Exit Polls

First off, go Dems!!! Nancy Pelosi ROCKS! I'm psyched that we're going to have our first woman speaker of the House. I don't mind if we don't officially take the Senate since we've got 50% of the votes already anyway. Electing a Dem Prez in '08 will be smoother if we don't control both chambers. Though the avenger in me also really wants to just continue beating some ass, so that we'll have a real lame duck. I'd like the recovery process to begin ASAP. Enough of that, I'm not in the mood to vent politics.

Here's where I want people's opinions. This was the gist of a google chat that I had with a guy friend of mine this afternoon. I'll qualify it with examples of other banter that goes on with my guy friends. One, we joke about quickies, servicing each other, "how much time you got?"..."well, how much time u need?" Another friend let me spank him on Halloween (I was a 50s housewife carrying a mixing spoon) and wasn't uncomfortable until it actually started to hurt. Anyway, that's the background to how I relate to my pals. I thought I was at a similar comfort level with Les (short for lesbian, but that's a whole 'nother story).

Ok, so Les and I are kidding around about me choosing a tattoo. I ask if he likes tattoos. He says no. I ask if he'd think I was sexy with one. He says no. I say, "oh, well, I guess I won't get one then." this is all well and good, he knows we're kidding. then I say "it doesn't matter, you don't think I'm sexy, anyway." expecting to get a response along the lines either, "yeah, you're right," or, "sexy mama, u know ur hot." some witty reply.

But no, he takes that as a loaded serious question and doesn't know how to respond. I re-iterate that I'm teasing, and we hash it out later. Bottom line, he still thinks it was a weird statement/implied question. I can admit that I was curious to hear whether he went to the exaggeratingly affirming joke or chose the cut and dry rejection. But he thought it was way out of the joking realm. Am I wrong? Would I have been crossing the same line if I'd been talking to Spankee or Quickee?

Beats me. I'm just curious what other people think.

In other news, I'm getting majorly pumped about my upcoming trip!!! I took off from work yesterday to buy a digital camera and do other errands (and vote! woohooo!) Funny how whenever I buy impulsively, I almost always return it.

What happened is this. I've been shopping for an iPod shuffle and digital camera ever since I decided to head overseas. At first, I was determined to buy used, but Quickee convinced me that, at least for the camera, buying used would be catastrophe. He introduced me to Techbargains, the best discount electronics website ever, where I bought a shuffle for $50!!! including shipping!!!

The camera deals were pretty good too, but I was more nervous about that purchase, since there are so many damn choices. I call Spankee (these aliases CRACK me up!:)), and he gives me sound advice. I go to Showcase, don't love the one they have in my price range, so I go to BestBuy. I do my best to avoid large chainstores, but alas.

I buy the second to cheapest digital camera in the store, realizing that it's the exact same camera that I used when I was the photographer, "Technical Coordinator," at an outdoors camp two summers ago. Suffice to say, it was a cheap camera. I get home, eat my lunch, check Techbargains for good deals, find none, and go back to BestBuy.

It dawned on me that I wasn't the least bit eager to get out my new camera and play with it. Telltale sign that change needs to happen. Back to BestBuy. For $50 more dollars, I have the nicer Sony version of my previous camera as well as a 4-yr warranty.

Got home, played with my new toy, almost took it to work just to take pictures. I'm not that cheezy. I'll wait 'til tomorrow and take a few good outside Autumn shots. Then I'll play with downloading and posting them here.