the fourteen days of valentines.

now, i'm a little belated in starting this, but... technically i started on facebook yesterday. i just didn't think to do it on my blog until just now :)

anywho. it is now february. a brand new month. a time to find a new focus. since this month is the month of love, why not take some time to truly learn of love and the many forms it can take? that is what i have challenged myself to do.

i've never been a huge fan of valentine's day, and in more recent years, i have become a fan of calling it the cynical "singles-awareness day." well, NOT THIS YEAR! i plan to change my viewpoint this year. my good friend, lynette, celebrates the 14 days of valentine's day. though she celebrates a more hardcore version than i do (i figure i'll wean myself into her super-excited ways, haha...)she is the reason i have decided to so this.

here are the specific rules for the 14 days of valentines:

1. Wear something pink or red every day
2. Eat some chocolate every day
3. Find a new love quote everyday (any kind of love, romantic love, friend love, gospel love, it all works)
4. Read other talks, articles, etc. on love.
5. Listen to love songs. Obviously. NO breakup songs. That is like the cardinal sin of Valentine's Day, only slightly behind wearing black on V-day, that's just blasphemous people.
And finally.
6. SHOW love by doing at least one nice thing for someone every day.

NOW. obviously, if anyone knows me, i do not own any pink. and hardly any red. and i dance three days a week and that determines my wardrobe more than a silly holiday does, haha...

ALSO. all of this chocolate is probably going to ruin my new "kate moss philosophy" that i have decided to instigate in my life (nothing tastes as good as skinny feels.)

AND LASTLY. everyone knows how music is to me. though there are lost of break-up songs out there, they can, in a way, be seen as love songs. (just think about it, logically, it makes sense, right? yup, told you!!)

SO. i will have these rules as an outline (guidelines?) for my celebration of the 14 days of valentines. like i said, maybe one day i'll celebrate it just the way lynette does...

lynette has converted many a friend to this new holiday, and i'm so excited for what i will learn over these next 2 weeks. in the following posts, (which... i can tell you there will be a lot to come due to recent events and the many thoughts that are plaguing my mind about life) i will share all of my insights and new loves that i gain in the following days.

feel free to join me in loving :)