I heard an ad on the radio this morning (during my new 8-minute commute to work, hooray) for Match.com. The tagline at the end, which I don't think is new but I hadn't heard before, was "It's Okay to Look".
It is? Really? Because I know of at least one person in my life who would disagree, and I bet there are many people out there that would rather their significant others were not browsing online dating sites.
They could mean "look" as in "browse profiles out of sheer boredom and hurl insults at the weird ones," but I'm betting that Match would prefer you looked with at least a kernel of curiousity. And therein lies the breach of trust.
Anyway, I just found it sort of funny. "Match.com: Come find a new significant other. And then replace him/her. Ad infinitum."
July 11, 2007
July 9, 2007
What? Nothing's Happening...
Okay, that's a half-truth. It has been pointed out that nearly a month has elapsed since my last non-post and that perhaps I should get on the ball.
It has been a hectic month, providing both fodder for the blog and sucking away the time required to actually sit down and write a post. Ain't that a bitch?
In the last month, I:
- Moved. Yes, I now live in Oakland, specifically in the Lake Merritt area. It's nice enough, my apartment is a 1-bedroom for the first time ever, and the commute is a dreamy 8 minutes. Downsides include the non-posh "Oakland" in my address, a girlfriend on the other side of the Bay, and a lack of furniture. Those are not in order of downsidedness.
- Had Pneumonia. I do not know how this happened. I did not have a cold, and nobody around me was sick. But one day I was blah, the next I was even worse, and a good doctor told me I had a pneumonia in one of my longs. Seven days of antibiotics later I was fine, if not weak. I am aware that this creates a glaring hole in my "I am injury and disease resistant" theory, but let me point out that pneumonia is the only disease I've ever had (previous bout was in 9th grade). It's like my Achilles' Heel, only it's in my lungs.
- "Lost" My Wallet. The jury is still out on stolen/lost, but since I've NEVER lost my wallet, I'm not so sure it was that. I went to Six Flags here in No' Cal and the next day, could not find the thing. Normally I don't walk more than 50 feet without checking--largely subconsciously--for my wallet, so my doubts are still high that I left it at the park. Still, it is gone. This occurred 1 day before pneumonia, for those keeping score, and man let me tell you how hard it is to get a doctor when all your insurance cards are gone. Also your ATM card.
My sincerest apologies for not updating you all in real time on these fairly significant events. And for being an absent friend to some during the hectic transition of illness/moving. Things are settling back down now, and hopefully the blog can also get back up to speed.
Oh, and I've seen 1408, Ratatouille, Live Free or Die Hard, Evan Almighty, Ocean's Thirteen, Pirates of the Caribbean, and Shrek the Third. They were meh, good, surprisingly good, meh, funnyish, long but okay, and meh. In this reviewer's opinion.
It has been a hectic month, providing both fodder for the blog and sucking away the time required to actually sit down and write a post. Ain't that a bitch?
In the last month, I:
- Moved. Yes, I now live in Oakland, specifically in the Lake Merritt area. It's nice enough, my apartment is a 1-bedroom for the first time ever, and the commute is a dreamy 8 minutes. Downsides include the non-posh "Oakland" in my address, a girlfriend on the other side of the Bay, and a lack of furniture. Those are not in order of downsidedness.
- Had Pneumonia. I do not know how this happened. I did not have a cold, and nobody around me was sick. But one day I was blah, the next I was even worse, and a good doctor told me I had a pneumonia in one of my longs. Seven days of antibiotics later I was fine, if not weak. I am aware that this creates a glaring hole in my "I am injury and disease resistant" theory, but let me point out that pneumonia is the only disease I've ever had (previous bout was in 9th grade). It's like my Achilles' Heel, only it's in my lungs.
- "Lost" My Wallet. The jury is still out on stolen/lost, but since I've NEVER lost my wallet, I'm not so sure it was that. I went to Six Flags here in No' Cal and the next day, could not find the thing. Normally I don't walk more than 50 feet without checking--largely subconsciously--for my wallet, so my doubts are still high that I left it at the park. Still, it is gone. This occurred 1 day before pneumonia, for those keeping score, and man let me tell you how hard it is to get a doctor when all your insurance cards are gone. Also your ATM card.
My sincerest apologies for not updating you all in real time on these fairly significant events. And for being an absent friend to some during the hectic transition of illness/moving. Things are settling back down now, and hopefully the blog can also get back up to speed.
Oh, and I've seen 1408, Ratatouille, Live Free or Die Hard, Evan Almighty, Ocean's Thirteen, Pirates of the Caribbean, and Shrek the Third. They were meh, good, surprisingly good, meh, funnyish, long but okay, and meh. In this reviewer's opinion.
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