Brian Osborn
Staff Writer
Oh Valentine’s Day, a day of love, gifts, and time to spend with that significant other. But for those of you without that special someone, Valentine’s Day is like the new MTV show Buckwild, sad and pointless. So if you are going to be like me and order Chinese food for one and live in cynical bliss, here are some ways that you can redeem the day.
The way I look at it is that you have to replace the emotion that you are missing with the next best thing. So how about laughter?
The Funny Bone in West Des Moines would be a good option. Darrell Joyce, who has had spots on Comedy Central, will be performing on Valentine’s Day. So you could grab your buddies, sit around, have a good chuckle, and forget about the empty bed you will be going home too.
What about excitement? There are many theaters in the area that should be showing some kind of a film that will trip your trigger. For guys, we can see just about anything because let’s face it, we’re pretty easy to please.
“Django Unchained” (which is my pick for movie of the year) has many aspects to do so. Quick drawing guns, explosions, comedy, and even a love story that you can get behind instead of those movies with cheesy lines and vampires that sparkle in the sun instead of blow up.
Unfortunately for women, theaters right now are soaked in masculinity and your options are pretty limited, unless you can get into a love story between a zombie and a living girl. The day after V-Day premiers a movie called “Safe Haven” staring dreamy eyed Joshua Duhamel (Transformers Series) and Julianne Hough (Rock of Ages) that shows promise if you’re into that type of thing.
But if that doesn’t do it for you, you could always have a “Twilight” marathon with you and your other single girlfriends and get lost in Taylor Lautner’s washboard abs.
For those of you trying to fulfill a sense of adventure, why not try and go on an adventure (if weather allows it). During the summer, my roommates and I would make a quick drive over to Ledges State Park night and just walk along the trails, talk, lay in the grass and look up at the night sky.
I always found something peaceful about those trips. It just gave me a good time to think, put things in perspective and have a good talk with my friends about life and other things.
But if all else fails and you are of age, there is usually a bar not to far away where you can have a drink, make some new friends, rekindle old ones, and just have a good time. And who knows, you might even find a valentine. Just don’t drink and drive or you could go home to an empty bed in a six by six prison cell.
Staff Writer
Oh Valentine’s Day, a day of love, gifts, and time to spend with that significant other. But for those of you without that special someone, Valentine’s Day is like the new MTV show Buckwild, sad and pointless. So if you are going to be like me and order Chinese food for one and live in cynical bliss, here are some ways that you can redeem the day.
The way I look at it is that you have to replace the emotion that you are missing with the next best thing. So how about laughter?
The Funny Bone in West Des Moines would be a good option. Darrell Joyce, who has had spots on Comedy Central, will be performing on Valentine’s Day. So you could grab your buddies, sit around, have a good chuckle, and forget about the empty bed you will be going home too.
What about excitement? There are many theaters in the area that should be showing some kind of a film that will trip your trigger. For guys, we can see just about anything because let’s face it, we’re pretty easy to please.
“Django Unchained” (which is my pick for movie of the year) has many aspects to do so. Quick drawing guns, explosions, comedy, and even a love story that you can get behind instead of those movies with cheesy lines and vampires that sparkle in the sun instead of blow up.
Unfortunately for women, theaters right now are soaked in masculinity and your options are pretty limited, unless you can get into a love story between a zombie and a living girl. The day after V-Day premiers a movie called “Safe Haven” staring dreamy eyed Joshua Duhamel (Transformers Series) and Julianne Hough (Rock of Ages) that shows promise if you’re into that type of thing.
But if that doesn’t do it for you, you could always have a “Twilight” marathon with you and your other single girlfriends and get lost in Taylor Lautner’s washboard abs.
For those of you trying to fulfill a sense of adventure, why not try and go on an adventure (if weather allows it). During the summer, my roommates and I would make a quick drive over to Ledges State Park night and just walk along the trails, talk, lay in the grass and look up at the night sky.
I always found something peaceful about those trips. It just gave me a good time to think, put things in perspective and have a good talk with my friends about life and other things.
But if all else fails and you are of age, there is usually a bar not to far away where you can have a drink, make some new friends, rekindle old ones, and just have a good time. And who knows, you might even find a valentine. Just don’t drink and drive or you could go home to an empty bed in a six by six prison cell.