What's up with men's shaving commercials? Is there a reason that they always have to be so corny - they always show the close-up of the amazing razor, illustrate how incredible an experience it is to shave with the thing, and then end with the beautiful woman in awe of his newly shaven face.
Come on. I don't know one guy who likes to shave. I suppose that's why they have to try and entice men into shaving with the stupid commercials, but no one is buying into that. I'm for truth in advertising - tell it like it is. Guys, shaving sucks, but your significant other will appreciate it and be much happier to get close to you when you're not all prickly. It's the same reason that I go to the spa to get my legs waxed - I don't enjoy it in the least, but it's for a greater good.
Wednesday, February 22, 2006
So wrong
Hmmmm...what's up with Italy? Thanks for posting this, A.
This is so wrong. A guy forced his step daughter to perform oral sex on him and received a lighter sentence than normal simply because she wasn't a virgin. He argued that her previous experience should be considered. Wwwwhhhaaaa? Since when is virginity a factor in determining the sentence for a pervert in a sexual abuse case?
And equally disturbing:
"In recent years [the Italian supreme court] has ruled that 'an isolated and impulsive' pat on a woman's buttocks at work did not constitute sexual harassment, and returned a verdict that a woman could not have been raped because she was wearing skin-tight jeans."
Right. I know that every time I wear skin-tight jeans, I'm just asking for it. And why should I mind if a co-worker pats my ass?
That would be me in a parallel universe. In this universe, here and now, I'll wear what I please and I'll promptly kick a guy in the balls if he grabs my ass. Sho' 'nuff. Let's hope that Italy gets its act together and stops taking the women's movement back to the dark ages.
This is so wrong. A guy forced his step daughter to perform oral sex on him and received a lighter sentence than normal simply because she wasn't a virgin. He argued that her previous experience should be considered. Wwwwhhhaaaa? Since when is virginity a factor in determining the sentence for a pervert in a sexual abuse case?
And equally disturbing:
"In recent years [the Italian supreme court] has ruled that 'an isolated and impulsive' pat on a woman's buttocks at work did not constitute sexual harassment, and returned a verdict that a woman could not have been raped because she was wearing skin-tight jeans."
Right. I know that every time I wear skin-tight jeans, I'm just asking for it. And why should I mind if a co-worker pats my ass?
That would be me in a parallel universe. In this universe, here and now, I'll wear what I please and I'll promptly kick a guy in the balls if he grabs my ass. Sho' 'nuff. Let's hope that Italy gets its act together and stops taking the women's movement back to the dark ages.
My 60 GB iPod
I got my 60 GB iPod this morning!!! Thank goodness I overslept, or I would have missed the delivery guy. Of course, with my job there really isn't any concept of oversleeping as long as you make the meetings and get your work done for the week, but I still have a general time by which I like to be in the office.
Anyway, back to the amazing iPod. This thing is incredibly sweet! After having the iPod mini for the last year, I'm used to the non-color display, smaller window, etc. My new iPod actually shows the album covers, plays videos, and displays photos. To friggin' cool, man. Plus, it's got the black front with the silver back, and I had it engraved with, "laughter is the music to which the heart sings" because ya'll who know me know that I love music and a good laugh. I'm a very happy girl today :)
Anyway, back to the amazing iPod. This thing is incredibly sweet! After having the iPod mini for the last year, I'm used to the non-color display, smaller window, etc. My new iPod actually shows the album covers, plays videos, and displays photos. To friggin' cool, man. Plus, it's got the black front with the silver back, and I had it engraved with, "laughter is the music to which the heart sings" because ya'll who know me know that I love music and a good laugh. I'm a very happy girl today :)
Tuesday, February 21, 2006
Friday, February 17, 2006
Sing-alongs and Lullabies
The album that Jack Johnson did for the new Curious George movie is really good. Very fun and relaxing - I highly recommend it.
On a related note, I ordered a new, kick-ass iPod and should get it in a few days - wahoooooooo!!! 60 GB of media, here I come!
On a related note, I ordered a new, kick-ass iPod and should get it in a few days - wahoooooooo!!! 60 GB of media, here I come!
