Valentine's Day - much better than the movie

So what's my strong, stubborn, unwavering opinion about Valentine's Day? Well, ever since I graduated elementary school and left behind the cute crafts and homemade mailboxes, Valentine's Day has held little significance for me. There hasn't been much to look forward to, nor much to dread. I actually found myself bored in the sea of pink and red, candy and chocolate, hearts and balloons. That was, until I hit high school. Recently I have discovered that Valentine's Day is one of the greatest forms of entertainment offered over the course of the entire year. And this year it was better than ever. Twitter fever, prom season, spoiled girls, and awkward relationships all came together and created one of the most eventful and hilarious Valentine's Days I have witnessed to date. I think I enjoyed sitting on the sidelines more than I would have enjoyed having an actual Valentine (excluding my cat, of course). There were girls who wouldn't stop talking and tweeting about Valentine's Day since the beginning of February, who had already informed their boyfriends that they expected nothing less than a James Avery ring and candlelight dinner, and who donned so much red and pink that they looked like they purchased the entire Valentine's aisle at Target. There were other girls who declared the holiday as Single Awareness Day and who I half expected to come together and riot outside every restaurant decorated with hearts and other ooey-gooey paraphenalia. There were boys who seemed to spend their entire savings on gifts for that "special someone" and who I watched in horror as they were hopelessly rejected. There were boys who ruthlessly used the holiday as a way to stock up on their candy inventory. There were some who laughed, some who cried, and others who cried from laughing as the onslaught of prom manifested itself in the holiday, sparking the drama that will undoubtedly continue until the dance itself. And there were people, like me, who sat back and soaked up the real life soap opera in a mixture of amusement, disbelief, horror, and delight.