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i hate hate hate valentines day, but then...

moonriver posted on Feb 12, 2008 | views: 1297 | Tags: dating, secret, v-day, love, vegetarian, poem, New York
I utterly hate Valentine's Day.

It trivializes, tokenizes, commercializes that mysterious delicious capricious salacious gloriously complex thing called love.

It caricatures the maelstrom of raw emotions that sweep through my mind, body and soul, into a cardboard cutout of a red heart pierced by a stupid cupid arrow.

It measures a lifetime's worth of joy and sadness, pleasure and pain, laughter and tears, into a day of flowers and chocolates that wilt and melt by day's end.

Not to mention the fact that I don't have a date on February 14. Or the day after. Or on any day in the foreseeable future. Grrrrr.

That is why I utterly hate hate hate Valentine's Day.

BUT HEY...

A man's gotta have some an excuse to have a bit of fun, no? And so, in lieu of a real-life date, allow me to offer you...

Round 2 of DJ Moonriver's Anonymous Lovenotes.
(I did Round 1 in January last year. It was moderately successful.)

The idea is pretty simple. There are only three guidelines (I won't call them rules, even though I reserve the option to draw a line somewhere):

  1. Your comment must be anonymous. I will delete non-anonymous comments unless they're really good. But you can end your comment with any tagname of your choice. (See my sample below)
  2. Your comment must be explicitly addressed to another blogger. This means that your comment must start with "To [name of SC blogger]: "
  3. No bad-mouthing allowed. I can't impose a rule defining subject matter, but I hope that your comments are made along the lines of friendly banter, love notes, sweet nothings, honest inquiry, thoughtful criticism, rather than insult.

This is your chance. Grab it! Tell your crush (in full public view) how you really feel about her (or him). Give someone you barely know a well-deserved praise and pat on the back. Offer someone you had a tiff with a long-overdue apology. Reveal a secret you've been wanting to tell everyone.

So there. Here's my alternative to Valentine's Day. Peace. Love. Understanding. Forgiveness. Hope. Happiness. Unity. All-night trampolines and hammocks for two. Red wine and Bach available on demand. Hurry while supply lasts.

Soulcast rocks. Valentines don't.

(The first and 3rd comments are mine... just to show you how interesting conversations could emerge while remaining anonymous. All of us here at SC are already anonymous, but I mean doubly anonymous.)




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  • anonymous said on Feb 12, 2008....
    to moonriver: i don't think you are just one person. you're a team engaged in some university research on social psychology. you're fucking with our minds here at soulcast so you can gather material for your doctorate theses on the topic of online gullibility.
    (from doubting dude)
  • anonymous said on Feb 12, 2008....
    i hate hate hate valentines day too....wanna spend it together.....throwing darts at the paper heart cutout on the wall?
  • anonymous said on Feb 12, 2008....
    to "doubting dude": i will tend to agree, although i think his (or, more exactly, their) theses is on the evolving typologies of online lunacy, seeing as he/they are its foremost advocates.
    (from watchdog)

  • anonymous said on Feb 12, 2008....
    to "valentine hater": i'm ready if you are. you target the paper heart, i'll target the paper cutout of stupid cupid. to let him know he can't just shoot arrows at innocent people's hearts with impunity.

    (from watchdog)
  • anonymous said on Feb 12, 2008....
    To Moon: I like the way you tagged this; dating New York vegetarian really lays it all out for the reader. 
    Or are you hoping to date a New York vegetarian?
    Good job! if it's the first, and
    Good luck! if it's the second.
  • anonymous said on Feb 12, 2008....
    i'd just like to find someone who when they say i love you really means it 
  • anonymous said on Feb 12, 2008....
    to vegetarian: moonriver often tags his whimsical blogs this way. he tried once to date a new york veggie, early into sc blogging. but he was advised to go to south beach instead.
    (from watchdog)
  • anonymous said on Feb 12, 2008....
    mr river (oops I gave myself away... ) I have no date either...fancy a virtual one?? :-) xx
  • anonymous said on Feb 12, 2008....
    no crushes exist for me on soulcast right now....
    probably a good thing, as i really don't need my heart all tangled up right now.

    i sure do miss it though.
  • anonymous said on Feb 12, 2008....
    to mobil ~ wanna go hunting??
  • anonymous said on Feb 12, 2008....
    bwahahahaha! now i realize why this blog will never take off, in the sense that it will never reach even page 2 or 3 of the most-commented. you know why? it appears that SC has tweaked its software to make sure that the number of anonymous comments are not factored into pushing a blog up the ranks.

