>Product Review Nirvana
>For the last few weeks, I’ve been cursing the product review gods as some of my favorite bloggers were chosen to review a new KY lubricant, while my own mailbox remained spitefully KY-free.
Was I not sexy enough for the advertisers out there? Were my bare floor posts no longer cutting the mustard in this blog-eat-blog world?
To take my mind off of this KY disaster, I contented myself with spritzing my new Clorox Anywhere Spray on every hard surface I could think of. After all, I did receive a bottle of the stuff in the mail last week and I was pretty damn excited about it. It had been the talk of play group the week before (I know. We are a very avant garde set of conversationalists) and I was looking forward to being the first to actually try it. And of course, I love it! Who wouldn’t? It kills 99-point-something of germs, yet you can spray it on a pacifier or around food and there’s no harm done? I’d like to shake the hand of the scientist who came up with this one. Seriously. I have a bit of Stepford in me and this just brought it right to the (thoroughly sanitized) surface.
But while my germ killing spray was quite satisfying, I couldn’t have known that I was about to hit the product review jackpot. Because guess what came in the mail yesterday? (Cue angels-singing-music).
Yes! An Insignia™ 10.2″ 16:9 Widescreen TFT Portable DVD Player with Swivel Screen! Isn’t it just fan-fucking-tastic?
There was a fair amount of gloating in my house yesterday over this one. I very annoyingly watched a movie on my kitchen table while my entire family stomped their feet and shook their fists at me. And after watching both my stepdaughters bop around the house with iPods for a month, it felt soooo good to simply give them a quizzical look before adjusting my headphones and going back to my very own portable DVD player. Even Hubs was a bit disgruntled last night, asking, “Do I get to use it too?”
“Of course!” I reassured him. “As long as you don’t mind putting down a deposit!”
And as for my review of the DVD player? I freaking love it! Duh!
Mostly I love it because it’s about the size and weight of a hardback book, which means I can easily stuff it in my travel bag and take it on the airplane with me to counter my slightly sweaty fear of flying. And because of its swivel screen, which lets me turn the screen around backward and show Baby a DVD without worrying about her trying to punch the buttons. And because of the two headphone jacks so that I can share my movie with a friend or family member(for a small fee, mind you). And because I love the idea of one of us being able to watch movies in bed on a sick day (because we just don’t do that TV-in-the-bedroom thing). And I love it because it’s mine. ALL MINE. Although, ahem, it would make a very nice Father’s Day gift, too and it is on sale right now at Best Buy. I’m just sayin’.
So I’m happy again, folks. Verrry happy. Although if I hear that Kristen got one of these, there’ll be hell to pay.
>”(becauase we just don’t do that TV-in-the-bedroom thing)”Yah, I got that from your post yesterday…
>HAHAHAHA.No, my dear, I did not get a DVD player. Hello. NOTHING. How about some damn swiffers at least?!And I must have gotten the defunct chlorox spray since mine will not shoot anything. So, it looks really nice…Bastards.
>And Charlie told me I was the only one. I have yet to do my review, though. Wait, what’s this about a “Father’s Day” gift? He can get his own Charlie and his own blog.(today’s word verification: “dfagz”, heh)
>The husband got me a umm, non-electric-umm, non-gas running-you know push edger for Mothers Day. He is feeling a wee bit guilty about this, and so I was umm, looking into some new shoes ( for me ) for Father’s Day, but then I got busted with a credit card he didn’t know I had. I thought I could pay it off and no one would be the wiser. Didn’t happen. ( sigh! )As for the clorox stuff-( I am so damn gullible) can you REALLY spray it on a pacifier?Jeez.and, and, and…I tried my damndest to link your mamarazzi on my comment section-but I think I was unsucessful. PLEASE feel FREE to come back and ( uhh, ) do it yourself.Eeeeee !! ( sound of a big ole cheesy grin! )
>Wow. Don’t do the tv in the bedroom either, but heck it would be nice to slink away and watch a film that has been released in the past two years that isn’t rated G and related to Winnie the Pooh or the Wiggles!
