{"id":4560,"date":"2023-02-14T15:56:59","date_gmt":"2023-02-15T01:26:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flytippings.com\/?p=4560"},"modified":"2023-02-18T12:22:51","modified_gmt":"2023-02-18T21:52:51","slug":"valentines-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flytippings.com\/?p=4560","title":{"rendered":"Valentine’s Day"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

This holiday was fraught with peril back during school days; we first made shoeboxes covered with Valentine paper, with a slot in the top for the anonymous cards. Would one get the cheap dime store Valentine (they came in a packet, so there were plenty) from one’s schoolmates? Or would everyone know that one was a pariah? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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For the current crop of schoolchildren, it’s much easier. One can purchase a ready-made Valentine box. One’s card can bear your own name, but it can’t have the recipient’s name. And of course everyone gets a card. It’s an interesting watering down of this ancient custom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As I am long past school age, I now send out electronic greetings to my friends. One does not often associate romance with Godzilla, but, I am a fan of the Kaiju, and so I set up little photo ops with my favorite for many holidays.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This year I was feeling ambitious, so I set up this little scene.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I did a couple of different poses, but I’m pretty sure that I chose the Tokyo one to send.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The next year I was in a hurry, so I went with a simple tea towel background that someone had gifted me for the holiday.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Here’s this year’s choice; hearts didn’t seem to fit, Godzilla needed a more urban look and I decided on this pose (the traditional candy heart is a must). And then while driving around this afternoon, I decided that this also needed a Godzilla haiku. (Godzilla haikus are a thing).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I call this true love<\/p>\n\n\n\n

when I destroy the city<\/p>\n\n\n\n

that I hold so dear<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So this is how I celebrate this holiday in my own way. Happy Valentine’s Day (without the box).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This holiday was fraught with peril back during school days; we first made shoeboxes covered with Valentine paper, with a slot in the top for the anonymous cards. Would one get the cheap dime store Valentine (they came in a packet, so there were plenty) from one’s schoolmates? Or would everyone know that one was … Continue reading Valentine’s Day<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4560","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-art"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flytippings.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4560","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flytippings.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flytippings.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flytippings.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flytippings.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4560"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/flytippings.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4560\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4570,"href":"https:\/\/flytippings.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4560\/revisions\/4570"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flytippings.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4560"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flytippings.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4560"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flytippings.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4560"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}