I wonder if this ad gets results?

I have a bad habit. I love reading personal ads of all kinds. I’ve never created or answered one, but I do admire people who are brave enough to put themselves out there.

I must admit that the “Casual Encounters” section of the personal ads often make me laugh. I don’t think that was the poster’s intention, but it happens. This one was posted on Toronto’s Craigslist page earlier tonight:

Nude Computer Maintenance – m4w – 54
I offer nude male computer maintenance services to women. I am certified and will do a long list of things to keep your computer running fast and safe. Middle aged but thin. Toronto only. Please reply for rates and further details.

I’m not trying to judge this gentleman – everyone has needs, and he clearly can fill a few of them – but I do wonder where he keeps his multi-tool and his mini-screwdriver set? Or his Blackberry or pager when he gets emergency calls?

Of course, this is not the most naughty of the ads out there. I’ll leave you to your own devices to find those. Happy reading!

The last 90 seconds of 2007 at my house

We’re a pretty hardcore bunch of partiers around here. I didn’t even remember to say Happy New Year.
Happy New Year (click to see video)

This Is Too Much Pink For Me

Note: Apparently emailling pictures to Vox directly from my phone doesn’t give me a nice post, but gives me the standard Virgin Mobile Canada picture message email. Which makes sense logically, but isn’t the what I expected. Wonder if I can figure out how to do it more neatly.

Anyway, here is the post I wanted to write:

Saw these at Michael’s today. I don’t think I could take either of these seriously in my living room. Guess that’s why they were on clearance.
Pink Tinsel Tree

Pink Feather Tree

My love affair with pink accessories is getting out of control

newhat_smallA couple of weeks ago, I saw this winter hat through a store window. I thought to myself “how cute”, and continued on my way. I passed it a few times after that, and always thought the same thing, but never went in to have a closer look. I figured it wouldn’t cover my ears or it would be loose and the wind would blow right through it. Or it would be expensive. Or something.

On Saturday night, Sean and I met some friends for dinner at a restaurant that is across from the store with the hat. We were waiting to get into the restaurant so I ran over to the store to have a closer look at this hat and try it on. Just to kill time. I wasn’t making a commitment to it yet. I had Christmas gifts to buy.

I tried on the hat and it was warm. It covered my ears. It fit well. It was cute, even on my head!

I put it back and came back to the group. We had dinner and carried on with our evening.

Today I got thinking about it again. By this point, I knew what the hat cost, and it was more than I have ever spent on a hat. However, the other three factors – warmth, fit and cuteness – were making me think that the price just may be worth it. I asked some of the women I worked with what they thought. I explained my dilemma (should I spend this much money on a hat?), and like the good friends they are, they said I should, without having seen the hat in question. They reminded me that the per year cost of this hat would be low if I wore it for a few years. They rationalized by telling me that if I didn’t buy this hat, I would spend the next eternity looking for its lookalike, and I would never find it. They put up with my indecision with grace and kindness, as they always do when I present this type of quagmire to them.

I thought about it for a few more minutes then told them “I’ll be back. I’m going to get it.” The girls cheered me on as I left. When I got to the store, I tried on the hat I wanted and two others in similar styles in the same colour. One of the saleswomen came over and agreed that the hat I wanted was the one for my head. Then she asked me if I wanted matching gloves.

This hat was already costing me more money than I wanted to pay. Naturally I answered, “Do you have any?”

The saleswoman looked, and ended up having to ask one of the other women if they had any in my colour. She found a pair in the back. Had they been gloves, I probably could have said no. But they were matching mittens made of fleece and matching hot pink fur. I love mittens, and I could say no to these ones.

The woman who rang up my purchase gave me a 10% discount since I bought the two items together. Everyone in the store was really nice and I’m glad I made the purchase from them. I haven’t worn the hat or mittens outside yet, but my head got hot when I was taking the picture so I assume I won’t regret this purchase once winter really hits.

I showed the girls my purchase when I got back at work and they approved. I thought Sean was going to roll his eyes at my latest pink accessories, but he told me the hat looked good on me.

I think I picked a winning pair. Here’s hoping I don’t lose ’em on the subway.

Why do I never have my camera ready for these things?

Sean and I took Leia to the vet on Saturday for her annual checkup. She’s healthy, but did not want to get up on the examining table at all. Watching Sean trying to lift her up and hold her there was pretty funny since she is around 50 pounds and all legs. I tried to help, but between Sean, the vet and Leia, I figured there were enough arms and legs in the mix.

The funnier part was on the way home though. We were driving down Gerrard Street and we passed a middle-aged guy riding his bike. This would have been an unremarkable occurrence, but Sean pointed out that the guy’s butt crack was hanging out and we could see almost half of the guy’s behind.

Sean was mean and refused to slow down so I could take a picture and post it on this website. It’s not like I would have shown the guy’s face – that would be cruel. The picture would have been all butt, with some bicycle thrown in.

I don’t know how the guy didn’t notice – it’s late November and it is cold out. There was snow on the ground! Bums just aren’t meant to be exposed to this kind of weather!

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