More Random Press Releases

Have they gone yet? Can I come out now?
Originally uploaded by Bright Tal.

Sometimes January can be a little slow when it comes to the new and exciting. Nevertheless, publicists seem to enjoy sending me things. The best part is that they don't seem to check out my website to see what I'm really into. (Books, fashion, music, New York City etc.) and instead I get things like this:

*A press packet about Amazing Hot Dog, a restaurant in Verona, NJ that specializes in, you guessed it, hotdogs.

I offer a small soft spot for the place because one of the owners is a 1996 graduate of Syracuse University, the place responsible for my poor relationship with alcohol. But come on, Verona, NJ? Where is that?

*Yes, I like fashion and I like news about it. But when I say news, I mean things like invitations to shows or a heads-up about a sample sale.

I do not want to read about something called folliculitis. Apparently it
is a skin disorder that occurs in winter, when skin is dry and women wear tight clothes, such a tights and long johns to keep warm. It causes little bumps on the skin that usually go away on their own, but severe cases need the magic of a dermatologist.

Hmmm...dry skin? Tight clothes? I don't even want to know where this type of rash would creep up.