You Give Love a Bad Name

Friday February 13, 2009 10:02 | 838 views

Do you know what today is?

Yes, it’s Friday the Thirteenth. Boo.

But wait there’s more. Today, February 13, is Get a Different Name Day!

Sad fact of life: we did not choose our names. Our parents bestowed it upon us when we were born. If you like your name, well, freakin’ good for you.

But if your parents had such a bad taste at the time of your birth, you may have found yourself suffering from the consequences of having a terrible name all your life. (wuhuhuhu)

If you have long loathed your name, February 13 is for you. It is on this day that we are allowed to change our names. Choose a name of your liking and tell your family and friends about it. Take advantage of this day because this privilege lasts only for 24 hours.

If I were to change my name, I’d pick Josiah, Jacob, Jericho or Joshua. Wahaha. I just love biblical names that start with J. I dunno why.

I’ve said a million times that I want children. Biological, not adopted. No, I don’t wanna get married. And I’m not going straight. I just want kids. Even if it means I’ll have to knock someone up (to my disgust and horror). I wanna have kids BADLY. In fact, I have their whole lives planned for them. (I know that’s not really good parenting but eeeeeh.) So I already have names for my children this early. You see, I want four kids.

Dresden Munich
Athena Alexandria
Geneva Sofia (Si Ruffa kasi, inagawan ako ng Venice)
Kyiv Tashkent Cairo

Haha. Sorry, I named them after cities. I know it’s weird. But if my children won’t like it, they always have February 13 to change it. Wahaha.

How about you, guys? Come on. If you were to pick a different name, what would it be?

VALENTINE’S DAY

So tomorrow is Valentine’s Day. And according to Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Valentine’s day, it is a holiday invented by greeting card companies to make people feel like crap.

Take a look at statistics. The US Greeting Card Association estimated that around one billion valentine cards are being sent on this day each year worldwide. This makes this holiday the second largest card-spending day of the year, after Christmas. That’s a lot of cards.

And motel owners are happy!

Well, I don’t feel like crap on Valentine’s even when I’m single. I dunno. Our college barkada has a special tradition that we observe on this day. Those who are single among our circle of friends dine together at Chocolate Kiss in UP Diliman. We call ourselves the Single and Happy Club.

Take note, it’s not Single BUT Happy. It’s Single AND Happy Club.

And what’s amusing about it is that our membership has not changed a bit. It’s the same people every year! Haha.

It’s funny I’m always single on Valentine’s Day. I’ve had relationships before but they don’t really last long enough to invalidate my membership to the Single and Happy Club.

SINGLES AWARENESS DAY

Observed on February 15th, this day is for all singles to stand up, be proud and show that it is okay to be single. Hell, yeah.

Interestingly, the acronym for Singles Awareness Day is SAD. But whether singles around the world are sad or not, Singles Awareness Day is a reaction to Valentine’s Day by the people who are sick of the cheesiness and heavy commercialism of the day before.

On this day, they plan little get-togethers and exchange gifts with other single friends. While some singles send themselves flowers, others plan parties for other singles. This is done by people who don’t want to stay single. It’s a nice way of hooking up and meeting new prospects.

This holiday ain’t really that well-known here in the Philippines. Hmmm…. That’s sad.

PAHABOL

I’ve just updated my Grammy Predictions post. I’m quite satisfied with the results.
I’m excited to see You Changed My Life. Wahaha. Eeeeh Sarah Geronimo. Eeeeh John Lloyd Cruz. Ang jologs ko na naman.
Umiyak si Marian Rivera kasi she lost her phone sa taping ng Ang Babaeng Hinugot sa Tadyang. May reward na P100,000 sa makakapagbalik nung phone. Isang daang libong freakin’ piso?!?! For a cellphone?!?! Waaaah. I smell a scandal. Hehe.
UP Fair tonight! I miss UP Diliman!

images courtesy of cartoonstock.com, someecards.com and music-cliche-x of iconator.com
some parts of this post were originally written for crunkish.com