Be My Valentine ... In Grey

Introduction

This is something from Seven Days In from Valentine's Day 2015 with some stories, and "50 Sheds Of Grey" is very funny. I never bothered with the books or the film of "50 Shades Of Grey" but a lot of people went headlong for it. I hope its inclusion doesn't cause any offence here. Incidentally, Grammarly told me to correct 50 Sheds to 50 Shades.

Be My Valentine ... In Grey

Well, Valentine's Day is here, and the weather is very grey. It doesn't matter where in the world you are, the grey featureless skies with the promise of maybe some drizzle do not provide the best inspiration.

"Valentine’s Day is named for a Christian martyr and dates back to the 5th century, but has origins in the Roman holiday Lupercalia. Valentine’s Day is named for a Christian martyr and dates back to the 5th century, but has origins in the Roman holiday Lupercalia."

There's a Wikipedia entry with more information here.

Today has also been chosen for the release of the film "50 Shades of Grey" in the UK in which a controlling male abuses a young, vulnerable female. The male actor is James Dornan (who played a controlling male who abused, raped and murdered young females in the BBC production "The Fall", do you think he may be getting typecast?) and the girl he chooses is Dakota Johnson, daughter of Melanie Griffiths and grand daughter of Tip Hedren who suffered major avian abuse in Alfred Hitchcock's "The Birds". I won't be going to the cinema to see the film, and apparently B&Q are preparing for an increase in demand for ropes, duct tape (what will rock bands do? oh they use gaffer tape, so it's OK), and cable ties which in the wrong hands could be very dangerous. This week, Breakfast TV has been having features on that make BDSM very cosy and fluffy. It isn't, and, ironically, somebody could get hurt (and I know that's ironic considering the nature of BDSM), and there are a hell of a lot of free books on the subject on Amazon Kindle. They even have 50 Shades Restraint Kits and Party Games!

The marketing machine has even caused me to buy something that I can wholeheartedly recommend to all of you, and that is the excellent and very funny "50 Sheds of Grey", The follow-up up has also been recommended to me by my friend Julie, so I will avail myself of that at some point. So all this hype has at least brought a smile to my face, and with pages like the one below, you can see that it is a genuinely funny and slim volume that doesn't exactly take itself too seriously, unlike its source inspiration.

So that's my thoughts on the whole phenomenon, but the positives are that it is the weekend, and remember, you always have a choice.

Also, according to The Guardian, the B&Q run on duct tape was a PR Ruse which has been fairly successful. The article is here.

So enjoy yourself today, and don't get too tied up in things that don't matter. make sure you smile and laugh, and have fun.

There's only one piece of music we have, and that's the Motorhead / Girlschool "St Valentine's Day Massacre" EP, leading off with "Please Don't Touch", and I'll bet there will be a lot of people using that line later on tonight. Have a brilliant day, y'all.

Conclusion

Thank you so much for reading, I hope you enjoyed this.