Comments on Los Angelista's Guide To The Pursuit Of Happiness: Hey Sugar Lips! You Rock!

I went to an all-girls high school, so those were ...

2007-02-18T08:19:00.000-08:00

I went to an all-girls high school, so those were really low pressure kinds of days. Thank goodness.

That's a shame about the roses and your friend's brother.

-velvet

HISF,My parents must have been telekinetically con...

2007-02-15T15:51:00.000-08:00

HISF,
My parents must have been telekinetically connected to yours because I'm pretty sure mine were thinking the exact same thing...even though I wasn't giving anything out either!

Ah, chocolate! I got a big box of yesterday but I haven't opened it yet.

West,
I don't remember too much from Elementary school but I know kids take Valentine's Day pretty seriously nowadays. My eldest son has been talking about it like it's Christmas. As for me, I remember high school V-day's very vividly...wish I could forget half of those memories though, you know?

Dena,
Oh yes, it WAS a popularity contest!!! Then in college, it turns into buying a V-day advertisement to post in the school paper, as in, "Antoinette, you rock my world! Love, Mike." Then Antoinette can show all her friends. Do we ever move past the point of popularity contests in our lives?

Hammer,
Good thing I deleted the mushy comment I was going to post on your site yesterday!

MT,
Hey, sugar is sugar, whether it comes in the form of a conversation heart or something else. I wonder though, do you buy them year-round or do you stock pile them at Valentine's Day and save them? Alas, I have no snow drifts to blame for not getting my colleagues any Valentine's stuff.

Seventh Sister,
Welcome and thanks for visiting! I've never had Pepto Bismal before so I'll have to take your word for it. ;0

I've always thought those candy hesrts taste like ...

2007-02-15T14:51:00.000-08:00

I've always thought those candy hesrts taste like pepto bismal but they sure are cute.

Liz,I'm sort of in the middle on the holiday mysel...

2007-02-15T12:00:00.000-08:00

Liz,

I'm sort of in the middle on the holiday myself. I did consider buying a box of cartoon cards for me coworkers, though. Fortunately a huge dump of snow kept me from having to worry about it.

I eat conversation hearts all year long. And, yes, people think I'm creepy.

I'm not a fan of the day, I remember it being unco...

2007-02-15T10:23:00.000-08:00

I'm not a fan of the day, I remember it being uncomfortable handing put the litle valentines in grade school. It always scared me when I would get one that was a little too mushy.

i'm with west. i don't recall any fond high schoo...

2007-02-15T08:07:00.000-08:00

i'm with west. i don't recall any fond high school memories surrounding valentine's day.
however, going back a little bit further....i do remember buying these UGLY homemade v-day cards from other students in junior high. we would address them, then sign them and then the cards would be hand delivered to that person. after school, i remember sitting with my friends and counting how many we received, like it was some popularity contest!

This year was the first time, in a long time, that...

2007-02-15T06:30:00.000-08:00

This year was the first time, in a long time, that I've thought about the lil Valentine's Day, Jr. rituals from elementary school.

It's funny that parents would buy a bunch of cards and have their kids indiscriminately pass'em out (although some discriminated quite well).

Sadly, I don't remember much about Valentine's Day in high school.

What a darling post! I loved your definition of a...

2007-02-14T23:55:00.000-08:00

What a darling post! I loved your definition of a "real" Valentine as one w/o a cartoon character on the front.

Oh, those were the days. I think we must have had the same parents because when I was 13, I got 3 heart-shaped boxes of chocolate and was grounded for life because my parents thought I must be giving out free samples of something else. (I wasn't.)

Where are those boxes of chocolate now, when I really need them?