It's the end of January, which means that Valentine's Day is just around the corner. Valentine's Day may be my favorite holiday, mostly because everything is red.

Red, you see, is my color. I have two older brothers, and we are all roughly a year and a half apart. Early on my mother decided to color code the three of us in order to tell our things apart: Andre was blue, Robert was green and I was red. If there was a red cup, it was mine. If there was a blue book bag, it was Andrew's. To this day I don't really like things in blue or green, mostly because I associate the colors with my brothers.

Which is why I like Valentine's Day. On a subconscious level, the day appeals to me, because it's a day of red. I've never been one to mope on Valentine's Day or think it's a fake holiday. I think the sentiment of the day is quite nice: tell people you love them! Send them cards!

So if I start posting a lot of Valentine's-related things, now you know why.