today is the day after valentine’s day and i hope everyone’s february 14th was full of hearts and love and puppy dogs and butterflies and other happy things. my valentine’s day was so wickedly awesome that i’m not even gonna tell you about it.

if your’s sucked i’m really sorry but look on the bright side, at least you didnt shoot someone in the face.

i was talking to mandy about how the whole gift buying thing has evolved drastically with the advent of the “credit-card-generation”. back in the day–before platinum credit cards and $10,000 dollar credit limits–you bought your significant other what you could afford not what you could spend. there’s a big fuck difference.

this undoubtedly is why i suffer from gift-guilt. it works like this: i think of something incredible that i could give to someone and when i realize i cant afford it, i remember my big fat credit limit with its low interest rate and before i know it i’m signing my life away. in order to reverse this downward spiral into credit card hell, i’m taking a new approach to gift giving and am going to start buying gifts that not only i can purchase but that i can afford.

if you are thinking ahead to my birthday in august, you should disregard this lousy advice, because papa needs a new imac.