.1. Really? WOW. WOW! Javier Bardem is “smouldering”. Every time I look at this picture, I can hear my ovaries giggling and fluttering their eyelashes.
LOOK!

If I walked past him and he looked at me that way, I would become immobilized. I’d turn into a ramrod and maybe start crying because he’s just so “virile”. Masculine. Do you think he hunts? I think he hunts. Maybe I’ll start gathering stuff just to prepare myself…
I sound like a cheap romance novel, thanks to Javier Bardem. I can’t stop staring at this photo.
Javier. Haw-Vee-Yay. I love it.
But seriously, wtf was he looking at that made him smoulder on that level? Seriously?
He makes my teeth rattle.
WOW.
**Photo is courtesy of Lainey, who is a rocking super star and a funny woman even in regular email interaction. I was under the false impression that I’d met her at TIFF when it was, in fact, her co-host on that Canadian celebrity news show. That wasn’t Lainey. So anything I said about the ‘woman’ does not pertain to Lainey. Lainey is as-hilarious-in-email-as-she-is-hilarious-on-her-site.
.2. I took the plunge and purchased a Canada Goose jacket, in “Steel”. I wanted to purchase their Resolute Parka in red because it has “Secured plastic ID pockets on chest and sleeve”, which would have been perfect for me. I would have walked around with MAHA emblazoned above my heart, and protected behind plastic.
When I shared this idea with the sales lady, she didn’t address my interest but instead said: “These jackets are for expeditions up North. For serious expeditions up North” because clearly, I’m not a serious expeditioner. So I took my un-serious self out of her shop and instead spent my a-little-more-serious money in another store. Ha Ha.
(On a not so funny note, she asked me what country I was from and made an openly snide remark about how ‘immigrants wear anything when they come to this country’. After I made my purchase at another store, I went back to the store in question and showed the manager my receipt and indicated why I had made the purchase elsewhere…you know, in my best broken immigrant English and a little sign language to really communicate my immigrant feelings.)
.3. The yoga studio who aids and abets The Man Who Wears A Speedo To Class still hasn’t responded to my email re a potential “at minimum shorts” policy. I haven’t seen him at my last two classes, so here’s hoping he slipped on the ice and was traumatised by his own hammock.
4 COMMENTS:
Maria Calvo said…
LOL! Teeth rattling? Sign language? (That’s insane, by the way that she did that) Aiding and abetting?
Heeee!!!!
D
hugs,
Maria
TUE FEB 12, 08:26:00 AM
Anonymous said…
Ok, yeah, Javier Bardem is a super sexy man and Penelope is a crazy woman so I think all you need is for him to meet you and he’ll smoulder you and your ovaries with that look
I think it’s awesome that you dropped your CRAZY AMOUNTS OF CASH (that jacket is like $450???!!!!) at another store and went back to tell the manager the crazy crack whore was all “immigrants” are this and that.
You’re my personal super hero! -lily
TUE FEB 12, 03:49:00 PM
Thomas said…
So what is it about Javier that makes women’s teeth rattle
??
Maha, my guess is that if this man likesPenelope (I read Lainey also), then he loves beautifuul women and I think you’ve got that covered in spades.
Your ‘immigrant’ reaction is classic! Excellent story………
thomas
WED FEB 13, 08:54:00 AM
Chantal said…
Maha! Another classic for the WWMD (What Would Maha Do) club!!! That saleswoman won’t soon forget what that taste is in her mouth….that distinct burnt flavour of nasty-mean-tumbling-from-her-pedestal aftertaste. I was cheering in my chair as I read this!
And regarding Javier, I agree with the rest of the world: he will have met his match with you because you are the Queen of Smouldering Looks!
Great post, Maha…..
TUE FEB 19, 06:32:00 AM