The V-Day of Today Makes the Baby Cupid Cry
Katie Tandler | Life Section Manager
1/05/02
I have had enough of this holiday. No, it's not the bitter single
speaking, nor the anti-"establishment" cynic. I'm just extremely
disillusioned with the way things have become.
First off, it seems like the way this campus decides to observe the
holiday is through a celebration of sex. Yes, I know it's "Sexual
Responsibility Week," but condom-grams? Isn't that--no pun intended
here--sending the wrong message? What happened to candy and flowers?
Or, for that matter, paper cards? E-cards are convenient, yes, but they
still lack that certain flair. A store-bought card at least has a
handwritten message. And nothing beats the old-fashioned home-made kind.
I decided to go with that option this year--yes, I may not be happy with
the state of things, but I'll still celebrate (anything to quell my
Martha Stewart impulses).
Of course, I'm going to have to mail a lot of them out this year. So, in
going through my address book, I found people whose information I didn't
have and started seeking them out. I asked two people for their mailing
addresses this evening. Both of them immediately gave me their e-mails.
The world is truly in a sad state.
"No...you know...the thing...with the paper, and the stamps, in the
metal box....where you tell them to send your e-bay stuff...you
know?"
I swear, things were easier in elementary school. You hardly knew what
the "S-E-X" word was, you only had to worry about putting the right slip
of paper in the right shoebox, and, best of all, when you got candy, you
could eat it all and not even think twice.
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