Spectacles
This weekend was the first one in many months where we didn't do anything on the house. Of course this was because the house is now for sale and we couldn't do anything on the house. Needless to say i'm fucking happy about that.
Instead I went out and had a meeting with a freelance client (yes I still do a bit of moonlighting). The client, who we'll call Dr. Dick, is an MD who does penis enlargement, fixes erectile disfunction and other 'male' problems. It's fascinating stuff and no, to answer the question burning in your minds, we're not working for barter. Talking to him over coffee in a Tim Horton's was fun, I'm quite sure the patrons sitting near us were quite interested in our conversation. At one point he was talking about his colleague, the fellow who invented and patented a lot of the procedures they use, and he said something like "Ken has seen more erect penises than probably any man around, from a statistical point of view he knows what he's talking about." Ahem. I know some people who would likely be in the running for that distinction. Hell, I think I am.
However. So that was my Saturday. On Sunday we all trooped up to Pacific Mall, a little outpost of Hong Kong just north of Toronto. I got myself new glasses. They'll be ready in about a week. I brought Steve, Joe and Eric with me to help me choose. I think this is important to do; glasses are not something that you can buy in isolation. For one thing you can't see yourself properly in them (I'm quite blind without my own ones on) and for another, you just need opinions of those who'll be forced to stare at you in them. So I brought them along. It's funny, I always want to go a bit more funky. Steve's generally ok with that. In fact he encourages it. Joe too, but they don't have to stare at me all the damn time. The problem is Eric tends to be a bit conservative in these matters (and a few others besides) and isn't shy about saying that he thinks they don't work. I find that a bit frustrating sometimes; wanting to change something or make a bold statement only to be told it doesn't work. I end up feeling bland or boring sometimes. I wish i could step out and do something weird. However I think I ended up witha pretty cool pair of glasses. I was down to deciding between two pairs and the part that pushed me over the edge was not that one pair was better but that the other pair, which looked great on me, also looked great on Steve, Joe and Eric. Thereby proving the salesgirl's point that they're the kind of glasses that look good on anyone (which I interpreted to mean 'common'). The other pair looked like shite on them, but good on me (we're calling that unique).
I'll put a pic on the blog next week or so when they are ready.
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Not much else to report. Near as I can figure about 15-20 people came to see the house this weekend all told. Tonight is the first night we're officially accepting offers, so we'll see. I have not much hope that we'll actually get an offer today. I'm figuring that anything under a month to sell it is pretty good. I sure as fuck hope we get rid of it quickly. We have still not seen any other places (just house-porn surfing) but we might go visit one or two this week to whet our appetite.