Writing It Randomly

Happy Valentine's Week! Here's a song for those times you just want to do it.

More importantly: What is a Floppotron?

Apparently, the solution to E.V.E.R.Y.T.H.I.N.G. Now, fight the urge to hurt me for being so corny and go build a bridge instead. Happy Valentine's Day!

Valentine's Week is here! What do you have planned? Do you even celebrate it? We've never been really big on it. We'll give each other a little something, I guess, but for the most part, it's just another day. (Perhaps we would've been bigger fans if we received Valentine's gifts in high school. I wouldn't know.) Declaring your love whenever you feel it is a way better idea than hoarding it for one day a year, but I am a sucker for the silly celebrations, so to start our own tradition, we'll be doing something different for Valentine's Day. We're getting tested for HIV! I know that seems odd, but did you know that - even if you only have one sexual partner, you can contract the disease by accident ? And if you do, but never get tested, you can infect the love of your life without even knowing about it, becoming part of the vicious cycle? When you know your status (and check it regularly) it is less stressful & kind to others. ...

Have I mentioned the significance of September 1st yet? Well, in South Africa we celebrate it as the first day of Spring . And each year since 2013, my husband & I also celebrate our wedding anniversary on the same date (exactly two years before that, to the day, he asked me to marry him). It has less to do with Spring Time being synonymous with "the birds & the bees", and more to do with the fact that Franscois chose this date because he'll remember it easier than any other one. Four years this Friday. The poopies  & I are such lucky ladies! You can buy the original on Etsy .

Stalking's no joke. Neither is my love for Franscois . This weird music video on the other hand...

My Gratitude List is pretty lame this year (Sorry!), but still. It's Thanksgiving in the US on Thursday, and I have to make sure that I use the opportunity to express my thanks to all the important folks in my life. This week's song is therefore dedicated to: 1. God - you know, for the "little" things, like My Entire Existence. 2. My Family & Friends - and this includes all of you readers out there! Weird tidbit on today's song is the fact that the entire song basically consists of only two lines .

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Happy Valentine's wishes for you this week! I hope this song kicks off your week with a giggle, because it's just so wrong. I believe it will even crack a smile for those of you who hate celebrating Valentine's Day*, because it reaffirms what losers mushy lovers can be. And yes, this is that Joey, the one from Melissa & Joey . *Not me. I must confess that I've fallen victim of the global commerialisation of Valentine's early on, but I also have a soft spot for the weirder love cards / messages out there since my early adult years.

We've been seeing very little of each other lately. Other than the few minutes before & after we sleep, we've been drifting by each other through the fog created by our social activities, which are almost all aligned with our affinity for contrasting pastimes (he's much more into anything & everything "geeky" and/or related to off-road cycling than I will probably ever be) as well as the difference between our normal working hours. I'm not too perturbed. Yet*. I just find it very difficult to hint towards what I want when not in his personal space. And this year, for Valentine's I want the whole shebang:  flowers delivered to my office, candy, dinner AND a movie...bar the stuffed toy. Yes, yes, yes. Valentine's day is such a commercialisation of what everyone else wants love to look like; and maybe wanting - so badly - to be a good feminist & believer in equality means that I shouldn't really care about it, but I can't hel...

I've clearly taken a blow to the head during my nap, because I feel inspired (stupid?) enough to tackle this gigantic topic right now. This year has not been kind to all.  Three of my best ladies are still sifting through the ashes of their recently departed commitments; and although it serves as a cold reminder of how fleeting some life experiences are, it also turned my attention to what good vs bad love should be. Healthy partners are not only witnesses to our stories and who we truly are.  Romantic partners aren't necessary for our daily adventures either - there are plenty of companions to choose from when you have family and/or friends.  Hell!  I don't even believe that soul mates are meant to be our love mates too. So why go through the pain of love at all?  For those who find it difficult to pique physical interest, is it sex?  Does the prospect to have someone around to do stuff with when everyone else is busy entice us into this ultimate heart ...

I came across this in my inbox this morning; and because I think every one of us needs to be reminded that sometimes it's best to just walk away, I decided to care & share... 3 Easy Steps to Creating Your Walk Away Shoes {Click on Title Above to Read the Other Blogger's Post}