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Lush

Today is Valentine's Day. I try to reject all holidays, especially Hallmark holidays like this one, and the accompanying consumer-driven, forced gift-giving. Isn't love more about sacrifice and compromise than hearts and flowers? So, despite being financially-challenged, I sacrificed about $100 and compromised my feelings towards this day and...

Purchased some items from Lush for the ladies. I stumbled across Lush in London in 1999, but until recently, they had no stores in the US. The past few years, I've been forced to make my orders over the web. So, I'm excited they've opened a shop in the 800 block of West Armitage. Its pricey, but worth it. Sure, you'll drop a $100 in there, but the gift giver gets that money back 5-fold in sex from the gift receiver. What do MILFs want for VD? About $50 worth of items from Lush (bath bombs, some jams and jellies), a copy of Frank McCourts Tis, a candle, some incense, a bottle of massage oil, a bottle of Veuve champagne, a pair of black panites (Buying bras and lingere can just be too complex, experience has taugh me that women like to buy their own lingerie) some Godiva chocolates (you CANNOT go wrong with this - unless she's allergic), and a blank journal notebook with the following on the inside cover:

Within you I lose myself
Without you I find myself
Wanting to be lost again

Sadly, there will be no lovin tonight - we're both sick with colds. Maybe later this week, so stay tuned...

Speaking of love, I watched The Real Cancun last night and was disappointed - it is not, as advertisied, among the great classic spring break films. Its more just a compressed "Real World" in Cancun. So compressed that you don't get a chance to learn anything about the "actors." There were a few good scenes, but ultimately, it was a set-up, it wasn't "real", and the sex scenes were pretty dull. But, the cinematography was great, it looked kinda like a surf movie.

One Sox note, they trade outfielder Alex Escobar to the Washington Nationals for outfielder Jerry Owens. A good move for the Sox. Escobar is a 26 year old who can barely hit his weight and is recovering from a foot fracture. Owens has some solid stats: (from the offical Sox press release) "Owens, who turns 24 on February 16, batted .292 (122-418) with one home run, 37 RBI and 30 stolen bases in 108 games with Class A Savannah in 2004. The 6-foot-3, 195-pound left-hander was selected in the second round of the 2003 First-Year Player Draft. "