retarded articles about love and the modern condition abound: must be near valentine's day! the ny times gets in on it with insipid thoughts about love from the "modern love" editor and an article about chemistry.com, a new counterpart to match.com wherein people submit answers to a questionnaire designed by an anthropologist who says your perfect mate can be determined on a basis of biology and chemistry.

my favorite thus far, though, is this love match database provided by the washington post that tells you if you and your "potential mate" are destined for love or heartbreak based on your signs. mostly i just like it because this analysis of capricorn+aquarius (mine and tommy's signs, respectively) says that tommy has a "desultory, mystical mind" without a "stitch of logic." (this will frustrate me, apparently, because i am stubborn and regimented and extraordinarily anal, basically, which i guess i cannot disagree with.)

also, aquarius is "ruled by uranus." heh heh.