Straight No Chaser

On Piercings

i'm getting paranoid about running out of space in this journal. i know that's ridiculous, because i'm not even halfway out of entries, whatever whatever, but i did the calculations today (how cool am i), and the memory i've taken up constitutes a higher percentage of my total allotted memory than my entries do of the given five hundred. it's the island's fault, i know. but anyway, i'm afraid to run out, so doubling up seems like the answer.

jodi's enormous survey:

1. are you missing any body parts (internally or externally) and if so what? all there
2. what kind of milk do you drink? cow
3. what word can't you stand? "glib"
4. what's the latest you've ever stayed up? erm, forty-six hour stretch
5. do you ever dance while brushing your teeth? no, i'm clumsy
6. have you ever tried brushing your teeth with your non-domininant hand? i see no need
7. by the way...which is your more dominant hand or are you ambidextrous? right
8. when was the last time you broke the law and what did you do to break it? slurp slurp
9. when you're in your house do you pee with the door open or closed? closed, always
10. in elementary school did you have to bring anything for the 100th day? yes, one hundred pennies. you too????
11. what is the jewelry you wear daily? sapphire and two diamonds on right hand, silver and jade stack rings on left, three sets of teeny hoops in each ear
12. do you collect anything weird? can't remember, i haven't been home in a long time

think i'm going to get my nipples pierced.

only kidding! just wanted to make sure you were surviving this survey. and still paying attention. keep on:

13a. home or cell? never plugged in the dorm phone
b. cash or credit? cash
c. mom or dad? um, chad
d. purple or pink? purple
e. radio or cds? cds
f. cds or ipods? cds
g. acoustic or electric? both have their place
h. fingers or toes? fingers
i. braces or retainers? yuck
j. bras or panties? usually both
k. football or basketball? basketball
l. play sports or watch them? neither
m. make music or hear music? either
n. his best friend or his girlfriend? his best friend
o. windows down or air conditioning? brrr! turn up the heat
p. fireplace or bonfire? bonfire
q. camp in the living room or camp in the back yard? living room
r. lake or ocean? ocean
s. creek or river? creek
t. asdfghjkl; or ;lkjhgfdsa? who writes these things
u. neon orange or neon green? green
v. this or that? usually that
w. ooooh or ahhhh? ooooh
x. aggressive or shy? me? shy. him? aggressive
y. old-fashioned or modern? both, sort of
z. "boy" or "guy"? that's a man, baby
aa. pine trees or leafy trees? leafy
bb. tin cup or frost'n'steam? melony's home!
cc. movies or video games? movies
dd. mud wrestling or snow wrestling? brrr!!
ee. trumpet or trombone? trumpet
ff. carrots or peas? peas
gg. apples or pomegranates? pomegranate: the fruit of a deciduous shrub native to asia, having a tough reddish rind, and containing many seeds, each enclosed in a juicy, mildly acidic, red pulp
hh. crying or laughing? laughing
ii. smoking or drinking? prude
jj. pop or soda? soda
kk. homecoming or prom? homecoming

because if i did, they'd probably give marcus an allergic reaction or something, being as he is allergic to everything.

the first time we kissed, i had on chapstik, spf 4, and he let it go on for maybe ten minutes before he pulled away and told me he's allergic to the active ingredient in sun protectants. how exasperating. but hey, it wasn't my lips tingling, so when he said let's keep going, i said okay, yes. first time. kiss of the spiderwoman. rarr.

he also failed to mention, for quite some time, that he's allergic to most artificial scent agents, like what you find in every perfume and body splash known to man. i'm not one to douse anyway; i always stick with a single dab, five or six inches south of my clavicle, but some got on his tongue, once. he took it like a soldier. everybody got theirs anyway.

13. first word (or phrase) that comes to mind?
a. fish: definitely
b. chicken: doubt
c. ronald: anyone
d. bird: will
e. hockey: actually
f. energy: read
g. love: these
h. jock: so
i. banana: now
j. rent: seems
k. wicked: as
l. snow: good
m. question: a
n. bee: time
o. tree: as
p. food: any
q. water: to
r. hate: point
s. right: out
t. wrong: that
u. school: now
v. toe: would
w. space: be
x. cow: a
y. moon: good
z. hide: time
aa. god: for
bb. play: sex

in the dream, we were in the backseat of the escort. in real life, we were in the front (is that a gear shift or are you just happy to see me?), and talking about our respective comfort levels. i was probably the only one talking, yammering on as usual about being able to confide in him about certain things, and he was like "i have a confession too, and here it is." big confession. beautiful confession, surprising, a first. in the dream, we had sex then. in real life, we might as well have.

one of the only times i've ever taken the time to just...look. i wonder about that a lot, like when i'm trying to fall asleep. plenty of touching, but there's never time to just sit back and admire. there is for him, somehow. double standard.

i'm thinking about getting my belly button pierced. it's a nice little innie, nothing wrong with it at all, but i like for things to sparkle. but he'd probably be allergic to the zinc in the balls, or something, and they would irritate his tummy, and he'd be enjoying himself too much to say anything till afterward. adventures in missionary.