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Valentine's Day Alone
It isn't much fun to be alone on this day, feeling like no one will ever
love me again (pity party). But I got a special and unexpected Valentine's Day gift that I will treasure. You may remember me mentioning my cousin Jane, who passed not too long ago. I still have been mourning all the losses and the lost chance to say goodbye. I was thinking about Jane today, when there was a knock on the door. I went down, and there was her son, Steve, and a friend, with three boxes of astrology and other spiritually-related books of Jane's that I had asked for if they wanted to pass them along. Since her daughter is a Jehovah's Witness, I'm sure she was glad to get rid of them. And now I have books on everything from astrology to Feng Shui. A nice gift from beyond this world. I loved you, Jane. You were a great person, and a great cat lover. I will always miss you. And thanks for the books :-) Ginger-lyn |
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Valentine's Day Alone
Our town is celebrating Valentine's with a tempest in a teapot over
some idiots at the local paper and a teenage girl. Now small local papers really should stick to stories off the wire, or at least hire one person that is literate. Preferable one with half way decent judgement. But then where would the fun be. So a local reporter decides to write a story and the local photographer decides to help her out. His judgement is worse than hers. And some fool decides to put their joint efforts on the front page along with large color photo's. Article is evidently intended to promote local business, but the writer had to make sure everyone knew how cool she is by interviewing a few 'adult stores' that sell 'adult video and toys'. The picture with the caption, at 1/4 of a page is of a local girl trying on lingerie at the Mistique Botique. Caption gives her name and very small town she lives in, and says she is eighteen. Friends say she is seventeen and her parents are mad as hell. Not to mention the picture is taken over her shoulder of her looking in the mirror in the dressing room, which makes some wonder what the he$$ the photographer was doing in the dressing room. Smal towns. Not as boring as you might think. Jo |
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Jofirey wrote:
Our town is celebrating Valentine's with a tempest in a teapot over some idiots at the local paper and a teenage girl. Now small local papers really should stick to stories off the wire, or at least hire one person that is literate. Preferable one with half way decent judgement. But then where would the fun be. So a local reporter decides to write a story and the local photographer decides to help her out. His judgement is worse than hers. And some fool decides to put their joint efforts on the front page along with large color photo's. Article is evidently intended to promote local business, but the writer had to make sure everyone knew how cool she is by interviewing a few 'adult stores' that sell 'adult video and toys'. The picture with the caption, at 1/4 of a page is of a local girl trying on lingerie at the Mistique Botique. Caption gives her name and very small town she lives in, and says she is eighteen. Friends say she is seventeen and her parents are mad as hell. Not to mention the picture is taken over her shoulder of her looking in the mirror in the dressing room, which makes some wonder what the he$$ the photographer was doing in the dressing room. Smal towns. Not as boring as you might think. Jo lol! What a risky thing to do to that poor 17-year-old. Hope she's got a better head on her shoulders than the people around her. Ginger-lyn |
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On Feb 14, 2:59*pm, Ginger-lyn wrote:
It isn't much fun to be alone on this day, feeling like no one will ever love me again (pity party). Jackie, on "That Seventies Show," says that Valentines Day is the holiest day of the year. But I don't take it quite that seriously. "No romance" isn't the same as "no one loves you." You are loved and, who knows, romance might be right around the corner. Now whether that's good or bad is a different question. :-,) But I got a special and unexpected Valentine's Day gift that I will treasure. You may remember me mentioning my cousin Jane, who passed not too long ago. *I still have been mourning all the losses and the lost chance to say goodbye. *I was thinking about Jane today, when there was a knock on the door. *I went down, and there was her son, Steve, and a friend, with three boxes of astrology and other spiritually-related books of Jane's that I had asked for if they wanted to pass them along. *Since her daughter is a Jehovah's Witness, I'm sure she was glad to get rid of them. *And now I have books on everything from astrology to Feng Shui. A nice gift from beyond this world. I loved you, Jane. *You were a great person, and a great cat lover. *I will always miss you. *And thanks for the books :-) I got some of my mom's books when she went. And WooToo, her cat. Everything she left behind is wonderful to me. -- Will in New Haven |
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Will in New Haven wrote:
Jackie, on "That Seventies Show," says that Valentines Day is the holiest day of the year. Then Jackie's wrong. *SAINT* Valentine's Day isn't a feast of obligation within the Holy Roman Catholic Church. Saint Valentine is one of the minor saints. Having said that, it does annoy me when people just call it "Valentine's Day". After all, one doesn't refer to "Patrick's Day", or "George's Day", or "Swithin's Day", does one? -- MatSav |