Thursday, February 16, 2006
Ashtray ads
Can we please call an end to the ads from this place? http://ashtraymouth.com/
The first time I saw one, my boyfriend and I were at a movie enjoying refreshments during the ads and film previews. Up pops these disturbing dolls, one of whom shoves a pile of shit in her mouth. Ick.
A couple of weeks later, I was stuck behind a bus on the way home that had the same doll with the shit in her mouth and the caption, "Kissing a smoker is just as gross."
Hmmmm. Really? Dunno about that. I've kissed smokers, and while not my favorite thing, I'm sure that I'd pick kissing a smoker over kissing a freaky doll with something nasty in its mouth. Ugh. The whole campaign is just not good...
On a related but much nicer note, keep up the good work E.! I'm very proud of you for quitting smoking b/c I'd better have you around when we're old and senile :)
The first time I saw one, my boyfriend and I were at a movie enjoying refreshments during the ads and film previews. Up pops these disturbing dolls, one of whom shoves a pile of shit in her mouth. Ick.
A couple of weeks later, I was stuck behind a bus on the way home that had the same doll with the shit in her mouth and the caption, "Kissing a smoker is just as gross."
Hmmmm. Really? Dunno about that. I've kissed smokers, and while not my favorite thing, I'm sure that I'd pick kissing a smoker over kissing a freaky doll with something nasty in its mouth. Ugh. The whole campaign is just not good...
On a related but much nicer note, keep up the good work E.! I'm very proud of you for quitting smoking b/c I'd better have you around when we're old and senile :)
Wednesday, February 15, 2006
Congratulations all around
Wow! Seems like a lot of people have some great news going on as of late...
First, congrats to E., who scored a fab 82% on his Japanese proficiency exam. You are my hero.
And congrats to Kati, who will be starting a new job at the end of the month in a totally new field that she has been madly studying about recently. Perhaps at some point in the near future, we'll even get together and talk in person (the shock, the horror!) ;)
Wahoo! Oh yeah, and I got a promotion (no title change or anything, just a bump in responsibility), so I congratulate myself on that :)
First, congrats to E., who scored a fab 82% on his Japanese proficiency exam. You are my hero.
And congrats to Kati, who will be starting a new job at the end of the month in a totally new field that she has been madly studying about recently. Perhaps at some point in the near future, we'll even get together and talk in person (the shock, the horror!) ;)
Wahoo! Oh yeah, and I got a promotion (no title change or anything, just a bump in responsibility), so I congratulate myself on that :)
Analytical tendencies
When you start having feelings for someone, inevitably you start to think about what you've felt for others along the way, and you think about which things are the same and which are different from what you've felt before. And then the fear settles in that you're going to mess it up somehow, because isn't that how you got here in the first place? Otherwise you'd be going down the exact same path, whether that was what was really right for you or not. I guess the other option is that someone else messed up and suddenly set you on a different path, and I suppose that's more of what happened to me in my last relationship. So, I dunno.
All I know is that at some point you just have to let go and see what it's really all about or you'll end up analyzing instead of actually living. And I guess the point of messing up is so that you'll learn from it all and not make the same mistakes again. Sigh...sometimes I am too analytical for my own good... :)
All I know is that at some point you just have to let go and see what it's really all about or you'll end up analyzing instead of actually living. And I guess the point of messing up is so that you'll learn from it all and not make the same mistakes again. Sigh...sometimes I am too analytical for my own good... :)
Thursday, February 09, 2006
Brrrrrr-ner-ner
That's the weather report for today, according to me. Time to hop in a nice warm shower and bundle up in flannel pajamas...
Also, I replaced the batteries on my thermostat this morning, so I'll actually have heat tonight. It was rather freezing in my condo this morning when I woke up thanks to the thermostat being off (I quickly discovered) and the cold weather. Man, I hope it starts to warm up again soon, but probably no luck considering it's still February. Shiver...
Also, I replaced the batteries on my thermostat this morning, so I'll actually have heat tonight. It was rather freezing in my condo this morning when I woke up thanks to the thermostat being off (I quickly discovered) and the cold weather. Man, I hope it starts to warm up again soon, but probably no luck considering it's still February. Shiver...
