Would it be evil of me to suggest now is an excellent time to read (or re-read) Greg Bear's Blood Music?
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Could be a more positive spin on a simlar idea, tho. Like, your transformation into a higher being that you would actually like being and/or your new mutant powers and/or your demonic/angelic/alien heritage starting to show.
I'm not exactly a driven, organized bath taker.
Such people exist?
(I mean, outside of people who do ritual baths and stuff, but that's different)
I'm positive they domuneravenOctober 18 2009, 03:23:40 UTC
What would a driven, organized bath-taker look like? Well she would have lots of special bath items, gels and soaps and creams and such, and she would line them up precisely in the order she planned to use them. Also she would fold her washrag after using it. And she would have precisely timed and scheduled bathing activities. You know, like how some people chew their food thirty times before swallowing? She would use exactly a half ounce of shampoo and massage her scalp for three minutes, always starting from the front hairline and working back.
Notice she said IF tambyrd was an organized bath taker. I am NOT an organized bath taker. I never line up anything, at least not in any fashion recognizable as a line.
Mostly I shower, and I do that in a semblance of routine, I suppose that is organized. But it's a function of expediency: a well-established routine does not require one to wake up to perform it.
When I bathe, it's with a good book, something nice smelling (herbal preferred), lots of time, and at least one cat. My cat (the older crabby one) likes to sit on her little poofy bed in the corner while I bathe. If she is feeling goofy that day she will come over, and stand up with her paws on the side of the tub, sniffing. I think the herbal scents intrigue her.
erm, dudes, you are really missing the point here...traceyshellitoOctober 18 2009, 01:20:13 UTC
... who shaves their pits in the bath? Euw! All those bits of crap floating around in the water! Say it isn't so! I mean in the shower - no problem - swipe with the razor and sluice - all gone down the plug hole, nice clear water on nice clean bod - but in the bath? That is really gross. Next you'll be telling me you shave your legs in there... And pets in the bathrom/bedroom? Hygene, anyone? I had dogs for 24 years but they weren't allowed to wander all over the damn house. And I've never been able to understand why so called animal lovers let 'em. Nvere mind what they can do to us, what about what we can do to them? The dog got access to one room only, plus the garage and a yard to run in and walked every day. They lived 11 and 13 years respectively and were loved members of the household, but they were dogs. Houses are for people, not for pets. Pets are not family. Sorry to rant, but I just don't get it. P.S. Are bald armpits systematic of anything?
Re: erm, dudes, you are really missing the point here...muneravenOctober 18 2009, 03:33:36 UTC
Well as for the shaving in the tub: I do. But I am a terrible waster of water and I let the water out after the shampooing and shaving and refill the tub with clean, hot water and then soak for, like two hours, adding more hot water as things cool off until I am almost floating.
As for the pets. LOL! Not only do my pets come into the bathroom when they want to, they also sleep on the bed with me when I nap. They kiss me good morning. They sit on my lap. I am covered in pet hair most of the time. Yes, I know that grosses some people out. Oh well. It makes us happy. Our only pet hygiene rules are that they can't hang out in the kitchen when food is being prepared or come anywhere near people food on plates and such AND they go potty in designated potty areas (outside for dogs and cat box for cats).
Re: erm, dudes, you are really missing the point here...mojave_wolfOctober 18 2009, 06:24:45 UTC
Our dogs sleep w/us too, fwiw, and spend more time indoors than out. (and other than each other, do take primacy over all other family members)
tho re: what the other person said: totally get that there are other perfectly acceptable ways to raise dogs; before we had ours we never intended to let them sleep on the bed. But by the time puppy #1 had been there a few weeks, oh well. The rest followed. =)
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Isn't this pretty much an oxymoron? I mean, if you WERE a 'driven, organized bath taker', I'm not sure we could be friends anymore. :-D
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>;-)
Could be a more positive spin on a simlar idea, tho. Like, your transformation into a higher being that you would actually like being and/or your new mutant powers and/or your demonic/angelic/alien heritage starting to show.
I'm not exactly a driven, organized bath taker.
Such people exist?
(I mean, outside of people who do ritual baths and stuff, but that's different)
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::waves to said person, who is still cool despite such . . . strange-to-me-ness::
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Mostly I shower, and I do that in a semblance of routine, I suppose that is organized. But it's a function of expediency: a well-established routine does not require one to wake up to perform it.
When I bathe, it's with a good book, something nice smelling (herbal preferred), lots of time, and at least one cat. My cat (the older crabby one) likes to sit on her little poofy bed in the corner while I bathe. If she is feeling goofy that day she will come over, and stand up with her paws on the side of the tub, sniffing. I think the herbal scents intrigue her.
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P.S. Are bald armpits systematic of anything?
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As for the pets. LOL! Not only do my pets come into the bathroom when they want to, they also sleep on the bed with me when I nap. They kiss me good morning. They sit on my lap. I am covered in pet hair most of the time. Yes, I know that grosses some people out. Oh well. It makes us happy. Our only pet hygiene rules are that they can't hang out in the kitchen when food is being prepared or come anywhere near people food on plates and such AND they go potty in designated potty areas (outside for dogs and cat box for cats).
I'm earthy. AND a lousy housekeeper. :-D
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tho re: what the other person said: totally get that there are other perfectly acceptable ways to raise dogs; before we had ours we never intended to let them sleep on the bed. But by the time puppy #1 had been there a few weeks, oh well. The rest followed. =)
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