Singles Awareness Day

Happy Flowers and Chocolates Day

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Howdy, howdy! How’s everyone doing this lovely Wednesday? Did you do whatever you needed to do to prepare for Valentine’s Day? Or Single’s Awareness Day? Or conception day for many near the cusp of Scorpio and Sagittarius? Whatever you want to call it. Just Wednesday is fine for me. I’m ready. Because I’m doing nothing. I have chocolates that Dad bought me for Christmas. I thought about buying myself flowers, but they just wilt, so I don’t know why they’re so popular. Like… having nature’s corpses rotting on my desk isn’t as great as it sounds. But I’m rambling. I guess I should figure out something to ramble about for the rest of this post. I don’t think I could stretch flower corpses that far unless I write a story about them. So, I suppose I’ll make a list of gifts to give your writerly peoples on this weird day.

1. Skulls work. Bones in general. At least for horror writers. Or mystery/thriller/crime writers. Dark fantasy. Fantasy in general, actually. I’m not saying other types of writers wouldn’t appreciate bones, but it’s something you’d have to gauge for yourself. Know your writer.

2. Books, movies, etc. Picture it. You and your writer sitting in the same room, just reading. You don’t even have to read the same thing. You’ve given your writer a book with their favorite cliché and you’ve shared some food and now, you’re just existing together. This works with other activities as well as reading. Puzzles. Crafts. Video games. Endless possibilities.

3. Weird chocolates that fit their genre. I’m sure any kink writer would appreciate an edible anus. Writers with a penchant for body horror, maybe. I don’t know. I’m just throwing it out there that you can get chocolate shaped like anything on the Interwebz. It doesn’t have to be the standard heart shaped boxes to show you care.

4. If they’re into booze, Writers’ Tears is a thing that exists. There are different versions besides copper pot. Appropriate for any genre. If whiskey isn’t their thing, go Google writer themed drinks. And if your writer isn’t into alcohol, get them some nice coffee or tea or hot chocolate or whatever they drink. Everyone likes a nice beverage.

Just some ideas. Get your writer decaying corpses if that’s what they enjoy. Whatever floats their boat. Or your boat if you’re a writer pampering yourself. What kind of Valentine’s Day gifts do you prefer to receive and/or give? Feel free to leave your thoughts or questions or whatever here or on my social media pages!

Love Is All You Need

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Howdy, howdy!  Happy Valentine’s day!  Or Singles Awareness day, or VD day, or Chocolate Appreciation day, or Wednesday, or whatever.  Since it’s a special, lovey-dovey day and I’m sitting over here all single, I thought I would take a moment to treat myself.  I know I’ve said it before, but self-care really is important.  And I’ve kind of been neglecting myself lately.  Sure, I’ve been playing my mindless games, but Sunday was the first time I’ve watched anime in at least a month, probably closer to two.  I can’t even remember the last time I read manga.  Honestly, I’ve just been a bit blah towards everything lately.  I need to change that.

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Sounds like a good plan to me.

So, after I write my words, I think I’m going to take the day off from my usual routine.  I won’t worry about reading the things I’m supposed to be reading.  I might even put writing on the novel to the side and write a random flash fiction piece or something.  Instead of worrying about my goals, I’ll write whatever I feel like writing.  But I’m coming up to a good part on the novel, so it’ll probably be that (I’m boring, I know).  Then, who knows where the day will take me.

I might rewatch some Ouran High School Host Club.  That’s about as close to romantic as I get, and it’s mostly because I adore the twins.  There’s also Yuri on Ice.  I could probably rewatch all of those episodes if I don’t procrastinate on my writing.  Maybe I’ll just find something completely new to binge watch.  On the other hand, I still haven’t finished rewatching Cardcaptor Sakura, which means I haven’t had a chance to watch the new episodes either.  I was super excited when I first heard about the new episodes, but I even got blah over that.  Shame on me.

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I totally squee-ed a little the first time I saw this, so I’m not too far down the blah road.

Then again, I might not watch any anime.  I might decide to read some manga instead.  I’m so far behind on it all that no matter what I choose to read, I’ll have to start over again.  I could always just stick with some old favorites.  It has been a few years since I reread Angel Sanctuary.  That’s always super fun.  There are a couple of other titles I’ve been thinking about recently too, so I might try them again.  Who knows?

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This gets all the d’awwws!  By Paluumin.

The point is, I’m actually starting to miss some of the things that used to entertain me.  What better day to get back to some old loves than Valentine’s day?  What are your plans for the day?  I know it’s a Wednesday, so many of you are probably working, but do you have any tiny (or huge) plans to pamper yourself or your loved one(s)?  Feel free to comment here or on my social media pages.  Even if you don’t like the holiday, I hope you have a wonderful day full of all kinds of good things!