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Because I do. It’s just that I’ve been procrastinating in putting my list together. But you should not wait on my account. If you want the chance to win $1,000 worth of sex toys, read the details on Ginger Leigh’s Competition for a chance at a shopping spree at sextoys.com.

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I am giving away $1,000 in free sex toys from sextoys.com!

Listen up blogging babes and boys!  I am tired of always wishing for my own selfish needs and want to make someone else very happy.  You must create your very own wish list from any of the products found on sextoys.com.  List the name of each product, one sentence about why you are wishing for it and a link to the product on sextoys.com.  Please do not duplicate any products.  Although, I know how good it would feel to indulge in the decadence of having a new Gigi for every day of the week.

You do not have to purchase a thing in order to enter!

Pay attention all of you orgasm connoisseurs.  Do not let the total amount of your wishes exceed $1,000!  You will be left without a chance to make your toy chest over flow.  You must post your wishes on a blog that you own or in a forum that you are a member of.  Please read additional rules and details so you don’t miss out on your chance at a multitude of orgasmic possibilities!

There will also be smaller weekly prizes given out, check out the details below.  How fun is that?

Did I make your bottom tingle?  I sure hope so.  Do you still want to spank me?  Well, I kind of hope you want to do that too.  Here are the details:

Win up to $1,000 in free sex toys, plus free shipping. Please read these rules carefully to ensure that you create an eligible entry.  Also, for those bloggers or sex positive independent journalists who want a little exposure, see our post on WE GIVE GOOD TRAFFIC for details on being featured in the Sextoys.com blog and links to your best posts.

Rules:

First, create your wish list.  Any product found on Sextoys.com may be included in your wish list.  The only restriction is that the TOTAL value of your wish list must be equal to, or less than $1,000.  Ginger Leigh has a very strict budget, and if you go over by even 1 penny, you will be disqualified, so keep the calculator at the ready.

Next, post your wish list to your blog or forum.  THIS IS IMPORTANT:  Wish list posts must contain the following to be eligible.

The product’s name

A link to the product on Sextoys.com

One sentence on why you want the product.

Make sure that your post contains the product name, a link to it on Sextoys.com and a sentence about why you want it.

You can select any combination of products, as long as the value of the entire list does not exceed $1,000.  You may not duplicate products; Ginger doesn’t want one person hoarding all of the Fantasy Swings.

The final line of your post should include the total cost of your list and a link directly to this blog entry.

SEE A SAMPLE POST HERE.

*IMPORTANT - While we link to Extreme Restraints, those products are not eligible for use.

Make sure you post on a blog that you own, or in a forum where you are a member in good standing.  Wish lists posted in comments sections of others’ blogs or in public forums will be disqualified.  If you post in a forum and your post is deleted, you will be disqualified.

Once you have posted your wish list on your blog, send the permalink to your wish list post, your name and a contact number to experts @ sextoys.com. All entries must be received no later than Friday, June 5, 2009.  On Friday, June 12, 2009, Ginger Leigh will conduct a drawing for the winner.  The Winner will be drawn at random from the entire pool of entrants.

If your name is drawn, you win your wish list that you have posted.

Weekly Prizes: On May 3, 10, 17, 24 and 31, we will award weekly prizes, selected from all entrants who have posted before each date.  The Winners will be selected by Ginger Leigh and guest judges.  The prizes are awarded as follows:

May 3rd – The wish list with the sexiest toys for couples will receive a prize.

May 10th – The wish list with the sexiest toys for women will receive a prize. (Co-sponsored by Hotmovies for Her)

May 17th – The wish list that is kinkiest and most original will receive a prize.

May 24th – The wish list with the sexiest toys for men will receive a prize. (Co-sponsored by Hotmovies)

May 31st – The wish list with the most toys for under $1,000 will receive a prize.

By entering the contest, you certify that you are of legal age to receive a sex toy and that sex toys may be delivered to the jurisdiction in which you live.  Contestants must be at least 18 years of age (21 years of age in some jurisdictions).  Sextoys.com reserves the right to request a copy of a photo identification to verify age.

Spamming: You may create your wish list on your own blog, or in a forum where you are a member in good standing.  Wish lists created in comments sections on other’s blogs, public forums such as Craig’s List, About, and other public forums will be disqualified.  Sextoys.com does not support, nor tolerate the creation of spam.

Email: Do not email a wish list.  Wish lists sent by email will be deleted.

