Are you kidding me?

I've been home for a few days now, and with that, incessant boredom follows. No one is home, the dog isn't around to pester anymore :(, and even if there were someone to do something with, it is Weirton. That eliminates pretty much all fun right there.

So what do I do? I watch TV. A lot of TV.

This extreme television viewing has lead to me seeing the same commercials over and over again. And one of them, a commercial for Valtrex, drives me freaking nuts!

Valtrex, if you're not familiar, is an anti-viral that's used to treat genital herpes. Not to ruin anyone's dinner... or the next week's worth of meals... or anything, but let's just say that the picture of genital herpes that was in the anatomy book from Rohal's class wasn't pretty. If the caption had no identified that particular part of the anatomy (female, btw), I would have never known what I was looking at--too covered in nasty blistery things.

So on that note, I think it's safe to assume that there's nothing cuddly about herpes. Why then, I ask you, is the Valtrex commercial so lovey-dovey and cuddly?!?! The couples in it are all happy when they're like:
Person 1: "I have genital herpes!"--Seriously, how can anyone be excited about that?
Person 2: "But I don't!"
And then they cheerfully talk about wanting to keep it that way. Again, how can you be excited about that? "Gee, honey, you're looking a little crusty down there... hope I don't catch anything!" Said while smiling, of course.

Come on now!