... so, yeah.

Backdating. Oh Hell yeah am I backdating. In case the reason for the mad mega-hiatus wasn't obvious... well, blame somarium. It is a distracting place to be and I have been well and truly distracted by it, because quite frankly it beats being distracted by real life. Plus there are some awesome people there and they have been helping in that matter. Lookin' at you, youko_astarael.

Anyway, it's taken a while, but I finally seem to be getting to grips with juggling tags and everything else. So, here I am again.

Anyway, first things first - here's something random I just wanted to get out there because it's my Livejournal, so why not? I'm not going to foist this on anyone else, mind, so this gets backdated because frankly who else is gonna give a damn? That 'something' being a question, and that question being this: what the Hell planet are most advertisers from, anyway? Because clearly it's not from anyplace I've been living lately.

I don't tend to see a lot of online advertising because Firefox and Adblock is a wonderful, winning combination, and Google Chrome - where I've been spending most of my days since I'm constantly logged in on 1thingincommon over there - and Adblock is if anything only slightly better. There have, however, been a couple of moments lately where I have been forced to use Internet Explorer. And that means a return to the wonderful world of online advertisements - and, for that matter, to advertisers who appear to be commuting to Gray or TWBA or Saatchi and Saatchi or wherever from Mars, going by how in tune they are with Earth customs and habits. Look at this.


Does anyone this side of adland shave their legs like this?

Yeah, I know when I want to shave my legs I don't do it in the damn shower like a normal human being. Nope. I run an entire damn bathtub full of water, dip my legs in it, then sit perched prettily on the side of the tub with my little plastic disposable. Only, you know, I don't, because it's stupid. It's a waste of time, it's a waste of water, and my butt would get sore because the sides of baths are designed for climbing over and keeping bathwater in, not for draping yourself all over while you dip your legs in the tub, as if actually climbing in it was somehow too indelicate and plebian for words.

I don't even think I want to know what the so-called innovation in home hair removal this thing thinks it's touting is when, in this advertiser's insane little world, 'shaving your legs in the shower' would count.