Hehe okay, wish the damn thing would hurry up and download, only 20mb so far.

That's what I used to think.
But I've changed my mind. You can let it be a day for capitalizm, but you can also see it as a reason to give your loved one some extra attention.
Whenever my girlfriend (she's my ex now but **** that) feels sad, I see that as a reason to send her a bar of chocolate via e-mail. Whenever I see her, which is only once a month or so, I see that as a reason to make or buy a CD for her.
Same goes for valentines day. Obviously not everyone treats their ex the way I do, but when you have a girlfriend, just use this day as a reason to give her something extra. Do it for the two of you, not because it's valentines day, bus just because you want to make her feel good.

I broke up with my middle school "boyfriend" on Valentine's day in 2000. Since that, I have never had a date on that day. I've started dating someone within a week of the holiday, only to break up before it came around again. I consider that to be karma.

How hard is it to find girlfriends when you're a lesbian?
I could imagine it's a lot harder than finding boyfriends?

Oh yeah. Especially considering that only a MAXIMUM 10% of women are gay, and that I figure at least 3/4 of those are really butch (hunting, fishing, short hair, pick-up trucks) and not at all my type. Of the ones remaining, a lot of the ones I meet are dumb sorority girls who I have NO connection with whatsoever. Then there are just the others I don't click with at all.

So, I mean, I figure I have a pool of maybe .01% of the population I could ever foresee myself dating.

it's a western thing which I don't celebrate

i only celebrate its Chinese equivalent (chap goh mei) which falls on the 15th day of the Chinese New Year, which is drawing near

I'm buying some sexy lingerie for my fiancee

maybe you need to move to a more urban area.

Yes - I'm working on moving to a more urban area. The places I've been in the northeast I've really liked a lot: Boston, NYC, and Burlington in particular - although Burlington only has a few thousand more people living there than in my city.

are you moving to attend another school?

Yeah, pretty much. UVM seems like a nice school, and I know people who live up that way, so that's helpful. I also know a few people in Boston, although I don't know if there's anywhere I particularly want to go to school there...and I know two people in NYC, and my acting coach rents an apartment up there, so I'd be able to get a place to live. So yeah. I'm just kind of trying to figure it out right now.