day before.
This is probably the only good thing about Valentines Day
woody [email] said at 12:53 PM 02-15-2006: You mean you can be pissed off at somebody on Feb 13 and 15 and honestly just think of all the good stuff on the day in between? Without feeling like a phony and resenting the mandatory niceness?
woody [email] said at 2:06 PM 02-15-2006: Because I dislike being pressured to do so by the memory of some dead Saint. Like I said above, I think relationships ebb and flow naturally and issues should be resolved in February the same way they are resolved in July.
Maybe it's just me! If my partner has said something that upset me, I can PRETEND I'm not thinking about it, but I can't really feel all great about things until I actually get over it. It feels phony.
carla [email] said at 9:37 AM 02-15-2006: Reggie, I can definately see you in Austin. I have a co-worker from Texas and she was telling me about it recently, and it sounds pretty awesome. Plus, SXSW! I think you should go for it, but I'm biased because I'm very pro-big move right now. I just love the idea of a completely fresh, blank page to start on. I think it would be really good for you.
rick [email] said at 10:16 AM 02-15-2006: I hate Valentine's Day. I hate being reminded that I'm NOT in love and that somehow I'm less than human because I aint' got a girlfriend, fiancee, wife whatever. That sucks. Forget that man. For all those on here who currently have girlfriends, fiancees, wives or really just appreciate true love good for you.
I can definitely relate to this. But, nonetheless, it is but one day out of the year and I would be surprised if there was anyone who did not feel especially rankled by some ridiculous holiday. Heck, I think there are even some cranks who do not care for Christmas.
I should be careful though to say that there is "no one" in a city the size of DC. DC is fairly diverse, in my humble opinion, despite some obvious flaws. And while I have heard nothing but good things about Austin, it seems like most any sizeable city ought to have a like person for every type.
Anyway, this reminds me of a few words that Tommy Gnosis sang to Hedwig:
And there's no mystical design,
No cosmic lover preassigned.
There's nothing you can find
that can not be found.
'Cause with all the changes
you've been through
It seems the stranger's always you.
Alone again in some new
Wicked little town.
reggie [email] said at 10:22 AM 02-15-2006: Thanks for the good words Rick. Though I might add that this was, in fact, a "drunk posting" so part of it is alchohol and hormone induced frustration and some of it is true.
I've been lookin' at Austin for a while and it has less to do with the ladies and more to do with the "scene."
reggie [email] said at 10:27 AM 02-15-2006: In fact, even when I moved back to DC from Philly it was with the plan that I'd do about two years here and then head west when I turned 30.
woody [email] said at 12:02 PM 02-15-2006: it seems like most any sizeable city ought to have a like person for every type.
As long as you remain aware of course, that there is only one ideal mate for each of us on the entire planet. That's what I was told once. It's quite amazing that so many people find their's at all.
boson [email] said at 11:02 AM 02-15-2006: I dunno if I'd go to austin but yeah I feel you reggie... I've never had a girlfriend in the DC/metro area... I've dated only girls from other parts of maryland.
kevin [email] said at 11:44 AM 02-15-2006: my experience is texas girls are fuckin rad! though i'm only basing this opinion on my friend kace.
as far as valentines and dating etc. man.. i feel you. i'm 36 and i gotta say i have just kind of given up on investing a lot of energy or time in that at this point. i meet new people, but meet so few people that i really REALLY find interesting enough to want to spend the little free time i have available with. getting laid on a daily basis is nice, but it isn't worth the hassle of dealing with marginally interesting people. man, that sounds bad.
i might be sabotaging myself, but my approach at this point is just to do whatever i really want to do, all the time. just be totally fuckin selfish about it. have fun with creative outlets and stuff and if i happen to meet someone rad through doing that it would be awesome.
if it doesn't work out then nothing is really different than having dated people i really wasn't that interested in or whatever. free time is too valuable.
kevin [email] said at 1:13 PM 02-15-2006: i have been helping josh beta test the new killoggs spinoff site. it's a reverse logan's run. you gotta be 30 to get in! haha..
josh [email] said at 3:49 PM 02-15-2006: Oh yeah Chuck is also like 36 but he looks so youthful and athletic i always forget... that dude is in good shape!
Sirpants said at 3:41 PM 02-15-2006: Don't let the vday zombies get you Reggie. Austin is rad, but oddly suburban. Most people seem to drive trucks, and they have the deadliest stretch of highway in America, which is truly disturbing to get onto. Kinda new orleans feel on 6th. Apparently it is legal to be topless in public, cause I saw a bride to be at her bachelorette party exercising that right. Lots of crackheads/dealers last time I checked too. Often standing in front of Emos conducting bidness. Tons of music, but if you don't like SRV, then you are in for a rough ride. An odd town. Tha W comes from there too....
rick [email] said at 4:20 PM 02-15-2006: Actually, Dubyuh is from Midland, Tx which has a sign proudly proclaiming this fact. And his ranch is in Crawford which is between Austin and Waco (where Dr. Pepper was invented).
