I’m so sick of the mudslinging and issues that really have nothing to do with THE issues. And to think . . . we have several more months of this until the REAL election.
Funny . . . I was in a sex shop the other night and the guy who was working the counter was a young, clean-cut guy — looked like he could have come from Iowa, or some such midwestern state. So, I couldn’t resist talking to him, and asking him how one comes to work in a sex shop. He said that he was recently released from the armed forces (can’t remember which one), and that working in a sex shop was the first job that he landed post release. Apparently he’s card-carrying Barack supporter, and he said that if McCain wins, he plans to move to Paris, but if Hillary wins, he’ll only move to Canada. I don’t know why I found that to be so funny, but I did.
As for the sex shop — because I’m sure you’re wondering — it was a newer one on Milwaukee in Wicker Park. I was walking by with a friend and couldn’t resist. Besides . . . I like to look at the products. Whoever comes up with the names of porn movies and dildoes are geniuses. My favorite porn title to date has been “E3 - The Extra Testicle,” although I’ve always thought that “Shaving Ryan’s Privates” would be a great title. As for sex toys, I’ve always been pretty grossed out by something called The Anal Intruder, apparently quite the enhancer for gay men — although it appears to be nothing short of a torture device (I’m sure there’s a pun in there somewhere).
They do have cute little novelty and bachelorette party gifts, in case you’re in the market. My friend bought a lollipop for his girlfriend, and it was rather innocent. It was heart-shaped, as opposed to the predictable suckers, shaped like male sex organs, and it had a very subtle sexual message (”Let’s fuck”). Love it.
I am so tired of this political nonsense. In an unsual turn in my life I’ve given up watching TV news obsessively as I’ve done for the past 13 years and I have to tell I still can’t avoid it. I don’t care about Barack’s former Reverend and Hillary’s stop at a three-generation company in Indiana. And then when they finally start to talk about the issues, like today McCain talked health care in Tampa, they still don’t tell me what THEY’RE GOING TO DO FOR ME!
I’m unemployed, I have a huge mortgage payment, gas is closing in on $4 a gallon, we’re in a war we can’t seem to get out of, etc. What are you going to do about that?
Sorry for my rant.. on a lighter note. I loved that you asked the sex shop worker how he came to work there. I’ve always wondered if only perverts work in those stores.
You know, in all the years I’ve been reading this blog, its one of the rare times you’ve made a reference to politics. Just curious, do you have an interest in politics, or is it just one of those things you don’t talk about often? I imagine its a hot topic of discussion where you are, seeing as how the next President may come from Chicago.
Interesting that the sex shop employee is supporting Obama. There’s an assumption that veterans and military personnel tend to support the Republican candidate. Apparently, that’s not necessarily the case this year.
Miss Attitude, yes, I really want to know what they’re going to do for me, personally. I never get that answer, which is why I’m probably disinterested. And, maybe it’s the journalist in me, but I LOVE finding out a person’s story and how they came to be that way. To your point, though, had he been one of those seedy looking guys who looks like he might have one hand on the register and the other down his pants, I might not have stopped to chat!