i get emails from express.com. specifically, the womens’ versions of their emails. i don’t know why, i’ve never bought anything from the womens’ version of the store (i’m an express men’s fashion guy myself), but it doesn’t matter. i don’t really care why i’m getting the womens’ versions of the emails, because:

1. there’s a lot of sexy attractive ladies in fashionable outfits in these emails

2. i actually do enjoy a bit of ogling fashion appreciation (bruno_boy would say that this is obviously a lie obviously a lie if you ever saw the way i dress, i say i have no idea what the hell he is talking about…)

3. these emails conveniently have a link to see the men’s version of the email if they have one available

see, so i have no reason to care that i’m getting the women’s versions and not the men’s because i always figure that there’s probably a similar men’s promotion going on at the same time. and it’s no big deal, i’m not purchasing clothes from express that often — i get my pants for work from there, and i’ve got a few shirts and things, but that’s about it. so: attractive ladies in my inbox, and all is right with the world….

…until i made this post on twitter.

i had previously exchanged a few tweets back and forth with lisa months and months ago, but after making this latest one i get a message from her asking if i’m getting the wrong emails, and next thing i know i get an email while i’m at work today from someone on their e-commerce team asking me to verify my email address i use for the site so they can fix it so i can get the men’s versions of the emails instead, since there isn’t an option for the end user to change their email sex (heh-heh, email sex) on their own. ARGH I SHOULD HAVE LEFT WELL ENOUGH ALONE. serves me right for opening up my big mouth.

here’s people’s reactions when i told them about it:

– cynicalscribe thought it was amusing, and figured that i would probably sign back up for the womens’ emails with a different email address. not likely, i do have some dignity.

– dad laughed

– mom thought i was weird and asked if i was on drugs

– anne laughed and told mom that i wasn’t on drugs but on “moldy grapes” (long story)

sigh.

work is going well, i made it through my first week with no troubles. it’s been a lot of conference calls that involve 90% lurking and 10% raising issues. i can see how the team members said that it was a slow position and that i’d be going nuts, though. today i was just given my first project to work on, due by the end of this week — i get to make a matrix of three of our billing systems and mark which systems contain which features. woooo, fun. no idea if this is what it’ll still be like when my supervisor returns from her surgery, but i’m liking the team and everything so far. it’s weird, it’s like being in a whole different company now but with some of the same employees: i have to learn about all these different system processes and procedures and things that i never had to worry about before when i was customer-facing, get used to a little bit of different office politics, and so on and so forth. and get used to waking up at 6:30 AM… oof! i sleep now!