I hate going onto someone's blog and seeing it covered in ads. Meet local singles! Lose weight fast! Pretty dresses for CHEAP! And I don't hate the ads because they're flashy and tacky. No. It's because I know these ads are custom-tailored for me and my preferences and are, therefore, a reminder of things I already know and don't need reminding of. They're smug ads. They're abrasive and the one I saw today was so eerily in-tune with my life and recent conversations I've had these past FIVE days that I'm starting to think an internet sprite is hovering somewhere close to me and is whispering my secrets into the ears of some internet demon and they're set on ruining my life. Yes. I am dramatic. But this odd coincidence crawls under my skin, wriggling and embedding itself in my brain, making me question everything. I mean, is this blog ad a sign ? I gave up believing in signs when I lived in Montreal and learned to distinguish between what ...