A virtual hoard of the shiny things I find on the internet.
Catching Elephant is a theme by Andy Taylor
I know that every day should be about romance, that the calendar shouldn’t have to remind my boyfriend and me to take some time out and remember that we adore each other. (Yeah, it’s saccharine, but true.) But our calendars are filled with dates that remind us to spend time on something—holidays that encourage us to spend time with family and to remember religious tradition; birthdays to celebrate each person’s “cosmic specialness,” as a friend of mine likes to say. What’s wrong with Valentine’s Day fitting into that? Sometimes we do need a reminder to take time out and acknowledge each other.
FWIW, the above paragraph pretty much sums up my opinion of Valentine’s Day, despite not considering myself a person who is especially into it. It’s a nice reminder to take a bit of time to appreciate Tom, and since neither of us are “grand gesture” people, we manage to accomplish that without a lot of materialistic pressure on ourselves.
It’s quite nice, actually.