    ((can't stop laughing at myself))

    woooo-hooooo! joke's on me, guys.

    anyway, let's all have some fun, for whatever it's worth. we can still follow the 3-point rule if we want to... :-)

    ((back to anonymous mode, still snickering. i'm such a big doofus... hahaha))

  • anonymous said on Feb 12, 2008....
    to destiny: you have no date yet? lemme see, you want me to set you up for a blind date? this anonymous blog provides the perfect ambience for that.... :-)
    (from big doofus)

  • anonymous said on Feb 12, 2008....
    well does it really matter, as long as we see you and we comment it will still show in our comments anyway.....

    come moonriver......... how about a ride down the Venice canals????
  • anonymous said on Feb 12, 2008....
    to venice canal rider:
    your gondola or mine? or i can just follow your gondola into the maze of canals ... you won't lead me into something i will later regret, will you? hahaha.
    (from big doofus)

  • anonymous said on Feb 12, 2008....
    busted! tee he heheeee
  • anonymous said on Feb 12, 2008....
    to venice canal rider:

    you want me to come in yours? right now? shouldn't that stuff come much later?

    oh, you mean for me to come in your gondola.... ((blushes)) ok.

    nice canopy, that one. now you can show me the nice spot.

    damn, it's dark here. where's the spot, where's the spot? ((gropes))

  • anonymous said on Feb 12, 2008....
    hey! keep your hands by your sides there buddy....

    ohh hold on, well thats one of them anyway.... where getting somewhere finally!
  • anonymous said on Feb 12, 2008....
    we're finally getting somewhere? i'm not so sure about that...... do you really know enough about me to let me come in your gondola in these dark canals? i'm not even sure i know you, buddy...... ;-)

  • Lucytorial said on Feb 12, 2008....
    hey if there's gondola rides I'm in for that.... as long as I can invite someone is that okay with all you anons?
  • moonriver said on Feb 12, 2008....
    to everyone -- i think it's better to shift back to non-anonymous mode for now. but if anyone wants to continue in anonymous mode, s/he is welcome to do so. i'm going off-line for a while. have fun, everyone :-)

    lucy -- you're welcome to have fun here anyway you like, my friend. even your streaking friend. (psst, rolling c, get your cam ready, dude!)

    see you all later. i'll probably be back in an hour or two. if i can't make it, let the games proceed without me hahaha.

  • Lucytorial said on Feb 12, 2008....
    see ya moon and I might see if she's feeling up to a little streaking fun!
  • anonymous said on Feb 12, 2008....
    I don't know you, but I just have to say "I love you, man!"  
  • anonymous said on Feb 12, 2008....

    Haaaaaaaaaaaaate x 1000, valentines, WHY?, do we need a special day to say I love you? Maybe that' s why I'm single.

    Hey, is there room on that gondola?

  • anonymous said on Feb 12, 2008....
    yeh come on but I'm still waiting for mobil... damn I wish he was here.
  • anonymous said on Feb 13, 2008....
    all aboard...... step right up to the gondola. there's enough space for everyone......

    mobillllll! yoooo-hooooooooo!!!!! mobilllllll!!!!

    he ain't answering....... maybe he's in that other gondola with that other sc lady....... lucky lady..... LOLOLOL.

  • anonymous said on Feb 13, 2008....

    To my love on SC-
    **-**-**-**-**-**-**-
    In my heart, I stay with you
    In my heart, I watch you grow
    On those days, after your bath
    You comb your hair and dry them blow
    Sitting here, I watch you glow
    In my heart, I stay with you
    In my heart, I watch you grow
    Still you are small, my budding rose
    Ask your senior, Jasmine knows
    I do have a long sniffing nose
    In my heart, I stay with you
    In my heart, I watch you grow
    **-**-**-**-**-**-
    She knows- who I am.
    Anyone guess?
  • anonymous said on Feb 13, 2008....
    Make room for me on the gondola, I'm bringing chocolate covered strawberries that we can enjoy while we sob to the beautiful poem written by, by by, ?
  • GracefullyGrowing said on Feb 13, 2008....
    This is so fun to read.  =)
     