>hmmm… i think i may have to hate you.just how blogger par excellence do i need to be to get in on the freebies and the testies?!!i could use the clorox spray…
>You got this free? You really live right, Lucinda.
>I’m with Kristin…just how wonderful does my blog need to be to be sent freebies?? LOLI am so jealous.
>DUde. I need to become a much more famous blogger so that people send me free things in the mail.Seriously.
>I didn’t get the KY sample to review either, but my husband DID leave a coupon for it in my purse as a hint.
>I am seriously jealous.
>”As long as you don’t mind putting down a deposit!”lolololol…that’s hilarious!I’d be really jealous of your new acquisition if I ever actually had a stretch of time long enough to WATCH a friggin’ DVD.My daughter, however, would do a triple backflip for one of these so tell your connection to send one my way 😉
>So, Lucinda. I came by to thank you for stopping by the Poop Deck (yes, I still laugh childishly when I write the word ‘poop’) and what do I find? The ugly green monster. At least that’s what I think jealousy is called sometimes. Okay, I ALREADY have a portable DVD player. There, now I feel better.And now I’m going to go craft my free trial wish list for when I truly arrive in the blogosphere.
>I didn’t get to try any of those things… The last thing I reviewed was shampoo… The DVD player is so much better!! I’m a wee bit jealous, but I’ll get over it…LBC
>ALRIGHT. Where do I sign up for this thingy to try things out?? Hmmmm,I wanna do that for sure!! And congrats on the DVD player, that just be too cool.
>And here I was, certain that nothing could ever trump the magnificence that is KY Jelly.
>sweet:)what do i have to do to get on that mailing list.
>You lucky duck! I can’t wait till we get our sex kits. Let’s let everyone just mull THAT over for a bit. Bwwaaahahahahahaa!Enjoy the DVD playah, yo.
>I love my portable DVD player. Mine is not as nice as yours but I love it.
>What the hell, Lucinda? A freaking DVD player??? DAMN! I could totally use that. We have the giant long trip to TEXAS! coming up and we NEEED that dvd player to tame the screaming masses.I suppose if I would actually post my review of those baking cups, maybe I could work my way up to the DVD player. I do love that Clorox spray. I had to buy mine, though. Charlie, your letting me down!
>Hey–as long as you don’t use the personal DVD player to watch blackmarket DVD’s of those other bloggers trying out their personal lubricants…or if you’re gonna do that, at least take notes so you can blog about it later.(PS–Reason number 4756 why Masked Mom shouldn’t be near a computer after 11 p.m.)
>My mouth is hanging open.I’d take the DVD player over the freakin’ KY jelly anyday. but wait… I’m a blogger. Why aren’t they sending me goodies!??? Alas. I’m not in the cool-group.Yet.
>How cool is that??!It would have been funny with they sent some KY with he DVD player.Enjoy that!! TOOO cool!
>How the hell do I become a product tester? No KY, no Clorox, no DVD player…
>Sorry, guys, there’s no mailing list. Just make sure your e-mail address is easy to find on your blog and the PR firms will contact you. Good luck! 🙂
>I’ll trade you the box of Seabreeze products I was sent to review for that portable widescreen DVD. Fair? 🙂
>I am so jealous. I got the clorox Anywhere spray, and meh not too exciting. I like my cleaners to smell toxic, so I know they are working ;-)But now you got a dvd player too? I feel so left out. And unloved… Even ky gel would have been okay.
>lucky woman! How do I sign up for that?!
>Me too, me too! I want to be a product reviewer! How does one get in on this gig?
>YOU GOT A DVD PLAYER AND ALL I GOT WAS SOME FUCKING KY??
>If I knew how to become a product-reviewer, I would. I wouldn’t mind get some disinfectant spray in the mail. And the DVD player thing would be cool too.
>Sheot, I haven’t even gotten KY! WTH? That’s pretty awesome!
>I love your competition with kristen. It’s hilarious.
>JACKPOT! Oh man, look who’s jealous now. (Me.) One word of advice: don’t confuse the Clorox spray for the KY spray.