Valentine's Day

I'm one of "those" people.  I don't really care about Valentine's Day.  I'm always wary of anything contrived, and maybe if I didn't over analyze everything I might allow myself to enjoy it.  That being said, my boyfriend ruined any chance of a snarky joke by having this mammoth delivered to my house the day before

 My schtick is that flowers are dumb.  They're expensive, they perpetuate an evil industry and they die within days.  Plants however are awesome!  They (hopefully) grow, they look great and they pay their rent in oxygen.  So I named my mammoth "Fiona" in hopes that personifying it will motivate me to keep her alive forever and ever.  She lives on the radiator and eats ice cubes and is basically really cute.  Maybe she needs a boyfriend!

On Valentine's Day night I drove up to Tre's and we got takeout (fancy) Chinese from our favorite place.  Spring rolls, vermicelli with roasted veggies and schezuan tofu.  We ate on the couch (which would mean more if there was any other place to eat..) and watched Blade Runner.  Then the night got really special when we slept next to a bottle of this.

a ridiculous gift from my boss...that I will never justify opening