the buzz log

Valentine haters, you are not alone.

For some, the day of Saint Valentine is the scourge of February, a marketing-fueled hedonistic indulgence in which the lovelorn are tossed aside (again), and the love-locked feel badgered into celebrating an occasion of false sentimentality. Or, as succinctly expressed in a hapless minority's searches, "i hate valentine's day."

The grousing doesn't end there. A handful seek ways to express "reasons why i hate valentine's day." Others zero in on "i hate valentine's day poems," and a guilty few wonder, "is it wrong to hate valentine's day."

It's not wrong for those who celebrate their contempt, as testified in "anti valentine's day" look-ups on Yahoo!. They seek party ideas (and some for singles), quotes, posters, cards, songs, shirts, bar events and movies.

And yes, all of the above exist. The Ledger-Enquirer reports that greeting cards of a negative ilk are available at Target, as is a book, "I Hate Valentine's Day." The Washington Post perused a crafting site's member forums with how-tos on homemade anti-V-Day items. NBC Chicago lists area events that involve alcohol, burlesque, and voodoo dolls, while bitter couch potatos can check out Seattle Post-Intelligencer's viewers' guide. One enterprising fitness gym returns with its annual act of cathartic vengeance, in which people hit mitts "to which photos of exes have been taped."

One thing that might please those who dread the 14th: It follows Friday the 13th, which brings the remake of the horror film classic. Coupled with "My Bloody Valentine," that oughta make for a satisfyingly loveless double feature.