My pen pal in England – yes, a true blue postal service using pen pal – asked for some recent pictures of me. Well, specifically she asked for copies of my latest headshots. So, being a nice pen pal I sent off a couple of pics for her perusal.
I just got her return letter, “par avion”, I have it in front of me so as not to miss quote. Her first, FIRST sentence, mind you reads “Just got your pics/letter today, tah – can’t believe how much you’ve aged!!”
Not only did she use two, count them, TWO exclamation points (!!!) she apparently “can’t believe” that I’ve aged. We’ve been writing now for about 12 years, did she think I was friggin Peter Pan for gods sake? That perhaps like Dorian Grey I have a portrait stashed in the attack?
Well, just another reason to dislike the English as much as the French I say.
On a note of why America isn’t as bad as the Canadians think – I was carded buying champagne today. In a Trader Joes I frequent no less!! (A sentence that *deserves* two punctuation marks.)
So take that English pen pal, yeah, while you may think I have “aged unbelievably” I still get carded when shopping for libations.
Friday, August 12, 2005
Tuesday, August 09, 2005
A nothing post.
Well, here I am again on my blog, blogging. It took a while to find a browser that was compatible with the darn site. Nice. Listening to Swedish pop, now, I don't understand Swedish but I'm sure it's all very tasteful.
Speaking of tasteful, I'm still not sure why my mother likes underwear purchased in America rather than New Zealand, but she does. I've again been tasked with picking up new smalls & body lotion for her. There's nothing quite like going into Target & searching through the lingerie section for a soft cup 40D bra. If you haven't done so, please go, don't take my word for it.
When will the day arrive when a man can't search for large soft cup bras without encountering looks? Hmmm? When is that day going to arrive?
I also find it hard to believe that in all of New Zealand there's not another skin lotion as good as African Royale's "Soft As Me" skin lotion. However, my mother won't hear of it. So, I've been given $100 U.S. dollars to get the lotion that she proclaims causes her skins to sing "food" when she applies it.
Now, just how many bra's I can get for $100, and how much lotion you can purchase for another $100 I'm not sure, the only thing I am glad of is that these items aren't found in the same store.
Speaking of tasteful, I'm still not sure why my mother likes underwear purchased in America rather than New Zealand, but she does. I've again been tasked with picking up new smalls & body lotion for her. There's nothing quite like going into Target & searching through the lingerie section for a soft cup 40D bra. If you haven't done so, please go, don't take my word for it.
When will the day arrive when a man can't search for large soft cup bras without encountering looks? Hmmm? When is that day going to arrive?
I also find it hard to believe that in all of New Zealand there's not another skin lotion as good as African Royale's "Soft As Me" skin lotion. However, my mother won't hear of it. So, I've been given $100 U.S. dollars to get the lotion that she proclaims causes her skins to sing "food" when she applies it.
Now, just how many bra's I can get for $100, and how much lotion you can purchase for another $100 I'm not sure, the only thing I am glad of is that these items aren't found in the same store.
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