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Three days to go and I'm already feeling the strain. Commercials, ads and word of mouth carry the painful stings of Valentine's Day. To quote someone famous, "a day created by Hersey's and Hallmark." A month ago I thought I would find myself actually celebrating the "holiday" with someone that I cared about, until that fantasy was blotted out of existence in one foul swoop. I love how life can 180 on you all of a sudden. Happy to sad and back again like the spinning of a roulette wheel. Place your bets.

It snowed again this morning, that makes three days in a row, I believe. The wind cuts across the Iowa farmlands and crashes against my apartment building. The foundation moans under the extreme bone-chilling force Mother Nature is ditching out. So cold... two blankets for me I've found helps get through cold lonely nights. Waking up warm and comfortable is the best part of my day, only to look at the window to half a foot of fresh powder that seemed to have appeared out of thin air. They call it one of the worst winters in the last twenty years.. I believe it.

Yesterday I took it upon myself to be a man and replace the battery in my car (a piece of shit I might add). Mother Nature didn't think it would be enough to make it cold and snowy but just had to set me back a pretty penny by taking the life of my car for a week. Yet now I'm back in action.. to do what, I don't know. It's not like I have much of a life to go out and tear around town for. Although knowing I have the option to "cut loose" and paint the town red if I want is comforting.. I suppose.

Think thats all I'll post for right now, maybe I'll think about something to emo-out about later today and put it on here. For all you singles out there, I'm right there with ya. Grab a box of chocolate, pour yourself a glass of wine and be happy with yourself because thats all we can really do.