Valentine’s Day is not going to be complete without two things:
- Showering someone in some kind of candy/chocolate in completely egregious amounts
- Getting tickets to the hot new romantic comedy that’s sweeping the nation, starring some kind of heartthrob actor in a down-on-his-luck story
Even as a singleton for this year’s festival of love, I’m still pretty pumped about taking advantage of some clichés, seeing what may be the funniest movie of the year, and managing to make someone smile. As long as I can do those, anything else is just icing on the cake.
First, I can’t pass up a good deal, and if you’ve ever been to my dorm room, you’ll know I keep a dish of candy on my coffee table because I’m actually 75. The day after Valentine’s Day, all that candy in the stores is going to be marked down to 50% off, and I’m going to swoop in like a hawk who’s been told that he’s the first to beat diabetes in the history of modern medicine. Especially those heart shaped Reese’s peanut butter cups; most of my family buys me big packages of those and says I’ll have a great week. Little do they know, I’ve actually finished the bunch in a little less than an hour since they have left. Hey, I’m not crying while I’m eating them, so it can’t be that much of a problem, right?
So there’s eating my lack of feelings, next up is the movie, and this one is going to be a doozy. Ryan Reynolds gets strut and slice on the big screen this weekend as Wade Wilson aka "Deadpool"! This movie wasn’t even supposed to happen, it was just some accidentally released alpha footage that the American public responded so well to that the big movie executives couldn’t just let this collect dust on some shelf in a warehouse. I love "Deadpool" not just for his humor that centers around him being an antihero, but how he pulls no punches and goes for every laugh he can get, especially if it’s his own or belongs to one uncomfortable member of his audience that just can’t hold it in anymore. After seeing the trailer paired with DMX’s X Gon Give It To Ya, I knew this was going to be gold, but that’s another story. In short: "Deadpool" + Valentine’s Day = it’s lit.
In all seriousness, this holiday is about celebrating the feeling of love, not just because of the possibility that you’re in a relationship of some sort. It’s a wonderful feeling, and when you combine it with the sense of reward you feel when you give someone some sort of gift, there’s a lot of positive energy floating around up in the air. This day is about a great feeling that you’ve felt or will feel one day. And if you’re the latter, good luck, cause it will knock you flat off your feet when it hits you. Now, while I don’t have a special someone, a significant other, even an apple of my eye right now, I’m still excited for the day. Look at these two great things I’ve told you about, and then think about sharing them with a treasured friend. That culmination is what I’m truly looking forward to, and I hope they like their gift of "Deadpool" tickets and all the chocolate they want (the next day, that is).
Celebrate the feelings you have for the people around you, as grand as love or as small as giving someone those candy hearts, for life’s a scary place when you can’t feel those things. Love each other, feel loved. Trust me, you'll sleep better.
