First of all, it’s the first day of August. Not that that matters much; every day, week, and month here are all pretty much the same. And not in a bad way.
Coincidentally, today is the first day that it has rained this month. And it’s been raining like a motherfucker all damn day.
Last night I experienced a more pleasant first:
Maybe I’ve just been lucky, but this is the first time this has ever happened to me:
I don’t normally accept friend requests on Facebook from people I’ve never met in person. I sometimes make exceptions if we have some mutual friends and the requester is an attractive female. That must have been the case with Angelee. I’m not sure when we became FB friends, but I just now received my first ever contact from her on messenger. After the briefest of small talk (where are you? what are you doing?) she asks me if she can ask me something. I’m thinking to myself you just did, but I told her to go ahead.
“Can I borrow 200 pesos to get my daughter a checkup?” Wow. That’s the first time a complete stranger has asked to borrow money. Well, other than beggars. Which I guess technically that is what she is. I asked her how she knows me and she responded that she used to work at Hot Zone and saw me there with the Hash. Okay then. Now, 200 pesos ($4.) is no big deal and I have in fact given more than that to beggars. I figured if she wanted to meet up somewhere convenient I’d give it to her. And the devil on my shoulder was whispering “if she’s hot maybe she can earn some more!”. Alas, she is not even in town. Wanted me to do some kind of wire transfer from my phone. I told her I couldn’t do that (don’t have or want the app). Then she started hinting around about wanting money to travel to Olongapo. That’s when I blocked her.
Speaking of boycotts, I enjoyed some schadenfreude for the first time in a while when I read that Gillette has been losing money since they got “woke” and dissed the masculinity of their primary customer base. Duh! I’ve been boycotting from here in the Philippines which isn’t easy as most of the available shaving products seem to carry that brand name. But I did find this:
And so concludes the first post of the month here at LTG. And if I can catch a break in the rain, I’ll take my first hike as well. And as you might have expected, I’m looking forward to…
Of course, I’ll have to wait until 5:00 p.m. first…
Here comes the rain again
Falling on my head like a memory
Falling on my head like a new emotion
I want to walk in the open wind
I want to talk like lovers do
I want to dive into your ocean
Is it raining with you
Alas, I still support Gillette by buying their armpit deodorant. Well actually, a friend of mine who visits the Philippines twice a year buys the deodorant for me, then I pay him when we meet up in Seoul. I don’t know of a better brand for my skin, and deodorant is generally hard to find in Korea, but if I do find a better brand, I might make the switch just to stick it to Gillette.
Crap—I also use a Gillette Mach 3 razor.
Yeah, boycotts from overseas can be difficult given the limited options available. I canceled my NETFLIX account after they hired Susan Rice to the board and once my Nike gear wears out I’ll find a less anti-American company for replacements.
Just doing my part…