Bad Valentine's Day ideas

I'm on this list serve for One World New York. One World hosts non-profit happy hours with LIRS in B'more sometimes. Normally, I like the information and ideas that I get from them, but not for Valentine's Day. I'm really a traditionalist when it comes to some things...namely being wooed. I LOVE fresh flowers (although I have a hierarchy of flowers) so I found the following message in my inbox to fly in the face of all things beautiful about Valentine's day:

From: OneWorld.net [mailto:oneworlddc@gmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, February 06, 2007 4:54 PM
To: owny@lists.us.oneworld.net
Subject: [owny] Forget Roses-Get Creative This V-Day!

Forget Roses-Get Creative This V-Day!

http://us.oneworld.net/section/us/giftguide

You know your loved one really doesn't need

another bouquet of roses this Valentine's Day.

Are you trying to think of an original and socially

conscious gift for them? How about a llama,

donated in their name to a family in Ecuador?

Or a fair trade gift like soapstone heart boxes

from Kenya? Stand out from the crowd and give

your loved one a gift that will truly make a difference.

The OneWorld Gift Guide helps you find fair trade

jewelry, crafts, and other items as well as find

causes that you can help your loved one support.

Visit http://us.oneworld.net/section/us/giftguide to

start your search!

Frankly, I don't want a llama given in my name for Valentine's Day! I might be shallow and vacuous, but I really just want to be told I'm beautiful and the only woman that a man wants to be with, and I would be extremely happy. Oh, and don't forget the flowers. It's simple, really. On my birthday, you can make the world a better place. To celebrate a martyr, flowers are in order.

Just to top it off...I'm not going out with a guy for V-day. I'm hanging with the girls as a testimony that true love is not limited to romantic love...but that's another blog that perhaps is not so vacuous.