How To Survive Valentine’s Day Alone

I watched a short movie.





SUMMARY

The short movie tells me how to survive Valentine’s Day alone. It introduces 7 steps. First step is “Realize you are not alone”. That means we had better think millions of others don’t have a date for Valentine’s Day. Second Step is “Remember: it’s commercial”. Tell yourself that Valentine’s Day is a crass commercial holiday that mostly brings happiness to florist and candy makers. Third step is “Do something decadent”. On Valentine’s Day, you should book something decadent that you’ve always wanted to do. Fourth step is “Think of people in rotten relationships”. Think of all people who were in a rotten relationship just to get a heart-shaped box of cheap chocolates. Fifth step is “Feel superior”. Feel superior to those people who are dating. Sixth step is “Consider the holiday’s origin”. Valentine, a 3rd-century priest, who wrote a love letter to the warden’s daughter, therefore being someone’s Valentine is really being a doomed, lovesick prisoner. Seventh step is “Enjoy half-priced chocolates”. On February 15, we should purchase a now half-priced box of chocolates. We give the same warm and fuzzy feelings we have when we’re falling in love without any of the heartache by phenyl ethylamine which is contained in chocolates.

VOCABURALY





*literally: in a literal way

The word ‘planet’ literally means ‘wandering body’.

*crass: very stupid and showing no sympathy or understanding

The crass questions all disabled people get asked.

*florist: a person who owns or works in a shop/ store that sells flowers and plants

I’ve ordered some flowers from the florist’s.

*decadent: having or showing low standards, especially moral ones, and an interest only in pleasure and enjoying rather than serious things

The decadent lifestyle.

*rotten: (informal) very bad

I’ve had a rotten day!

*fuzzy: covered with short soft fine hair or fur

I have fuzzy images of it.