Some of you have asked how my Valentine's Day went. Well, I decided to wait a couple days so as not to rain on y'all's parade.
And when it rains, it pours.
On the non-romance front, it was excellent. Played D&D and had a wonderful time. However, one of my very good friends was utterly and completely shafted by a woman; they weren't in a romantic relationship, but the things she said to make it abundantly clear were hurtful and unnecessary. So my opinion of Valentine's Day as being not only superfluous (if you're in a relationship, you shouldn't need a cultural day to give you an excuse to show you care) but also pretty inconsiderate and heartless (since it does nothing else besides remind people who are single that they are). And to those heartless bastards who wait until two days before Valentine's Day to dump someone: I can't say anything to correct this, since you obviously lack a conscience and a soul.
Sonnet One Hundred and Forty
William Shakespeare (1564-1616) Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England
Be wise as thou art cruel; do not press
My tongue-tied patience with too much disdain;
Lest sorrow lend me words, and words express
The manner of my pity-wanting pain.
If I might teach thee wit, better it were,
Though not to love, yet, love to tell me so;-
As testy sick men, when their deaths be near,
No news but health from their physicians know;-
For, if I should despair, I should grow mad,
And in my madness might speak ill of thee;
Now this ill-wresting world is grown so bad,
Mad slanderers by mad ears believed be.
-----That I may not be so, nor thou belied,
-----Bear thine eyes straight, though thy proud heart go wide.