Happy Valentines Day!

(spot the dodgy hearts! :-D)

Today, instead of my usual sour-grapes griping about Valentines (because I have never, ever received a (paper) valentine card..... no really, not in my whole life... not at school, not at uni, not even when I was with my ex for all those 15 years! [he didn't believe in it :-( ] I decided to distract myself, and see how a last minute message could be given (too late for you guys - I'd never get it now anyhow, and I just don't think the electronic kind is quite the same... you can only open the page when you're on the computer... you can't read it and keep it under your pillow, or splatter it with tears of joy (ha ha!)

So, as I said, to distract myself, I surfed the web for things to amuse or interest me. I started from a comment here in my blog....




Krystyna found another way to present your written message (if you still possess such out-dated material such as paper in your household... :-) ) in the form of a video from metacafe. If you want to present a love letter in an unusal way, heres how to make a twin heart origami shape for your valentine's letter on her blog Evolving your spirit-mind-body




I followed a comment written by someone with the name 1millionlovemessages back to a website called 1 Million Love Messages (Surprise!!!)- the aim, as it says, is to collect in one blog 1 million messages of love from one to another around the world. There' s no big blurb, no long description, simply the request for messages in the first post, and to spread the word. There is only 999948 messages needed to reach the target... maybe someone who reads this will feel like writing a lasting message to a loved one... :-)

[if you want a laugh, you can also hear your message read out in an automated voice...]



Another one that made me laugh was over at fashion designer Chanel's. Her blog, Hip Candy, is full of gorgeous catwalk pics and videos [and it takes absolutely ages - no, I mean it... you have to go away and make a cuppa or something! - to download the page!! and then the post is right at the bottom, after a whole lot of sidebar advertising :-( ], but today's post, so different from her usual posts, has a video of 'cupid'.... ok, you have to see it! :-) . I could've done a link to YouTube, but I kinda liked this gel's fashion page too... :-)




Personally, I love this Valentine screensaver idea. It's free, and you use it to make up your own mushy background... I think it was the kissing dutch boy and girl that attracted me, as I used to have a set of salt and pepper pots like this!! :-)



I also found something that intrigued me because I had no idea what it was (to be honest, I'm still not! :-) ). The title is "Send a unique Valentine's Day Qipit" - what the heck is a qipit?? It says to download a template for a card, colour it in, then qipit.... No help there. So I read the post... Still no idea!! So, I went to the front page, and found this:

Qipit is a mobile service that lets you use your camera phone or digital camera to turn printed docs into digital copies to share via fax and email—for FREE!

Ok, so it's a way to send a message or something... goddit!




There's plenty of shopping blogs around, with plenty of gift ideas for your loved one (though I really don't think Valentine's should become another Christmas - I think it should really be to express your love... in words... in actions etc...) eg:

FreshTrend - for lotsa little knicknacks
Shopping Blog - the Valentine blog of which points to Radar Online's worst ever valentine gifts :-)






Stella's post, on her blog Where the cornflakes are made me smile today - texting with a friend about being a gay comboy...



But, most of all, I appreciate the sentiments of Tom (don't you love to see your name in pink?! :-D ) over at Current Era Blog , who says on the post titled Valentine, Schmalentine: Songs for the dumped . Though I haven't been dumped, I'm being a sad-sac, with not a guy in sight, so I'm going with this one:

"This Valentine’s Eve, let us take a moment for those among us who are without love, or unhappy in love. Let us appreciate those who have been crushed by some two-timing, cold-hearted, no-good jerk — for we all know that it’s in the sweet and terrible state of heartbreak that creative juices really start to flow.......

....Take heart in the abundant supply of tearily tender and defiantly furious songs that wait to get you through the hard times and soothe your aching soul."

There's quite a good list of sad-heart songs here!

Ok, so now I'm off to sing the blues....

I got me some ill kids
and I'm all sad
not cos of that
but the cards I've not had....
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