I have been watching a reality show, called The Girls Next Door, on E! It is all about Hugh Hefner and his three girlfriends. I started watching it back in August, when I was taking a Mythology class. I did a paper on Hugh Hefner tying him into the myth of Pan, a God of Romance, and half man half goat. Pan frolicked with the goddesses, and played on his merry flute, and chased them around and the goddesses adored him as well. So in a way Hefner is like Pan, chasing after young beauties, and a modern day God of Romance. He lives out his fantasies, enjoys his life there at the mansion and entertains who ever is in his company. Living life the fun way and seems to have no worries. Apparently he is 79 now, wow! I wonder who would ever replace him to keep the play boy mansion alive and kicking. He has lived such a lavish bachelor lifestyle.

So I watch this show every Sunday night after the show Charmed, and a couple of episodes back they did on the girls doing a photo shoot for Playboy, and I thought it would be neat to buy the issue when it comes out. Last Sunday’s episode they mention the magazine shoot again and that it is out in the November issue, meaning it is on news stands now in October! Hmm do I really want to buy a Playboy? Sure why not? It is not like I am a teenage boy getting a playboy to "whack off" too. LOL I am a mature, 27 year old, gal, wanting to buy my very first Playboy...and yes I will read the articles!

Thursday after work I go to the gas station and remember to look for the Nov. issue, I was at UDF gas and they don't even sell the LOTTO there so of course not Playboy Magazine! so I hope in the car down the road to a different gas station and there aren't any magazines sold there either (not even People or Readers Digest type), OK let's go to the Food- Mart near my house, and I see a gal behind the counter and I ask (Quietly) "Do you sell any magazines here, I am looking for a Playboy?" She said, "Sorry babe, we don't sell them but check the one down the road, somebody must sell them?" and she had a confused look on her face like it never occurred to her that they had not sold Playboy.

I felt so out of place already buying this Playboy, and to have to go to four different places and not find one was getting frustrating. Later I was chatting on IM with a friend asking where to buy one and she said to check the local Boarders Book store! I would have never thought to look there! I just know that back home I always saw them near the counter of convenience stores, like 7-11 or at gas stations. When I am not looking for something it is in my face, and when I want it I can't find it. Go figure. I finally bought it at Borders Book store; I had it on hold by the cash registers, because I had called before hand to see that they had it. So Andrew comes along (just to laugh at me) and I tell the clerk, "I have a magazine on hold under Hay." (Not mentioning the title of the mag.) lol Paid for it and left the store got to the car and did a sigh of relief.

I went through so much effort for this issue. I am a little disappointed though because they show in the issue only group photos of the 3 girlfriends, and in the photo shoot that was on the reality show the girls were taking single shots also to have photographed, and the magazine is more about the articles than photos. There are not as many photos in a Playboy as I had thought there would be. Who would of guessed, me buying a Playboy, laugh out loud!