Febuary 15th = Cheap Chocolate Day!!

I'm in more of a silly than serious mood right now, which is strange, considering recent events in my life have been more of a serious nature. Instead of re contemplating my life in light of my extremely violent car accident, that put an abrupt end to my recent crisis of faith, here is what is on my mind right now:

Valentines day is thursday. I've never really been a fan. I've always saved a good deal of money around Valentines day as compared to my peers. My mom always sends me a card and tells me that I'm her valentine. Besides that, I've never really given it that much thought. But this year, as I prepare for that sprint-turned-long-distance-marathon called being single, I thought I'd take some music along for the jog. So here it is...my "I'm single and I don't give a flying front door one way or the other" mix. My favorite songs to hate on the good saint Valentine(complete with explaination). Join me? Why yes, you can.

1. Self Esteem (The Offspring)
I don't even need to explain this one. Every person over the age of 20 should know this song, should have this song, should sing this song in the shower. It's blissfully bitter, oh so angry. Awesome.

2. I Will Survive (Gloria Gaynor)
This has become a bit of a girl power song, but come on! It's a classic any way you slice it. And even if you don't think you know all the words, come on. You do. Sing with me..."did you think I'd crumble? Did you think I'd lay down and die?"

3. Never There (Cake)
When I was little, and my big sister would drive me places, I heard this song a lot. I always knew what it meant. Someone was about to get dumped. 'Cause he was never there...

4. I'm Lonely (But I Ain't That Lonely Yet) (The White Stripes)
Title says it all. Or, as my buddy Ryan McRae says, "It's better to be single than wish you were." Truer words were never spoken, my friend. He joins me this Thursday, as someone who doesn't wish he was single (because he already is)

5. I'd Rather Have (Manchester Orchestra)
"I would rather have /a broken arm, /than have my arms around you." Damn. Some girl really jacked this dude up a lot. Oh well, though. He wrote an awesome song, and got to be marginally famous. Good for him.

6. Me vs. Madonna vs. Elvis (Brand New)
"I will lie awake/and laugh before/and fake the way I hold you/ let you fall for every empty word I say." This song makes being a jerk sound like fun. If I wasn't so dead set on finishing last, I would probably try it.

7. My Friends Over You (New Found Glory) High school romances gone awry, all that awkwardness, and pettyness...ooh. not a good time. Pop punk ballads were the perfect ointment for my superficially wounded heart. Still feels pretty good today. Just a little immaturity to get me through the day.

8. Foundations (Kate Nash) I love this song. Especially how this waman delivers the entire story like she doesn't even care. It makes the whole relationship thing sound so silly, and the idea of being alone seem so...natural. Rock on, Kate

9.The Dirty Glass (Dropkick Murphys)
The word "Bitch" always makes me smile in this song. I know that's horrible, and I'll probably regret posting that in a few minutes, but in my defense, she doesn't seem like that great of a girl. Besides, it's punk rock. What do you expect?

10. Leave (get out) (JoJo)
This girl has an incredible voice, however you feel about the pop genre. Plus she's like twelve years old. So young, so angry. I love it. "You said that you/would treat me right/ but you was just a waste of time."

11. No More (Baby Ima Do Right) (3lw)
My sisters and I used to jam out to this song all the time. Deb and I still do, cause we're still single. "Know I'm not the one/ Say it again/say it-say it again..."

12. But She Beat My High Score (Say Hi To Your Mom)
Video games or girls? I guess sometimes it's a toss up.

13. U Remind Me (Usher)
I don't really know why this one's here...that's probably why it's in the bottom of the list.