So there I've been, thinking and thinking over the past few days about getting myself a new blog; trashing the old stuff for a fresh start. For one thing, dear ol' GREASEit has been stagnant for over a year, collecting dust and mould, screaming for a desperate clean up. It really isn't the most awesome of things, having friends visit my blog annually to check its progress. In fact, it's rather sad. In addition to that, I guess there's just been this nagging feeling in me to...I don't know. Start over perhaps? So there you have it. Here I am! With bleach and pluck. Strange url and mighty queer blog title. I can see those thought bubbles forming already.
You see, my original intention was to insert the word 'straight' into the url. I thought it was quite an awesome idea. You know, with 'straight' relating to 'straightforward' (as a blog should be). And in making clear my gender preferences (yes, it's still men, despite the few negative experiences). And with the whole idea of being neat and tidy and maybe slightly obsessive compulsive (the law of straightness by Edward Monkton? "Everything must be straight or else the world will explode. Those who do not believe in the law of straightness will not be saved."!). But evidently someone beat me to it, because I was politely informed that 'straight' was not available. Instead, blogger suggested 'straight-les', which while potentially witty, seemed a bit too in-your-face-I-am-an-oxymoron for me. Well, my next choice, was 'strip'. But alas, that too was taken. So I attempted 'disrobe', which I suspected might exceed the average Singaporean cheemness level, but no. 'Disrobe' wasn't meant to be either (I forget blogger isn't restricted to use in Singapore only). Anyhow, I then proceeded to sort through an impressive variety of ways to undress, from 'unbutton' to 'unzip', but either there are many horny boys around the globe, or a hell of a lot of people with stripper tendencies, because nicely enough, none of these words was accepted. In frustration, I typed 'potsandpans' into the space between 'http://' and '.blogspot.com' and guess what? Someone already has a blog called 'potsandpans'. Not that I have anything against kitchen utensils, but I honestly do not appreciate people depriving me of blog titles. So I continued typing in strange word after strange word after strange phrase after strange phrase, and after many more attempts at remotely ingenious url words and phrases, I did myself a favour by inserting the dubious sounding 'bleachandpluck'.
And surprise, surprise! Available.
Hence how my new blog has come to be named after my favourite hair removal methods.
Bleach and pluck. Try it.