    ~Grace~
  • anonymous said on Feb 13, 2008....
    to the poet .....
     
    i have no need to guess..... i am the one who knows who you are.......i am the luxurious and powerful one that's built for comfort and safety of passengers, with raw power at hand, who runs at a frightening speed, and at the same time  ensures safety and comfort.  its your turn to drive.  here....take your own set of keys to use as you see fit.
  • anonymous said on Feb 13, 2008....
    OH MY *fanning myself*


  • anonymous said on Feb 13, 2008....
    happy valentines day to all the guys here at soulcast!!  cus everyone of you has a certain 'spark ' :-) 
  • anonymous said on Feb 13, 2008....
    A stranger you were when you extended your hand.
    As our lives engage, you light my mind
    How fortunate I will be if you could show me love is true


  • anonymous said on Feb 13, 2008....
    Mr_Box be my valentine
  • anonymous said on Feb 13, 2008....
    My heart still aches for you, my mind still thinks about you.. the candle will stay lit for you...forever..  but the hopes and dreams are gone.
  • catch22 said on Feb 13, 2008....

    Commercialized it is..HALL-MARKTINES

    Is it all about the money!?

  • anonymous said on Feb 13, 2008....
    valentines day is crap when your single
  • anonymous said on Feb 13, 2008....
    valentines day is double crap when you're double............... :-)

  • anonymous said on Feb 13, 2008....
    Everyone here is so romantic!  Would all of you be my V-tines?
  • anonymous said on Feb 13, 2008....
    my heart belongs to shudderbug.... be my valentine?
  • anonymous said on Feb 13, 2008....
    To the special woman who captured my heart;

    To hear your voice is pomegranate wine to me:
    I draw life from hearing it.
    Could I see you with every glance,
    It would be better for me
    Than to eat or to drink.
  • anonymous said on Feb 13, 2008....
    omg..... that is going to make me cry now...... wish it was for me...:-{
  • anonymous said on Feb 13, 2008....
    it is for you.......... ;-)
  • anonymous said on Feb 13, 2008....
    there are a few souls with whom i'd happily spend the day
    but none who'd say the same for me, verily i say!

    (whirlwind)
  • anonymous said on Feb 13, 2008....
    @ To the special woman who captured my heart;

    To the special man who captured my heart;

    I may age and become gray
    but I'll always search the world for you.
    Even if it takes my life away

    xo



  • anonymous said on Feb 13, 2008....
    [to Inspireme08]
    I wish that I could tell you that I love you, not the love that is flowers and chocolate way. But in the I would hold you while you cried, fight away anything that was making you feel bad, I would do anything you asked, I would walk for miles in the pouring rain, just so you wouldn't have to sleep alone, I would give you my every second, just so you wouldn't be alone.
    Every second I spend waiting for you,
    Is a second that I wish you were mine.
    J...you are such a sweetie.
    I miss you and love you with all of my heart.
    ~the unwanted lover
  • anonymous said on Feb 13, 2008....
    To the special woman who captured my heart;

    I've fallen in love many times... always with you.
  • anonymous said on Feb 13, 2008....
    Moonriver my biggest crush is on you
  • GracefullyGrowing said on Feb 13, 2008....
    i am not whole without you loving me B
  • anonymous said on Feb 13, 2008....
    Moon's right.  Valentine's Day is nothing but another commercial holiday designed to cater to new-couple capitalists with disposable income.
     
    But...
     
    My heart goes out to GrapeKoolaid.  I never got a chance to say anything when you went through the dissolution of your relationship, but I must confess that I felt your pain.  Seriously.  I know what it is to trust someone with your fears, secrets, and vulnerabilties, only for them to shank you when you need them most.  If I could bring myself to trust people again, I would tell you who I am and that I care about you.  I only hope that you can still love yourself, above all others--if there are any others to come.  Because, in the end, you're the one who matters most.
     
    Take care, Grape.
     
    Anon.
  • anonymous said on Feb 13, 2008....
    To wander in the vast land that is you is my desire, but until my wishes come true my desire wanders aimlessly.
  • anonymous said on Feb 13, 2008....
    The saddest thing in the world is loving someone who used to love you.
  • anonymous said on Feb 13, 2008....

