Happy and Sad

Happy:

1. These socks. I bought then in Vermont over Thanksgiving break and have been crazy about them ever since. They're like funfetti, but cozy, and on your feet. As everything else at American Apparel, they were extremely overpriced, but what can I say, love at first sight, folks.

2. My cat. Forever drooling and rumbling by my side.

3. Finishing a book for pleasure.

Sad:

1. Those Beacon Plumbing ads they have plastered all over Seattle (and god forbid, elsewhere). It seems they've been around for ages, and are only becoming more ubiquitous. If you live in the Greater Seattle Area, you'll know what I'm talking about. These ads feature the Beacon Plumbing slogan "Stop Freakin', Call Beacon!" above a lady, who can only be described as faux-busty, fake-tanned, fried-haired, and incredibly sad. In fact, these ads depress me to such an extent that I refuse to even include their image in this post. The saddest thing about these ads is not even the use of sex to sell a product that is not remotely related to a busty woman. The saddest thing is that the ad is so poorly and cheaply put together that it is impossible to look at it and not consciously make that connection, and all the while your facial muscles involuntarily contort to create the most wrenching stink face imaginable.