{"id":1627,"date":"2013-02-14T17:49:53","date_gmt":"2013-02-14T21:49:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/underbellyofsunshine.com\/?p=1627"},"modified":"2013-02-14T17:49:53","modified_gmt":"2013-02-14T21:49:53","slug":"lets-bee-friends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/underbellyofsunshine.com\/?p=1627","title":{"rendered":"Let&#8217;s Bee Friends"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I don&#8217;t know what to write today. I really don&#8217;t.<\/p>\n<p>It is Valentine&#8217;s Day and I would like to write something related to that but I am having a hard time coming up with something that is not my usual cynical, sometimes depressing, views of the commercial holiday. Even looking at the post about my <a href=\"https:\/\/underbellyofsunshine.com\/?p=1622\">pretty nails<\/a> comes off kind of bitchy.<\/p>\n<p>At first I was going to write about crazy people. The ones you read about who throw acid in their ex&#8217;s face, stalkers, psychotics, are into\u00c2\u00a0bestiality, marry pillows, serial killers&#8230;etc. And how people take such chances just going on dates because they don&#8217;t know who they are with or may never <em>really<\/em> know who their significant other is. But I found that too depressing.<\/p>\n<p>Then I came up with the idea of writing about the concept of the &#8220;Anti-Valentine&#8217;s&#8221; celebrations and how that doesn&#8217;t make any sense. This is where groups of single people get together and drink and dance and have fun in an effort to try to forget that its Valentine&#8217;s Day. But I would think going through all that effort to forget would just remind you of the day. Plus it is really just a bunch of lonely people looking to hook up.<\/p>\n<p>After that I was reminded of one of my favourite things about this holiday, <em>The Simpsons<\/em>. Specifically episode 74 &#8220;I Love Lisa&#8221;. You know the episode, everyone does. It is the one where Ralph Wiggum falls in love with Lisa after she give him a pity Valentine, &#8220;I Choo-Choo Choose You&#8221;. It is such a sweet, funny, poignant episode and I am always happy to see it. Hopefully I will be able to catch it in\u00c2\u00a0syndication.<\/p>\n<p>After I couldn&#8217;t properly articulate my feelings toward that show I decided to get some\u00c2\u00a0inspiration\u00c2\u00a0from the previous posts I had written on this day. I don&#8217;t know why I hadn&#8217;t noticed this before but all except the very first were based in music. Last year I wrote a &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/underbellyofsunshine.com\/?p=1395\">story<\/a>&#8221; where music was used to highlight key points; the year before that I wasn&#8217;t properly prepared and ended up just posting a set of\u00c2\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/underbellyofsunshine.com\/?p=1187\">lonely person songs<\/a>; the year before that was an <a href=\"https:\/\/underbellyofsunshine.com\/?p=889\">analysis of song lyrics<\/a> and how they have degraded into vulgarity over the years; the year before that was the year I posted a piece of <a href=\"https:\/\/underbellyofsunshine.com\/?p=279\">prose<\/a> I had written years before for a class I had taken; and the year before that I hadn&#8217;t entered the high-stakes competitive world of blogging yet. Looking over all of that just made me want to find more songs but that is kind of played out&#8230;right?<\/p>\n<p>Maybe I just think music is a perfect subject for a day like today. For me personally, it allows for the kind of escape that I require to look past all the other&#8230;stuff. The funny thing is when I am in an emotion state of any kind my music highly reflects that. If I am sad, happy, angry, or anywhere in between so is my music. And on Valentine&#8217;s day, a day about love, I tend to listen to love songs. It is a thing. I sometimes think I am torturing myself but it is one of the few times where I may get all sentimental and mushy.<\/p>\n<p>Well I just couldn&#8217;t decide on what to actually write about so I guess I am writing about nothing. I hope your Valentine&#8217;s Day treats you well. And if you do have a Valentine they better hold you in the esteem that you deserve.<\/p>\n<p>I am gonna eat chocolate and curl up in front of the TV enjoying sitcoms and absorbing some drama. Me and Valentine&#8217;s Day are finally getting along.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/underbellyofsunshine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/icon-copy-profile.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-40\" title=\"icon-copy-profile\" src=\"https:\/\/underbellyofsunshine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/icon-copy-profile.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"75\" height=\"75\" \/><\/a>Tra<\/p>\n<p>PS. I couldn&#8217;t leave you without some music.<\/p>\n<p>LL Cool J &#8211; I Need Love<br \/>\n<code><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/NEUX-HYRtUA?version=3&amp;hl=en_GB\" \/><embed type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/NEUX-HYRtUA?version=3&amp;hl=en_GB\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/embed><\/object><\/code><\/p>\n<p>Cardigans &#8211; Love Fool<br \/>\n<code><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/bUIElvJRyNU?version=3&amp;hl=en_GB\" \/><embed type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/bUIElvJRyNU?version=3&amp;hl=en_GB\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/embed><\/object><\/code><\/p>\n<p>Metronomy &#8211; The Bay<br \/>\n<code><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/9PnOG67flRA?version=3&amp;hl=en_GB\" \/><embed type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/9PnOG67flRA?version=3&amp;hl=en_GB\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/embed><\/object><\/code><\/p>\n<p>The Bird and the Bee &#8211; Polite Dance Song<br \/>\n<code><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/HhDVSiidt_4?version=3&amp;hl=en_GB\" \/><embed type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/HhDVSiidt_4?version=3&amp;hl=en_GB\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/embed><\/object><\/code><\/p>\n<p>Positive K &#8211; I Gotta Man (Something I would like to say truthfully)<br \/>\n<code><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/VvYIpa1Ulvw?version=3&amp;hl=en_GB\" \/><embed type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/VvYIpa1Ulvw?version=3&amp;hl=en_GB\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/embed><\/object><\/code><\/p>\n<p>Pulp &#8211; This is Hardcore<br \/>\n<code><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/JXbLyi5wgeg?hl=en_GB&amp;version=3\" \/><embed type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/JXbLyi5wgeg?hl=en_GB&amp;version=3\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/embed><\/object><\/code><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I don&#8217;t know what to write today. I really don&#8217;t. It is Valentine&#8217;s Day and I would like to write something related to that but I am having a hard time coming up with something that is not my usual cynical, sometimes depressing, views of the commercial holiday. Even looking at the post about my [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[9],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/underbellyofsunshine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1627"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/underbellyofsunshine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/underbellyofsunshine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/underbellyofsunshine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/underbellyofsunshine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1627"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/underbellyofsunshine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1627\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1631,"href":"https:\/\/underbellyofsunshine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1627\/revisions\/1631"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/underbellyofsunshine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1627"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/underbellyofsunshine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1627"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/underbellyofsunshine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1627"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}