My Funny Valentine's Day

Let's face it. It's a holiday made up by greeting card companies to take the public for a crap load of cash. But it seems like most people who say that are bitter about their lack of Valentine's Day attention. My strategy, then, is to enjoy the holiday without giving the retailers a dime. This year, I was pretty successful.

My first project was a set of four cards for the four members of the Yokozuna Deliberation Council, chock full of inside jokes, Homestar Runner references, and some random poorly translated Japanese pop lyrics. Great stuff, like, "Your two eyes look like sunflower seeds," and "I'm painting myself the color of you." They were a thing of beauty, really, and they were well received.

Next, my brilliant and creative roommate, having bought a box of Looney Toons valentines, bestowed upon me the honor of receiving the extra special teacher's card contained in the box. Naturally, I had to come up with a way to express my gratitude, simultaneously showing her up. The obvious course of action, then, was to write "Happy Vday Jenny" on our ceiling in duct tape. Worked like a charm.

And my final Valentine project, completed a mere ten minutes ago, was to email Sarah a picture of Miyabiyama. Why? I quit asking that question months ago.