Listen to the Rain

As I wrote about last year, softlykarou and I usually don't do much for Valentine's Day. This year we went out to Uncommon Ground because it's a good restaurant and because they have a special set menu so going out to eat provides something different than the norm. But other than that, she makes me something chocolate, as is traditional. This year it was a flourless chocolate cake. Or pie? Well, you decide:



And it was great! We chopped off pieces, heated it up a bit, and put vanilla ice cream over the top. And that plus dinner--pepper and tomato bisque, short ribs and root vegetable polenta, and cherry crème brûlée--means that I'm currently stuffed. It's a good thing that softlykarou has tomorrow off and has graciously agreed to do the cleaning then. The rest of the night is just X-Files and chill.

I also wrote a bunch of silly Valentine's Day poems, which I'm collecting here for posterity:

Roses are red,
Violets are blue,
Tubbs ate all the food,
So there's none left for you.
‪#‎nekoatsume‬


Roses are red,
Violets are blue,
The stars are right,
Iä! Cthulhu!


Roses are red,
Violets are blue,
In Soviet Russia,
Valentine gives you!


Roses are red,
Violets are blue,
読めると、
日本語分かる


Roses are red,
Violets are blue,
We'll never get a sequel
To Half-Life 2.


Roses are red,
Violets are blue,
We built the Wall,
To keep out the Xiongnu.
‪#‎ChineseHistory‬


Roses are red,
Violets are blue,
But you remembered the words,
I have no power over you
‪#‎GoblinKing‬


Roses are red,
Violets are blue,
But enough talk!
Have at you!
‪#‎SymphonyOfTheNight‬


Roses are red,
Violets are blue,
Klaatu, barada,
Nikt*cough mutter cough*


Roses are red,
Violets are blue,
In the mountains
I remember you.
‪#‎WoW‬


Roses are read,
Violets are blue,
OMFG
STFU


Roses are red,
Violets are blue,
We lost the first war,
Thus XCom 2.


Roses are red,
Violets are blue,
Pika? Pika!
Pikachu!


Our team is RED
Their team is BLU
Spy sappin' our sentry
And I know it was you!
*Pyro ignites flamethrower*


Roses are red,
Violets are blue,
There is a white house here,
What do you do?
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Roses are red,
Violets are blue,
There was a hole here,
Mary, where are you?
‪#‎SilentHill‬