if you are here, you are lost.

happy valentine's day. but what's so very happy about it? gotta say i do love the colors of the holiday...it's the middle of february for fuck's sake. it ain't the shortest month by accident. this month just sucks and even a manufactured so-called holiday like valentine's is welcome if it brings change to this fact.

hallmark plots aside, last night we were at a mega-super store that sells everything from douches and car batteries to hunting gear and falaffel. a few folks were making the last minute purchases for today. but what i found odd was that EASTER candy is already out. it reminds me of how screwed over st. patrick's day is.

it is sandwiched between two of the bigger candy holidays along with halloween and christmas. easter and velantine's have a better color palette to choose from...st. patrick's day has green. end of story. their big sales item? booze. who the fuck is in marketing at this holiday? they should have sobered up when planning it. when i see my irish heritage get so little retail representation, it sucks.

and if i go off on a rant about how irish folk are characterized as alcoholics, people sheepishly look at me and remind me that I am an alcoholic. doph! well, at least i am tall and do not have red hair. so they'll never call me a leprechaun.

wow. one year ago i pulled up tent stakes and left here. it might be time to come back. sniff, sniff. sigh.