The Grammy Awards
So, Mariah Carey won 3 of the 8 Grammy awards that she was nominated for. The media seems to think that this is somehow a travesty of justice. If you read articles about the ceremony, the descriptions are all about how she was overshadowed, upstaged, etc.
Please - give me a break. First of all, she actually won 3 awards. Second, while she can put together some songs that are ear candy, she isn't even close to being as talented as U2. If you're going to lose to anyone, at least hope that you lose to someone who is clearly more deserving of the award.
I have to say that I even prefer Kelly Clarkson's Since U Been Gone (despite the painful use of the letter "U" over the actual word "You" in the title) to Carey's latest songs. And, I've always loved Green Day, so it doesn't upset me in the least that they got the accolade for best record.
I know that musical taste is very personal, but I really couldn't figure out what all of the fuss was about with The Emancipation of Mimi. I didn't dislike it, but I didn't hear anything in it that I found particularly mind blowing. But, maybe that's just me...
Please - give me a break. First of all, she actually won 3 awards. Second, while she can put together some songs that are ear candy, she isn't even close to being as talented as U2. If you're going to lose to anyone, at least hope that you lose to someone who is clearly more deserving of the award.
I have to say that I even prefer Kelly Clarkson's Since U Been Gone (despite the painful use of the letter "U" over the actual word "You" in the title) to Carey's latest songs. And, I've always loved Green Day, so it doesn't upset me in the least that they got the accolade for best record.
I know that musical taste is very personal, but I really couldn't figure out what all of the fuss was about with The Emancipation of Mimi. I didn't dislike it, but I didn't hear anything in it that I found particularly mind blowing. But, maybe that's just me...
Tuesday, February 07, 2006
Toilet paper
This is the first time that I've ever had my own place, where I'm living by myself - no family, roommates, or husband. As such, everything that happens in my place is something that I do and know about based on that fact.
Tonight, my friend C. came over to see my new place, which was great because she is actually the one who brokered my mortgage on the place. So, I was excited to show her how well her hard work paid off :) We hung out here for a little while, and then headed over to a nearby restaurant to catch up. She then brought me back to my place, where we hugged and said goodbye. I headed up to my place, and having just drank several glasses of Diet Coke, felt the need to use the bathroom. I sat down and noticed a brand new roll of toilet paper on the spool and was (for a moment) completely confused because I wasn't the one who changed the roll. I was like, "I don't remember changing the roll today" and then it dawned on me that it was C. For a second, I was wondering who the heck had broken into my condo and changed the roll of toilet paper - and then wondered why they couldn't at least have cleaned the bathroom and vacuumed while they were at it ;)
Incidentally, I was recently told by the guys who fixed my toilet to use toilet paper with as much paper content as possible. The brands that have a lot of cotton in them tend to clog toilets pretty badly because they don't break down as well as the ones with all paper. That's just a tip for anyone who wants to avoid the whole $175 toilet repair call I incurred last week...
Tonight, my friend C. came over to see my new place, which was great because she is actually the one who brokered my mortgage on the place. So, I was excited to show her how well her hard work paid off :) We hung out here for a little while, and then headed over to a nearby restaurant to catch up. She then brought me back to my place, where we hugged and said goodbye. I headed up to my place, and having just drank several glasses of Diet Coke, felt the need to use the bathroom. I sat down and noticed a brand new roll of toilet paper on the spool and was (for a moment) completely confused because I wasn't the one who changed the roll. I was like, "I don't remember changing the roll today" and then it dawned on me that it was C. For a second, I was wondering who the heck had broken into my condo and changed the roll of toilet paper - and then wondered why they couldn't at least have cleaned the bathroom and vacuumed while they were at it ;)
Incidentally, I was recently told by the guys who fixed my toilet to use toilet paper with as much paper content as possible. The brands that have a lot of cotton in them tend to clog toilets pretty badly because they don't break down as well as the ones with all paper. That's just a tip for anyone who wants to avoid the whole $175 toilet repair call I incurred last week...
