Tuesday, February 13, 2007

I Dun Lied...Bittersweet style ;-)

I'm sorry, one more post and THEN I'll get to the library.

I saw this on a forum and I had to post it.

For all of you who get down on Valentine's Day, this might be for you.

Bittersweets from Despair.com

Bittersweets™

For most, there is no crueler day of the calendar year than that of Valentine's Day. While a tiny fraction of the population can look forward to a holiday of wine and roses, poetry and song, the vast majority of us can anticipate a day of nausea and grimacing, trauma and grief. A day in which minutes seem like hours, and hours like days, as we reflect sorrowfully on yesteryear's romantic indignities, today's loneliness, and the unknowable but certain heartbreak that will be visited upon us repeatedly in the years to come.

When cruelty and holidays collide, the weak-willed find solace in self-pity and comfort foods. And now, Despair Inc. is pleased to announce that we've combined BOTH into a radical new offering.

Introducing "BitterSweets™". The Valentine's Candy for the Rest of Us.



Like the ubiquitous candy "conversation" hearts, "BitterSweets(tm)" are made of flavored, chalky-tasting sugar and sport a message on their face. But unlike other candy hearts, ours are stamped with bitter musings and mockeries perfectly suited to the dejected spirits of those who will spend the holiday alone, or wishing they were.

Messages recalling an almost forgotten, unbearably painful memory of being dumped. Or perhaps of a dysfunctional, psychotic ex-girlfriend or boyfriend. Or of that cruel-hearted girl (or boy) in elementary school who rejected your valentine solicitations, informing you that Jake (or Holly) was "so totally way hotter."

Now available in TWO unique collections, "Dejected" and "Dysfunctional," featuring up to 37 unique sayings each!

"Dejected" sayings include:

I MISS MY EX | PEAKED AT 17 | MAIL ORDER | TABLE FOR 1
I CRY ON Q | U C MY BLOG? | REJECT PILE | PILLOW HUGGIN
ASYLUM BOUND | DIGNITY FREE | PROG FAN | STATIC CLING
WE HAD PLANS | XANADU 2NITE | SETTLE 4LESS | NOT AGAIN


"Dysfunctional" sayings include:

RUMORS TRUE | PRENUP OKAY? | HE CAN LISTEN | GAME ON TV
CALL A 900# | P.S. I LUV ME | DO MY DISHES | UWATCH CMT
PAROLE IS UP! | BE MY YOKO | U+ME=GRIEF | I WANT HALF
RETURN 2 PIT | NOT MY MOMMY | BE MY PRISON | C THAT DOOR?



Truly, "BitterSweets™" are the perfect gift for you OR for someone you love, especially if that special someone is one who doesn't want to hurt your feelings but just doesn't feel that way about you but still wants to be friends so they can torment you with stories about their crushes on someone who doesn't appreciate them like you do, can't love them like you can, and actually takes pleasure in corralling a herd of fawning "just friends" behind themselves as they indulge in one self-destructive relationship after another, with no hope of ever finding true love, despite an army of souls eager to lavish it upon them.

(You know what we're talking about.)

Supplies are limited. But the pain that accompanies them may not be.

Available in six different flavors, including: Banana Chalk, Grape Dust, Nappy-Citric, You-Call-This-Lime?, Pink Sand and Fossilized Antacid.

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BitterSweets - Dejected

37 depressing sayings for those spending Valentine's Day alone and in a state of self-flagellation, including "U C MY BLOG?," "TABLE FOR 1," "USE ME 2HEAL," "PITY=LOVE?" and "IM HOT INSIDE".

BitterSweets - Dysfunctional

37 biting barbs for stirring up the bile in toxic relationships of all kinds, including "U+ME=GRIEF," "BE MY PRISON," "UWATCH CMT," "6WIVES OKAY?" and "P.S. I LUV ME".

It's funny. You know it's funny.

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10 comments:

  1. hey cheeky!

    The Bittersweets thing is a hoot! I'm glad it made you laugh.

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  2. Hilarious! I loved "you peaked at 17". So funny!

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  3. Hi brandy and thanks for the comment!

    I have to agree that one is pretty funny.

    My favorites out of the two choices are definitely the "Dejected" ones:

    I MISS MY EX | PEAKED AT 17 | MAIL ORDER | TABLE FOR 1
    I CRY ON Q | U C MY BLOG? | REJECT PILE | PILLOW HUGGIN
    ASYLUM BOUND | DIGNITY FREE | PROG FAN | STATIC CLING
    WE HAD PLANS | XANADU 2NITE | SETTLE 4LESS | NOT AGAIN

    I think because I blog the "U C MY BLOG" has me laughing the hardest simply because I can see me in the midst of a breakup wanting so badly to blog with twisted precision about my earth shattering heartbreak, but (thank God) not doing it.

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  4. Hilarious post! I just wanted to say that I stumbled across your blog looking for posts on google about African American experiences teaching esl in Korea.

    I've been going back and reading previous entries and I must say that your blog is fantastic!

    Thank you so much for writing it!

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  5. Hi Brian and thanks for commenting.

    Glad what I have to say on being here in South Korea is getting out there. I'm also glad you're enjoying it.

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  6. It must be much harder being an expat woman in korea.

    There's an interesting blog by an expat woman in china, who talks a lot about the slim pickings in the chinese and expat community in beijing:

    http://chinadirt.blogspot.com/

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  7. BK, thanks for the comment, although it struck me as strange. I had to think about it for a bit.

    I posted this blog because I saw the Bittersweets ad on another forum. I thought it was hilarious and a funny way to wish everyone a happy Valentine's Day.

    However, I'm not sure how that relates to me being a female expat in Korea. Now I'll admit, the pickings are slim because most ESL teachers aren't fit to date their own shadows (no offense if you are one.) These are guys I wouldn't choose back home and they wouldn't choose me either. It's a mutual rejection although I've slipped a couple of times. There are other types of men here too and, well, yeah, for the most part, I'll pass.

    I guess, for me, there is no reason to bitch about it. I mean I knew this when I came here. I figured there would be a huge number of Western men here with the Asian girl fixation. That's logical. If I were a guy into them, I'd come to work here too. I'm just much more accepting of the situation because I know I can leave when it gets too much.

    However, thanks for your comment, but bitter about that I ain't...at least, not yet.

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  8. I love it! Those are hilarious. I'll have to remember that next year.

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  9. I love them! Really, really funny stuff. Glad you saw the humor too!

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