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MatSav matthew | dot | savage | at | dsl | dot | pipex | dot | com wrote:
Will in New Haven wrote: Jackie, on "That Seventies Show," says that Valentines Day is the holiest day of the year. Then Jackie's wrong. *SAINT* Valentine's Day isn't a feast of obligation within the Holy Roman Catholic Church. Saint Valentine is one of the minor saints. Having said that, it does annoy me when people just call it "Valentine's Day". After all, one doesn't refer to "Patrick's Day", or "George's Day", or "Swithin's Day", does one? I probably hear it referred to as Valentine's day 20 times to every one time I hear it with the "Saint" prepended. I'm afraid Lesley's Dave is right (sorry, Lesley!) - this holiday no longer has anything to do with the Catholic faith in most people's minds. It's about greeting card companies, florists and chocolatiers. -- Joyce ^..^ (Of course, if I ever again have a sweetie, maybe I won't be *quite* so cynical... but I'll probably still be somewhat cynical - I mean, the pink and red hearts are up in the store aisles the day after New Year's - 'nuff said?) (To email me, remove the X's from my user name.) |
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On Feb 15, 3:02*am, wrote:
.. I'm afraid Lesley's Dave is right (sorry, Lesley!) - No worries- I agree it's a commercial rip off and I'll take him as he is- warts and all (I know those warts so well) over a bunch of roses (I don;t like roses) and a box of chocolates Lesley Slave of the Fabulous Furballs |
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MatSav wrote:
Will in New Haven wrote: Jackie, on "That Seventies Show," says that Valentines Day is the holiest day of the year. Then Jackie's wrong. *SAINT* Valentine's Day isn't a feast of obligation within the Holy Roman Catholic Church. Saint Valentine is one of the minor saints. Having said that, it does annoy me when people just call it "Valentine's Day". After all, one doesn't refer to "Patrick's Day", or "George's Day", or "Swithin's Day", does one? I bet that happens mostly here in America. I think sometimes we are just kinda lazy - heh. Ginger-lyn thinking there is the even worse "Happy V. D." Ugh. |
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Valentine's Day Alone
*SAINT* Valentine's Day isn't a feast of obligation within the
Holy Roman Catholic Church. Saint Valentine is one of the minor saints. Having said that, it does annoy me when people just call it "Valentine's Day". After all, one doesn't refer to "Patrick's Day", or "George's Day", or "Swithin's Day", does one? I bet that happens mostly here in America. I think sometimes we are just kinda lazy - heh. No, it's just the same in the UK. Calling it "St Valentine's Day" is very unusual. A Catholic friend told me Valentine had been de-sainted recently anyway. So it's just Mr Valentine's Day. (On the other hand, the Catholic Church PR office in the UK sent out a press release last week saying that Valentine was for people who had a partner, while if you were looking you should invoke St Raphael instead. The implication of that was that Valentine was still in the job, albeit with diminished responsibilities). Didn't they sack St George too, a couple of years ago? ==== j a c k at c a m p i n . m e . u k === http://www.campin.me.uk ==== Jack Campin, 11 Third St, Newtongrange EH22 4PU, Scotland == mob 07800 739 557 CD-ROMs and free stuff: Scottish music, food intolerance, and Mac logic fonts |
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Valentine's Day Alone
Jack Campin - bogus address wrote:
Having said that, it does annoy me when people just call it "Valentine's Day". After all, one doesn't refer to "Patrick's Day", or "George's Day", or "Swithin's Day", does one? I bet that happens mostly here in America. I think sometimes we are just kinda lazy - heh. No, it's just the same in the UK. Calling it "St Valentine's Day" is very unusual. Oh, thank you, Jack. I hate it when people condemn all the people of the US, like there's something wrong with us as people. Criticize our government all you want - I certainly do. Criticize our cultural values if you don't like them - I don't like everything Americans believe in, either. But don't condemn the character of the people themselves - that's just bigotry. I had a friend, a Canadian citizen who has lived in the US on a permanent visa for 30+ years. She has a unique way of talking, extremely correct grammatically, to the point where she uses constructions that are more or less archaic, even if correct. It sounds stuffy, but also sort of charming. At least, it was charming, until the night we had this big argument because she was heaping scorn upon the people of the United States, saying that we all use "lazy speech" and that's why our English has deteriorated. Wow, I never thought I'd get so angry on behalf of my countrypersons! Who does she think she is, implying that she is superior to me and everyone else who lives in this country? We're not friends anymore, and that night was the beginning of the end. A Catholic friend told me Valentine had been de-sainted recently anyway. So it's just Mr Valentine's Day. I had no idea that sainthood wasn't a permanent gig! Even college professors have more job security than that. -- Joyce ^..^ (To email me, remove the X's from my user name.) |
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