http://mcfreed.vox.com/library/posts/tags/valentine's+day/page/1/ Oh! My nose! en Vox Fri, 15 Feb 2008 08:34:03 -0800 Copyright 2008 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss valentine's day http://mcfreed.vox.com/library/post/qotd-happily-ever-after.html?_c=feed-rss-full nobody@vox.com(Sean & Stefan) http://mcfreed.vox.com/library/post/qotd-happily-ever-after.html?_c=feed-rss-full http://mcfreed.vox.com/library/post/qotd-happily-ever-after.html?_c=feed-rss-full Fri, 15 Feb 2008 08:34:03 -0800 <blockquote> <p>How did you celebrate Valentine&#39;s Day?<br /><span style="FONT-SIZE: 0.8em">Submitted by <a href="http://stephen1.vox.com/" class="enclosure-inline-user" at:enclosure="inline-user" at:user-xid="6p00d4141f24473c7f" at:screen-name="Stephen" at:delegate="people-connect" at:user-pic="http://up7.vox.com/6a00d4141f24473c7f00f48d0351f40001-75si" >Stephen</a>.</span> <strong></strong></p></blockquote> <div at:enclosure="asset" at:xid="6a00d41449676f6a4700e398dceba90005" at:format="large" at:align="right" class="enclosure enclosure-right enclosure-large photo-enclosure" style="text-align: center; float: right;"> <div class="enclosure-inner" style="padding: 9px; border: 1px solid; width: px; margin: 0 0 20px 20px;" > <div class="enclosure-list"> <div class="enclosure-item photo-asset last"> <div class="enclosure-image"> <a href="http://mcfreed.vox.com/library/photo/6a00d41449676f6a4700e398dceba90005.html"><img src="http://a1.vox.com/6a00d41449676f6a4700e398dceba90005-320pi" alt="Big Eden" title="Big Eden" /></a> </div> <div class="enclosure-meta"> <div class="enclosure-asset-name"><a href="http://mcfreed.vox.com/library/photo/6a00d41449676f6a4700e398dceba90005.html" title="Big Eden">Big Eden</a></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div><!-- end enclosure --> <p><strong>The McFreeds</strong> celebrated <strong>Valentine&#39;s Day</strong> with a small dinner of pork chops and veggies combined with a viewing of the film <strong><a href="http://www.bigeden.com/">Big Eden</a></strong>. <strong>Stefan</strong> received a lovely bouquet of multi-colored roses. <strong>Sean</strong> was given an electronic movie reference guide, a book on <strong>St Valentine</strong>, and a TY Beanie Baby that was a monkey covered in hearts called &quot;Bliss.&quot; (<em>Shhh <strong>Sean</strong> is all about monkeys btw but don&#39;t spread it around!</em>) </p> <p><strong>Big Eden </strong>is a gay romance that is particularly notable because it uses actors who are normal in appearance (not gym rats) and focuses on the nature of the attraction and realization of emotions instead of the usual situation of immediate sexual pouncing and nudity. Granted the film takes place in <strong>Montana</strong> with a whole town of people being accepting, which in <strong>Sean</strong>&#39;s experience&#160;(since he lived in <strong>Montana</strong> once) is not usually the case and is not realistic. But in the end its a&#160;warm-hearted film about family and new love for characters you wouldn&#39;t necessarily see in gay cinema. &#160;</p> <p>It might have been a casual day but it was a snuggly one!</p> <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://mcfreed.vox.com/library/post/qotd-happily-ever-after.html?_c=feed-rss-full#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00d41449676f6a4700e398dcd4450002?_c=feed-rss-full">Send to a friend</a> </p> qotd gay love valentine's day big eden