    To love is to suffer. To avoid suffering one must not love. But then one suffers from not loving. Therefore to love is to suffer, not to love is to suffer. To suffer is to suffer. To be happy is to love. To be happy then is to suffer. But suffering makes one unhappy. Therefore, to be unhappy one must love, or love to suffer, or suffer from too much happiness. I hope you're getting this down. ~ Woody Allen

  • anonymous said on Feb 13, 2008....
    In secret we met -
    In silence I grieve,
    That thy heart could forget,
    Thy spirit deceive.
    If I should meet thee
    After long years,
    How should I greet thee? -
    With silence and tears.
    - - - - George Gordon, Lord Byron "When We Two Parted"
     
    I miss you horribly.  DAMN death!
  • anonymous said on Feb 13, 2008....
    ohh that last one was terribly sad.
  • GracefullyGrowing said on Feb 13, 2008....
    Wow. There are some amazing things being said here.
     
    One of my favorite quotes about love is by Anais Nin . . .
     
    Love never dies a natural death. It dies because we don't know how to replenish its source. It dies of blindness and errors and betrayals. It dies of illness and wounds; it dies of weariness, of witherings, of tarnishings.
     
    The reason it touches me so is because it give us the wisdom to see what we should watch for, so that we may learn to protect the love we have.
     
    ~Grace~
  • anonymous said on Feb 14, 2008....
    somebody sent me this Today. And it truly made my day.
    It brought tears of happiness that we share this love. Tears of sadness that we can never really share this love.

    All of creation came together and decided to see what they could create.
     The sun said 'I will add my shining, for radiance of the face
    The moon said 'I will add my beam, for the mysterious twinkle of the eye
    The volcano said 'I will add my molten heart, for when anger boils'
    Aphrodite said 'I will add my beauty, for a magnificant physical form'
    The puppy said 'I will add my playfulness, for when joy is needed'
    The rose said 'I will add my contenance, for when passion blooms
    The ocean said 'I will add my endless depth, for the depth of love'
     
    And when all these elements were put together, a wonderful woman was born, and her name was *****
     
    Happy Valentines Day, I love you.
     
  • anonymous said on Feb 14, 2008....
    Along with 18 yellow and red roses, I got a beautiful card that said in part:

                            What can I say to show my love?
                          My only hope is that you can feel it
                              when I put my arms around you
                                           and tell you
                           you're the only one for me forever...
                                        because you are.        

    Awwww!
  • anonymous said on Feb 14, 2008....

    Dear Moonriver,

    Sometimes we let affection, go unspoken.

    Sometimes we let our love go unexpressed.

    Sometimes we can't find words to tell our feelings,

    Especially towards those we love the best!

    Be My Valentine

  • the_infernal_optimist said on Feb 14, 2008....
    Anonymous stole my idea.

    Moon, you're a popular valentine, man of mystery and wolves, guava and wanderings, and a damned good friend. I would be honored to walk by your side for a day, though there seems to be a crowd gathering. :-D

    ~Infernal
  • anonymous said on Feb 14, 2008....

    For you...Moon

    A part of you has grown in me

    And so you see, it's you & me

    Together forever and never apart

    Maybe in distance, but never in heart 

  • anonymous said on Feb 14, 2008....
    The most eloquent silence:
    that of two mouths meeting in a Kiss
                                                                      x
  • anonymous said on Feb 14, 2008....

    To my love......you are my whole life. I love you for who you are and what you are.....even when you don't love yourself. When you can't see the good inside yourself, I will show you. And love you. And never let go of your hand as we walk through life together.

    I love you.....

    Omnia Vincit Amor.....

  • destinydiva said on Feb 14, 2008....
    awww this post is soooo  sweet to read :-)  there is a lot of love out there! xx
  • queenparanoia said on Feb 14, 2008....

    this is fun... =)

  • anonymous said on Feb 14, 2008....
    to unassuming:


    you are my heart


    i love you
  • skald said on Feb 14, 2008....
    Vow this was fun but I can't comment anonymously. I've blocked Anonymous. Fun, fun. lol 
  • anonymous said on Feb 14, 2008....
    to my love, ......maybe someday we can be together without the specter of pain and the hurt of the past between us.

    life is so vastly unfair.

    my heart misses yours.
  • anonymous said on Feb 14, 2008....
    For You, Valentine.

