Anti-Valentine's Day. It is a
time-honored tradition, thought up mostly by
Josh and Susie, from what
I can tell. You get dumped right before Valentine's (or break up
with your S/O for the duration of the party), wear black, act bitter, mess
up the cake, but have a good time other than that. You put the name
of all your Exes and other things that just piss you off to no end on a
dart board which everyone flings missiles of various sorts at in the
attempt to damage something or exhaust pent up aggression. Try it.
Last year I attended the 11th Annual AVD in Santa Clara, alone, of course,
and had a great time playing Fluxxx, Cranium, and LRC in a group of folks
with names ranging from "mice" to "Bonemangler".
This year, 12th annual for those of you counting, was in Las Vegas and I
was unable to attend. But someone had the foresight to add something
to the dart board in my honor. The utmost left center note (by the
obscured 11) reads "George for LE" almost like a Valentine in itself.
Too bad there aren't more holes in it.
