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This day always has me in tears. No, not tears of joy. It's just the "ecstacy of grief", as Buffy calls Passion. It used to be much harder when growing up. I've never had a Valentine. Relationships usually form after that.or end just before it. Never through this day. There was once, when I took about 8 tablets for the flu, just so I could escape the pain. I slept throughout. I don't do such stuff anymore. The darkness is still there, although I handle it much better now.

As for gifts, roses do the trick, in my opinion. Oh, and awesome companionship. Just enjoying the silence of each other, and reveling in each other's presence is good enough. This day merely serves as a representation. It is overrated, yes.

Here's my wish for the Rave and that one special person I've come to know here:

I love that pic lordess, I will yoink that for fb vd.

I unfortunately am geeking on vd, after working that is, I shall LARP, not even vamp larp. I will however get to put on a layer of chhinnamasta, so it is not all bad; she does cut off her own head and feed her blood to her servants whilest standing on a copulating couple.

Just threat it as a normal day, if I could, but can't since people talk about it, arrangements and hearts are everywhere. Blah, I just hope it'll be a good day and survive it.

A gift for a lady: Dark roses and chocolate.

A gift for a gentleman: something dark and Gothic.

I treat it as a time to tell the ones I love how special they are to me. It isn't always about the romantic side for me, but taking the time to say "Love ya" to family and friends, those who make your life better.

Looking at it that way- it doesn't get on my nerves that much. :)

And there is always the half price/ sale candy afterwards. :D

As far as dark gifts? Red and black roses are something I always loved together, flower in any shade of red really.

I am reminded of the St. Valentines Day massacre. So I watch a few gangster prohibition movies.

Sadly my beloved,is still states away from me.
But, skype is always a good thing, when you need
to see eachother.

I think,if you LOVE some one. Really love them,
it shouldn't be just one day out of the year to
gift them,or have romantic nights with them.
THAT..should be every day.


I do have a story to share.
It's a true story.
It happened to me about 8 years ago.
It's nice to have a secret admirer but..
sometimes it sets in paranoia.

OK,
8 years ago.. Still living when I'm living at
today. I was expecting my EX to come up from
TN to pick me up,and stay with him for awhile..
for V'day and vacation time.
The Night he came to pick me up,
is when I got a strange surprize.
But,i wasent here to accept it.
My EX and I were at a hotel...for the night.
I got a call saying that I had package sent to my house.
It was wrapped in red,and gold.
I said.."well i can't come back now,
just open it...and take pics."
So,
they did. Inside there was a dozen long stem
roses,and dragon snaps.
In a gold vase,and a card.
They took pics and sent them to me.
and..WOW..thats alot of flowers.
I asked them to tell me whats on the car.
They read.."in the arm of the dragon,i'll always be."
My nick name is dragon. so,it was referring to me.
I asked..
"who sent it?did they sighn it?"
Nope,it was typed out on the card.
And that was it.
I asked my EX,if he sent it,and he got all
upset at me.Saying that he did not.
Wondering if i was cheating on him.
I'm NOT the kind of person that does that,
and it hurt when he thought i was.
So,
I called the place that shipped the flowers.
I asked them who bought them,and i really
needed to know.After-all at that time,
i indeed,had a stalker.A BAD one..not a nice one.
:(
They said it was bought with a credit card,
but no name givin,or any address.
A few days later in TN,
I called all my friends..and past EX's.
Just to make shure..no one was trying to
play a prank.
No one sent them.
I whent online to see what they ordered excatly,
on there web site.
That set they sent..in that box,costed them
over 300 bucks!!
WTH??!!
now,i KNOW..no one had that kind of cash.
And,
till this VERY day,i still dont know who did it.

if anyone studied the history behind valentines day it becomes obvious that the churches background was all hog wash.

Lol, of course, st valentine (all of them) was practically unknown, and would be unknown by now completely, if their day didn't fall on the day that birds in europe start mating. Makes you kind of glad that its not named after mosquito mating season.

You speak a truism, and as it is all to clear the churches have a habit of pulling holidays out of their hats that coincide with secular occurrences. They always sought to have Holidays in as many months as possible.

Valentine's is just another business day for retail monsters like Walmart. And Kmart across the US just like most holidays. I'm broke and don' t want to spend 20 bucks on a small box that contains 5 chocolates lol.So instead,i will walk around popping balloons.or bake brownies with the mister and watch a valentine's day themed horror movie or something XD

True, that. Booming business going about. I have to admit, though: as much as I self-torture myself, I was out for a bit and it did feel good watching happy people moving about, doing mushy things. Brighter things to feed off of, I guess. :)

I am doing nothing but watching horror movies

I found and watched "I Love You Philip Morris". A romance film (with a twist) based on true events.

I took my Indian Princess to San Francisco for the weekend and was a blast. Also, got a big headache with the parking situation. 1 parking for every 100 cars. LOL. They were charging 50.00 for 2 hours of parking. Ridiculous what some humans do for living.

Well, I do have a significant other. However, my sister had some plans to go to Atlantic City for the weekend, so my honey and I spent the weekend at her house babysitting her three kids. It really was uneventful, but we gave eachother cards and candy. It was pretty cool.

Nothing says Happy Goth/Vamp Valentine Day
like an extended neck, ready to nibble on.

The entire concept of a holiday is but a shelled mockery of it's former self.
These festivals began as ways to celebrate harvests or fertility.
The things that make life.

Hallmark card forbidden love is definitely not a part of life. It embraces ritual that do nothing intoxicating to the senses, while it also serves as part of a calender system, like Lupercalia.
We live in what Jean-Claude Baudrillard called "hyper-reality", which means that everything we do is a simulation of the truth of the matter.

We don't celebrate the actual festival of this holiday, but we engage in a simulation of a "holiday".

Welcome to the world of simulated nothingness.

And I am not joking. That is the funny part.

There is definite truth in that, I try desperately to feel the magic of holidays like I did as a child but often find my self at the end of the day feeling like something was missing and it all went way too fast. It can definitely be seen that Valentines day has become a traditional day to gripe about being single for many... but I still have hope for humanity even though I have no reason to and believe in real love.

to me it is a day like any other and I tend to live it as such.

went to movies and had dinner it was amazing

Just another reminder of being alone yay great day

For a vampy/goth significant other, dead/dried out roses that are kept intact could be a good gift. I keep my roses even though they could fall apart now if dropped or not picked up gently. Giving alive roses are just as fine too. Just an idea :)

Watching horror movies because it is just a regular day to me, :(

Watched horror movies to and sat home another day for me life goes on

Since this thread really isn't generating any discussion any longer, I am closing it.