Monday, February 06, 2006
New Victoria's Secret catalog
I got the Victoria's Secret "Lookbook" in the mail today. That, of itself, is not weird b/c I order enough stuff from there that they think I need several catalogs a week, despite the fact that most of the time there isn't a whole lot of new merchandise to push. I suppose lingere design is a lot like most fashion design - rotating ideas around to make them look new.
Anyway, I'm quite used to the regular models that they use in their catalogs, so imagine my surprise when the entire first 3/4 of the catalog was completely unfamiliar faces. I have no idea who these new girls are or where they came from. And to be honest, they really don't stand up to the regular girls in the least. For a minute, I thought I was looking at a catalog from another company or something until I got to the last several pages and saw the familiar faces from their other catalogs.
While I realize that my body looks absolutely nothing like Gisele or Adriana in anything I order from VS, there is a part of me that likes to at least look the part of what they are modeling - that's the whole fun thing about lingere. So, I have to say that the new models are sure not doing their job when it comes to me - nothing remotely interested me about what they were advertising. I'm not sure if other women feel the same way, but I'd be willing to guess that I wasn't the only person who was somewhat surprised by the latest offerings...
Anyway, I'm quite used to the regular models that they use in their catalogs, so imagine my surprise when the entire first 3/4 of the catalog was completely unfamiliar faces. I have no idea who these new girls are or where they came from. And to be honest, they really don't stand up to the regular girls in the least. For a minute, I thought I was looking at a catalog from another company or something until I got to the last several pages and saw the familiar faces from their other catalogs.
While I realize that my body looks absolutely nothing like Gisele or Adriana in anything I order from VS, there is a part of me that likes to at least look the part of what they are modeling - that's the whole fun thing about lingere. So, I have to say that the new models are sure not doing their job when it comes to me - nothing remotely interested me about what they were advertising. I'm not sure if other women feel the same way, but I'd be willing to guess that I wasn't the only person who was somewhat surprised by the latest offerings...
Wednesday, February 01, 2006
Life update
So here is a brief summary of the positive things in my life, currently (in no particular order):
Healthy mind, body, & spirit
Wonderful family, friends, & boyfriend
Awesome job
Cozy condo
Cute car
The majority of my fabulous furniture (media cabinets, barstools, TV stand, cuddler chair)
So, what's missing? Well, I don't yet have my sofa, but my step dad is delivering it tomorrow, so that's another part of my order that will be complete soon. Other than that, my custom-ordered bookcases are still missing. The delivery guys came on Thursday and tried to get them up to my condo, but no dice because the center set was far too big. So, $600-ish later, I've ordered a replacement set that should fit up the stairs and will be delivered in another 7-9 weeks. Once I get those, I can finish unpacking and really be in my place.
So, overall things are going well. Hope that streak continues... :)
Healthy mind, body, & spirit
Wonderful family, friends, & boyfriend
Awesome job
Cozy condo
Cute car
The majority of my fabulous furniture (media cabinets, barstools, TV stand, cuddler chair)
So, what's missing? Well, I don't yet have my sofa, but my step dad is delivering it tomorrow, so that's another part of my order that will be complete soon. Other than that, my custom-ordered bookcases are still missing. The delivery guys came on Thursday and tried to get them up to my condo, but no dice because the center set was far too big. So, $600-ish later, I've ordered a replacement set that should fit up the stairs and will be delivered in another 7-9 weeks. Once I get those, I can finish unpacking and really be in my place.
So, overall things are going well. Hope that streak continues... :)
President shrub is master of the obvious...news at 11
President shrub had the following to say in his State of the Union address:
“America is addicted to oil, which is often imported from unstable parts of the world...” More at http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11110276/.
All I can say in response to that is, "no shit, Sherlock." How is it possible that this man is the current leader of the free world? It absolutely baffles me...
“America is addicted to oil, which is often imported from unstable parts of the world...” More at http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11110276/.
All I can say in response to that is, "no shit, Sherlock." How is it possible that this man is the current leader of the free world? It absolutely baffles me...
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