So thumbs up, or thumbs down on this holiday, Valentine’s Day?
Erik: Do whatever the f*ck you want today! Don’t count on a Hallmark holiday to make you happy. If it doesn’t make it you unhappy, remember its just ONE DAY out of the entire year. There’s 364 other days to be happy, too.

Erik, photographed at Vermillion Art gallery, in front of artwork by John Criscitello

Erik, photographed at Vermillion Art gallery, in front of artwork by John Criscitello Kelly O

Kelly O—formerly a Stranger staff photographer, music writer, Drunk of the Week columnist, and more!—finished art school and a soul-crushing internship at a corporate advertising agency in Detroit,...