{"id":2732,"date":"2022-02-13T16:12:51","date_gmt":"2022-02-13T16:12:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jimmy.ekota.net\/?p=2732"},"modified":"2022-02-13T16:12:52","modified_gmt":"2022-02-13T16:12:52","slug":"alternate-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/jimmy.ekota.net\/?p=2732","title":{"rendered":"Alternate Day"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Well, tomorrow is Valentine\u2019s Day \u2014 a day we don\u2019t celebrate, at least not on Valentine\u2019s Day. In fact, we\u2019ve already celebrated \u201cValentine\u2019s Day\u201d for this year\u2026.. some years we\u2019re early and some years we\u2019re late.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But today is also a special day that we don\u2019t celebrate. Today is Ganentine\u2019s Day \u2014 a day that I didn\u2019t even know existed until recently. I really don\u2019t remember ever watching the television show \u201cParks and Recreation,\u201d but supposedly Galentine\u2019s Day was created by that TV show, specifically by a fictional character on that show, Leslie Knope.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/jimmy.ekota.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Galentine-Day.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2733\" width=\"129\" height=\"96\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Apparently during the show\u2019s second season (in 2010) an episode aired called \u201cGalentine\u2019s Day.\u201d In that episode, the fictional character Leslie gathered a group of her gal pals for a brunch of waffles and love. According to Leslie, \u201cEvery February 13, my lady friends and I leave our husbands and our boyfriends at home and we just come and kick it, breakfast style, ladies celebrating ladies.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I guess this was enough for everyone to add it to their calendars and it\u2019s now become a widely recognized fake holiday.\u00a0<br>I looked it up and according to the Urban Dictionary, Galentine\u2019s Day is celebrated on February 13, the day before Valentine\u2019s Day. It\u2019s a day to celebrate the love you have for your lady friends, whether they\u2019re single or not, and shower them with love and attention\u2026 more than you do every other day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some people claim that the day is not meant only for women, claiming that at the end of the day, Galentine\u2019s Day is a celebration of friendship and the people who stick with each other even as romantic relationships come and go, so it can be celebrated by anybody.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That may be true, but being \u201cold school\u201d it sounds kind of \u201cgirly\u201d to me \u2014 I think I\u2019ll just stick to Valentine\u2019s Day, whenever we celebrate it\u2026.<br>\u2014 30 \u2014<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Well, tomorrow is Valentine\u2019s Day \u2014 a day we don\u2019t celebrate, at least not on Valentine\u2019s Day. In fact, we\u2019ve already celebrated \u201cValentine\u2019s Day\u201d for this year\u2026.. some years we\u2019re early and some years we\u2019re late. But today is also &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/jimmy.ekota.net\/?p=2732\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/jimmy.ekota.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2732"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/jimmy.ekota.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/jimmy.ekota.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jimmy.ekota.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jimmy.ekota.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2732"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/jimmy.ekota.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2732\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2734,"href":"http:\/\/jimmy.ekota.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2732\/revisions\/2734"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/jimmy.ekota.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2732"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jimmy.ekota.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2732"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jimmy.ekota.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2732"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}