    I think about you at times
    during the day,
    when the sun shines on my back,
    when the clouds drift lazily
    across the sky,
    when the breeze blows
    when the birds chirp
     
    I think about you at times
    at night when the evening wanes
    when the sun sets
    when the children laugh
    across the playground
    when the stars come out
    when the crickets call
     
    I think about you at times
    as i wake in the morning
    when the dew glistens
    when the low clouds drift
    across the trees
    when the daylight arrives
    when the fresh scents waft
     
    I think about you all the time,
    as i travel through the days
    when im feeling low
    when the memories fly
    across my minds eye
    when I close my eyes
    when I breathe
     
    you are all i think about,
    you are the sunshine
    that brightens my day
    you are the starlight
    that guides my slumber
    you are the dawn
    that prepares me for life.
  • GracefullyGrowing said on Feb 14, 2008....
    Gawd.  I've got to quit coming to this post.  It's killing me.  ;~P
     
    ~Grace~
  • anonymous said on Feb 14, 2008....
    I wish you all the bliss of a soulful kiss.

  • anonymous said on Feb 14, 2008....
    moon, you are such a sweet flirt that it is easy to have a crush on you.
  • anonymous said on Feb 14, 2008....
    Alyss;

    for you my heart dwells
    not in the sea of tranquility
    nor in the halls of the mountain king
    the winds shall not diminish it
    time shall not destroy it
    distance will not lessen it
    your absence will only strengthen it
    and if you but hold out your hand,
    it will belong to you, and no other.
    for you my heart dwells,
    not within me
    nor contained by simple borders
    but beating next to yours
    forever in unison
    with your own heavenly dream
    for i but exist for you, and no other.
  • anonymous said on Feb 14, 2008....

    To my squishy bear:

    meet me in our secret fort later? I'll bring the pillows!

    Happy Valentine's Day to you.......

  • anonymous said on Feb 14, 2008....
    I miss you too mobil.  I wish you'd come back and make us all laugh again.
    Wherever you are, Happy Valentine's Day.
  • anonymous said on Feb 14, 2008....
    well I saw mobil the other day but he still hasn't come back to get all of his valentines wishes....

    yooooowhoooo mobil.....

    happy V day
  • wakingharmony said on Feb 14, 2008....
    To My Soul, that is forever  in yours freely..Take good care we have nothing but glowing loving friendship that no physical body will ever destroy. our minds go beyond what even one... could possibly Imagine... I love the special bond we have...strong pure and so electrifying....I only know your soul, your Voice, Your essence...As you with I ..It is like the best fireworks show one can only imagine. That bright magnificent light you almost want to shade your eyes....but only almost, because the brilliant colors are colors never seen before to be explained. That is you  lfbno7..You make the stars jealous with the beauty of your souls existence.
    Love to you, Margaret  
  • anonymous said on Feb 15, 2008....
    For my many loves out there, I still love you!
  • Alyss said on Feb 15, 2008....
    anon; you have just taken my breath away...

    For once I will stifle the urge to say I am undeserving of those beautiful words  and simply say thank you.


    But now I am wondering who you are. ;-) 
  • anonymous said on Feb 27, 2008....
    A few days after Valentines Day I got to spend a few hours with my lover.  It was perhaps one of the most abundantly sexual experiences of my entire life.  Hearts and Flowers?  No.  Passion and Sensuality?  Yes.  Thank you for making my Valentines Day....all of February 2008 for that matter ... something for me to remember always!
  • anonymous said on Mar 28, 2008....
    to ginger:

    i love you in red,
    i love you in blue.
    but most of all,
    i love you in blue.

    Peanut Jelly Videoman



  • blaster said on Mar 18, 2009....
    If you despise the commercialisation so, that all you can do is reject it, you still succumb to that commercialisation
    as much as those who embrace and trivialise their amorous intents with the most expensive tokens
    But then i wrote a card, just a card, to the one i love, and the words in it were my words, my love for her. Then i didn't need to hate or care for valentine, it was my own true heart
  • anonymous said on Mar 19, 2009....
    i find myself totally agreeing with you.

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