today at the grocery store there were free samples of vodka and tonics. pretty ample as well. but there were also samples of butter cookies. i had 3 kinds of butter cookies and zero vodka and tonics but i appreciated the offer nonetheless.
the grocery store was also offering an interesting sale combo: some kind of lysol spray taped together with...pantiliners. how is that for gendered marketing. there are also some really irritating new fashion billboards up that say "buy something just because you are depressed!" or "feel like a goddess when you put on high heels!" or feel like a cripple. just saying.
whilst frolicking at the clinic, carolina, who you may remember from before, asked me "what is that on your face?" hm, i thought, i must have smeared a something on my face. here? i asked. no, there. oh right, there is a zit on my forehead that i had considered barely noticeable really, but carolina has eagle eyes apparently. i told her, oh, that is a zit. what is a zit? she asked. ummmm. ehhh searching for culturally appropriate answer that will make sense to a 4 year old "it is like a volcano," i explained. she made a weird face. i did not elaborate.
apparently the guys at basketball were asking where i was the last two weeks because they want to bring their female friends too. ballller.
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There's no way this post has really been up since the 5th, is there? Man, I must be studying too hard. Caitlin, I love that you take such pleasure in the small victories (in combating unfortunate gender expectations) while simultaneously recognizing how far you still have to go. Seeing that lysol spray "deal" would have made me go straight for the vodka, hold the tonic please.
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