February 15, 2005
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The Daily News
1 Lotta Valentines out there yesterday, whole lotta love.
2 All that pink and red. Balloon bouquets bobbing above. Love seemed everywhere you looked.
3 Strange day, that.
4 Always is.
5 I always feel a little pained at Valentine's Day. It usually takes a few days to recover. It's one of the WEIRDEST days in the year, because I can't help feeling a great amount of angst for those who are left out, or who have either nothing going on , or who are perhaps trying to recover from some devastation, recent or distant, that leaves in its wake a wish for the whole concept of Valentine's Day to simply go away. For every couple that walks around with stars in their eyes, there are others who have to watch and live the entire day in pain.
6 Sorry, not trying to rain on the parade and all; I just always feel for those who haven't a Valentine, for whatever reason.
7 My solution to that one is to encourage the use of chocolate on that day.
8 A few years back, I wrote a play called Morning, about a girl who has just been dumped, and is systematically trying to reason with the unreasonable. I always loved the last line, when the wiser girl looks at the audience and with a tacit smile, turns and says, "All you need isn't love." She then pauses for a beat. Then,she remarks with precision, "All you need is chocolate." And then she walks off, with some of the wisest words ever spoken.
9 Word.
10 So to those of you who had to sit on the side and watch everyone else holding hands and gazing into each others' eyes, this is my Valentine to you. Thanks for going through that every year. Thanks for holding up, and putting a nice smile on your face. Thanks for smiling at people who are happy; it's a tremendous gift. And thank you for being such a beautiful person. You deserve all the joy life could bring, pure and simple.
11 Go with a friend today and find some chocolate somewhere. Have a Chantico at Starbucks. Treat yourself, spoil yourself, and give yourself the sweet gift that is you. You deserve it after yesterdays's debacle.
12 And listen to those words that climbed into my head one thoughtful night.
13 All you need isn't love.
14 All you need is chocolate.
15 Auditions tomorrow and Thursday, Friday callbacks!!! My room, after school. If you are doing FANTASTICS posters, my room works as well, so you could do BOTH pretty easily.
16 Well, take care.
15 Peace.
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