Prizes: Grand Prize is all of the toys on the winning entry’s wish list for free (up to $1,000) delivered free of charge to an eligible winner.

Out of Stock: If a product on your wish list is out of stock, or discontinued before the contest ends, we will allow you to choose a product, or products of equal value to replace it.

Eligibility: No purchase is necessary to enter.  Employees of Sextoys.com and any affiliated companies, as well as immediate family members of those employees, are not eligible to enter or win prizes.  You must be 18 years of age (21 in some jurisdictions) or older to enter.  By entering, you certify that you are able to legally receive shipments of adult novelties in your jurisdiction. Sextoys.com reserves the right to request a copy of a photo identification to verify the age of the winner.

Warranty:  Sextoys.com offers no warranty on prizes.

Good luck!

Admittedly, I’m a little distracted this week. I’m fully swept up in the Obamania. For many of us, he’s the man of our dreams. He is the knight in shining armor come to save us from the past 8 years of the demise of the American Dream. He is The One, our savior, MLK’s dream personified.

Except he is not.

He is an intelligent, articulate, thoughtful, sexy man who is our best shot right now at making things in our country and our world better, which is no small thing. He bears the weight of our hopes and expectations. I just worry that they’ve grown and swelled far beyond the reality of what can be achieved, what one person can deliver. The changes we want to see in this country will take a great leader, but will also take the contribution of every citizen. Obama is no Prince Charming, and the country isn’t a damsel in distress; the longer we believe that we can passively be saved, the harder the heartbreak when the happily ever after doesn’t happen.

I think a parallel can be drawn to our romantic lives. We bring to relationships a set of expectations, often unrealistic, and don’t often understand the work that it takes from both partners to make it work.

As an illustration, let’s imagine that you’re a bright, optimistic, young woman full of dreams and promise when you meet a charming, powerful George W. Bush at a frat party.

You are taken by his swagger and fall for his boyish ways. You’d rather have a beer with him than with the pompous guys in your classes, so you start dating. As your relationship matures, you realize more and more that he is dumb and that his friends are liars and cheaters. He starts bar fights, wracks up debt on your credit cards, and embarrasses you in front of your friends.  When you raise valid relationship problems, he questions your loyalty instead of addressing the concerns. The more you try to fix things, the more indignant and egotistical he gets. Finally, after years of enduring his abuse and neglect, you decide you’re ready to leave, albeit battered, broken, and in far worse shape than you were in when you met him.

Just when you’ve lost all faith in men and relationships, you meet HIM. Obama.

You see him in a coffee shop buying a cup for the homeless guy freezing outside. He is poetic, sensitive, and, yet, has an intensity as he stares at his laptop. When you realize he’s looking at you, you feel sexy and powerful and terribly unworthy. You chat over a latte, and find that he’s attentive, humble, and smart as hell. Butterflies wreak havoc in your stomach as you agree to see him, again and again until the end of time, you say to yourself. You float out of the coffee shop and call all your girlfriends and tell them you’ve found The One. The One that you will make babies, build a home, grow a fortune, and live happily ever after with. Your whole fairytale fantasy suddenly seems possible with this man.

Except . . . it’s not.

After a few dates, you find that he’s still thoughtful, but sometimes distant and busy with work. He brings you soup when you are sick, but can’t make you well. When you complain that he doesn’t call enough, he points out that you never call him. Suddenly he no longer seems perfect, and you have work to do if you want to hang on to this relationship. All of his efforts are less than what you hoped for, and ultimately you are both let down that he can’t fulfill your every expectation. The relationship ends, and your hopes of ever finding love shattered with it.

Does that mean that he wasn’t the one for you? Nope. It just means he wasn’t The One, in the messianic, all-knowing, all-saving sort of way. It’s about having realistic expectations.

Bloggers have discussed ad nauseam the unsurprising study results that found that those who regularly watch romantic comedies were dissatisfied with their love lives. No shit. Romantic comedies, romance novels, and porn - all fairytales in their own right - create false expectations about what love and sex are all about, and what it takes to make it work. So when a perfectly suitable, real-life companion meets you, he or she falls short of those unrealistic expectations. Relationships are much harder than is ever portrayed in our love stories.

I hope we aren’t trying to write Obama: The Fairytale, and instead see this as a mature and viable opportunity to create a mutually beneficial relationship for the sake of making the country better for us. Let’s hope the gap between Obama the man and Obama the Superhero isn’t too vast, or we’ll all be undone by our own great expectations.