[phoenix]

 

 

 

<3


love,

phoenix

xox

 

 

 

[████████]

its not v-day yet.

[phoenix]

tis where I am.

[████████]

Originally Posted by Kegmama

Maybe she wants to be proactive instead of reactive.

in that case <4+++

[phoenix]

 

[floatingslowly]

I've got a <3 on.

[SuchFriendsAreDangerous]

St. Valentine


At least three different Saint Valentines, all of them martyrs, are mentioned in the early martyrologies under date of 14 February. One is described as a priest at Rome, another as bishop of Interamna (modern Terni), and these two seem both to have suffered in the second half of the third century and to have been buried on the Flaminian Way, but at different distances from the city. In William of Malmesbury's time what was known to the ancients as the Flaminian Gate of Rome and is now the Porta del Popolo, was called the Gate of St. Valentine. The name seems to have been taken from a small church dedicated to the saint which was in the immediate neighborhood. Of both these St. Valentines some sort of Acta are preserved but they are of relatively late date and of no historical value. Of the third Saint Valentine, who suffered in Africa with a number of companions, nothing further is known. Saint Valentine's Day


The popular customs associated with Saint Valentine's Day undoubtedly had their origin in a conventional belief generally received in England and France during the Middle Ages, that on 14 February, i.e. half way through the second month of the year, the birds began to pair. Thus in Chaucer's Parliament of Foules we read:

For this was sent on Seynt Valentyne's day
Whan every foul cometh ther to choose his mate.

For this reason the day was looked upon as specially consecrated to lovers and as a proper occasion for writing love letters and sending lovers' tokens. Both the French and English literatures of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries contain allusions to the practice. Perhaps the earliest to be found is in the 34th and 35th Ballades of the bilingual poet, John Gower, written in French; but Lydgate and Clauvowe supply other examples. Those who chose each other under these circumstances seem to have been called by each other their Valentines. In the Paston Letters, Dame Elizabeth Brews writes thus about a match she hopes to make for her daughter (we modernize the spelling), addressing the favoured suitor:

And, cousin mine, upon Monday is Saint Valentine's Day and every bird chooses himself a mate, and if it like you to come on Thursday night, and make provision that you may abide till then, I trust to God that ye shall speak to my husband and I shall pray that we may bring the matter to a conclusion.

Shortly after the young lady herself wrote a letter to the same man addressing it "Unto my rightwell beloved Valentine, John Paston Esquire". The custom of choosing and sending valentines has of late years fallen into comparative desuetude.

 

[Rob Instigator]

I love all of you. Happy Valentine's Day to all.
May you get sweet kisses from a sweetheart or at the very least some lascivious looks from a foxy person.

[Cantankerous]

ce ne devrait pas meme exister. quel jour horrible; invente par des societes pour faire l'argent rapidement.

[ALIEN ANAL]

hmm so i have no money
what should i do for my gf today

[Cantankerous]

fuck her.

"lol double entendres"

[ALIEN ANAL]

hilarious

but really, i was thinking of going out and seeking some roses from someone's garden and giving it to her when she gets back from work..is that nice enough?

[Cantankerous]

yes. my father picked daffodils from the side of the highway for my mum once.

[SuchFriendsAreDangerous]

Originally Posted by Rob Instigator

I love all of you. Happy Valentine's Day to all.
May you get sweet kisses from a sweetheart or at the very least some lascivious looks from a foxy person.

I'll take that lascivious look, it is much better then the starled gaze or distrubed glance that most people give me as a I walk by, or even worse (which is bitterly surprising) they assume I am invisible and do not even react to my salutations. so lascivious would be quite the upgrade, though assumingly from female company, as I am not in the market to raise any dicks.

[phoenix]

Originally Posted by SuchFriendsAreDangerous

I'll take that lascivious look, it is much better then the starled gaze or distrubed glance that most people give me as a I walk by, or even worse (which is bitterly surprising) they assume I am invisible and do not even react to my salutations. so lascivious would be quite the upgrade, though assumingly from female company, as I am not in the market to raise any dicks.

maybe people ignore you because you seem to feel pretty non existant!

happy valentines

[SuchFriendsAreDangerous]

Originally Posted by phoenix

maybe people ignore you because you seem to feel pretty non existant!

happy valentines

actually, I think I stand out pretty well, you can spot me easily from like a 100 yards, which makes the selective invisibility especially odd.

[Danny Himself]

YAY!

This year I actually have a date. I'm going for drinks with that girl who was hitting on me on the weekend after I put 'Subterranean Homesick Blues' on the jukebox in the pub.

FINALLY I can be one of those guys people look at and go 'how'd he get her?' instead of one of those guys people look at and go 'yikes'.

[Disgruntled Youth]

Another day to get drunk & play records...

[✌➬]

Congratulations Danny. I have school, I will celebrate it on Saturday.

[sonicl]

Okay, I'm gonna be oh so indie. Valentines are supposed to be sent anonymously, yeah? But obviously that's not possible, 'cos to the left of this post it says who it's posted by. So I'm gonna sign my name to my Valentine, but not say who it's to. Clever, huh?


I LOVE YOU!!!!

BE MY VALENTINE!!!!


Lots of love, sonicl xxxx