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lunchtime poll
So there I was innocently about to post on my Vox">Vox blog… You know, danielphillip.vox.com? Right. Anyway, so there I was when I came across an underwear ad right there on the main home page. At first I was like, hawt! But then I was like, hrm, this is basically in my control panel. I am the one it’s targeting. What if I didn’t want to see it? What if I just wanna blog in peace?
So I guess the question would be, how do you feel about ad content and its placement inside personal blogging software?
Oh, and here is that ad…
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whaat!
A while back I got this email from a man. He was writing to compliment this site, as well as asking me to visit his. Now this sort of thing does happen occasionally, though not as much as a few years back (oi). I was flattered, and copied the address from the email and pasted it into my browser and thus stopped by his site stealthily.. What did I find?? Well, to be perfectly blunt, it was porn. Hot gay porn. I was a bit startled at first. I am not really one to frequent the porn (as much as I did in my twenties… oi). As I got over the initial shock, and poked around I found that it was a membership site. Not much to see, as it were. Not that I was looking to see anything. So I was like, that’s weird or whatever, wondering if he was just a pervert or something. I soon forgot all about it.
But the weird thing is, I still get emails! I have tried to ignore them, thinking it was some sort of mistake… I am on some sort of press mailing list and get these site update, news/press releases, and model announcements! What is going on? If it’s marketing through blog buzz, then I just don’t get it. I mean you can’t send a guy off to a membership site, implying that you want a link or a mention with out at least offering a free membership! Not that I would link to porn, OR want a membership, but still. There’s principles involved. I even think there’s a latin term… Quid pro porn, or something.
Update: The emails have stopped. Huh.
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whaat!
We tend to be conscious of pulling the drapes over if we aren’t acting right. Or are they sheers? Who knows. But the houses in my neighborhood line up pretty well, and so do the windows. The houses are also pretty close together. That’s why the dance show over the holidays was so exciting. It was literally just right there.
Our new neighbors in that house have been much more obsessive about their privacy though. As soon as the sun sets so do their shades. If I pulled my sheers she’d shut her shades. It’s been kinda funny. Not that I’m watching my neighbors or anything… But what’s funnier is that now that it’s been warmer, or even hot, their shades are never shut. Miss privacy has been spotted sitting at her window even. Tonight was a bit much though. She, miss privacy shuttheshadesandfoldsgrocerybags, was sitting in her spare room sprawled out watching TV in her bra and panties with the shades up. And the way the houses line up, I got an eyeful!
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hotness
This is on Tuesdays?? Hmm. I may need to tune in.
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