Happy Valentines Day!

Or as I like to call it, Happy It's-high-school-and-everyone-is-awkward-and-then-they-get-in-relationships-and-are-really-awkward Day!

In elementary school, Valentines Day was such a big deal. We got to make boxes for the cards, and then we made awesome valentines cards for everyone in the class, and we got tons of candy and had a huge party that all the class moms put on, and it was just great!

Cut to middle school. Valentines Day is pretty much ignored by everyone, and all you can do for it is wear a red shirt or something to be festive.

Then in high school it's big again. You can buy bags of candy to send to people. You can buy carnations to send to people. Awkward couples get each other teddy bears and stuff. Friends get candy for their friends. And I hate it.

Yes, friends, I am a Valentines troll. Haha, Some may even call me a love troll :) . But really, it's so dumb. The whole point is for marketers to make money. People say it's a day to express love, but you can do that any time you feel like it! Did you know that every year, $13 million is spent on chocolate for Valentines Day? And $7 million is spent on other candy for Valentines Day. That's $20 million, and that's ridiculous!

OK, I make it sound like I object to the commercialism. Really that's not the problem. Really it's the awkwardness. I think it's a dumb holiday full of awkwardness, because everyone is all sickeningly in love, but it's high school, so you know it's not really love, and it makes everyone around them feel uncomfortable.

So today I was going through my usual routine, lalala, and then I get home from school. There are plumbers here installing a new water heater, so all the water in the whole house is off. If this is the last you ever hear of me, just know that I died of thirst.

I think from now on I'll call it Happy Dying-of-thirst Day. It has a nice ring.