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Issue date: 2/14/08 Section: Opinion

Michael Pasaoa

I was a virgin of Valentine's Day dates until last year.

You always remember your first.

Right before she went home that night, I said, "I have something for you. It's the same thing you gave me the first time I ever saw you."

She looked at me confused.

"You gave me butterflies," I said, showing her a butterfly keychain.

I'm saying all this now because it's probably too late for you to do anything original if you haven't already done so. You're probably looking at your roses right now thinking you're so creative because you bought them from Safeway.

I mean, if you got her that glowing rose from "Beauty and the Beast," well that's a different story.

Speaking of Disney, I took this girl out for sushi and told her, "There's plenty of fish in the sea, but you're my Little Mermaid."

Some of my friend-girls told me they'd rather hear something random like that instead of what they normally get.

"I don't know what else to get her," my friend-boy whined, after grabbing a teddy bear, roses, chocolate and a Hallmark card.

He should buy her a pillow, because, yawn, that made me so sleepy.

Singles and couples alike complain about all of the stencil ideas that most use, but we should take this time to celebrate most couples' unoriginality.

Thank them for being so boring with their jewelry and candy because our impact will be amplified when we do something creative.

Please don't tell me you listened to those Verizon commercials and bought someone a pink phone. OK, don't panic. If you did, at least say, "It's because I'll always be here for you to call on."

I already used that line though, so try harder. Like, if you plan on having sex tonight, say, "It's because my body's calling for you."

My suggestion is to get something that's commonplace and just splash some meaning into it.

Get her a condom and look into her eyes softly and say, "Baby, I'm always here to protect you from all the nuts in this world."

Wait, I did that for someone's Cotillion already.

Get her an A-cup bra and tell her you'll never bounce and will keep it real like a flat chest.

Draw a map of her heart and tell her that you want to know her routes/roots like MapQuest.

Maybe you could take her on a mountain while "Truly, Madly, Deeply" plays from your stereo and whisper, "When we're quiet, I can hear your heart race. I don't need the sky, in your eyes I could stargaze."

That's why Valentine's Day is my favorite, not because the weak-ass movie "Jumper" finally comes out, but because there's so many ways to break away from this generated romantic aura yet still do something special.

I don't know most people on campus, but I'm hoping all the couples have open minds and have the ability to joke around with each other when it comes to these set-up holidays.

To me, that's the only way to go about it.

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