dude. 5 dogs in 1 house? is 4 too many
Sep. 15th, 2008 02:47 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
asimplechordRandom babble:
1. We've heard from pretty much all our friends, and they're all safe, although some have considerably more property damage than others. The med school is closed at least until Tuesday, and MrIris's employer is unlikely to re-open until the end of the week. They can't legally require people to come back until the towns of Freeport and Lake Jackson lift their evacuation orders.
We are staying at my dad & step-mom's place in San Antonio still. If you've been around here for long, you probably know that my relationship with them is not a comfortable one. It's not out-and-out strained, but it's not the sort where I'd feel comfortable just inviting myself to stay if he hadn't asked first. But he and Sherry (step-mom) are very personable, and they *want* us to be that comfortable. So. Yeah. But. They have my half-sister and her boyfriend and dog (a year-old Rottweiler), us, their own two dogs, plus a couple + infant + two dogs staying there. And another couple with a small child and dog just decided to take them up on their offer of shelter while they were out of power.
That... is too many bodies in a three bedroom, 3.5 bath house, IMO.
Our house has no electricity, and most of the gas stations in our area (according to the neighbor who stayed) don't have power to pump gas even if their tanks are full, so we're waiting to go back. But in the meantime? It is far too loud here for my taste. I should be grateful that I'm not sitting in a dark, hot house, but I'm just annoyed.
I'm so contrary. I know it. I'll try to be better.
2. The infant in the house now? SO SPOILED. The parents pick him up the second he starts crying. They are not doing themselves a service by behaving this way.
3. Overheard at The Gourds' show, one guy to another guy as they left: "My taint is chafed from this afternoon." (While rubbing his ass.)
Um, dude. Thanks for oversharing with us. Next time, you might want to keep it down. I don't even want to know what you were doing to get chafed, okay?
4. THIS ONE MIGHT BE TMI, JUST SO'S YOU KNOW. So, MrIris and I have been together for... dunno. Ten years or more, I guess. And I don't know how I didn't know this about him: he gets embarrassed about buying condoms. We had to go to the drug store, and he blushed like a 10-yr-old girl. Really, I had to ask if he needed me to do it, because I'm fine with doing it.
My philosophy is that if you can't handle buying them or talking about them, you shouldn't be using them. So, seriously, I was like, WHAT?
It made me think, and it occurs to me: until the other night we'd never actually bought condoms together, not in all the years we've been together. Usually I buy them with all the other bathroom supplies. Years ago, after we had that awkward conversation about sexual history and blood tests and such, we stopped using them. And then when my doctor wouldn't prescribe BCP for me anymore because of DVTs, I just always made sure we were stocked.
I'm still having a "no, seriously?" moment when I think about it.
Seriously?
*shakes head*
5. Also, I don't think I flailed appropriately when it happened, because we were also getting ready to leave Houston, but, dude. I have pit passes to Metallica's show in Houston.
6. The roof was messed up at Reliant Stadium and Reliant Center. Is it shallow to hope that nothing happened to Reliant Arena so that none of the concerts scheduled there are canceled or postponed?
7. Browsed in Half-Price Books this morning. Found a copy of Soundgarden's first major-label release, Louder Than Love. BABY CHRIS CORNELL. Back before they had Shepherd as bassist, before Nirvana made the Seattle sound popular.
8. After watching MNF last night and hearing about Braylon Edwards' deal with Michael Phelps, I sorta want Michael Phelps/Braylon Edwards RPF. My brain. I have no explanation.
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slashfest is still open for claims. Someone tell me I don't need to take any. I have enough to write, yes?
ETA:
10. I flailed more yesterday when We The Kings' Check Yes Juliet played during an advert for NFL football. No one knew who I was flailing about, though. It was kinda sad.
1. We've heard from pretty much all our friends, and they're all safe, although some have considerably more property damage than others. The med school is closed at least until Tuesday, and MrIris's employer is unlikely to re-open until the end of the week. They can't legally require people to come back until the towns of Freeport and Lake Jackson lift their evacuation orders.
We are staying at my dad & step-mom's place in San Antonio still. If you've been around here for long, you probably know that my relationship with them is not a comfortable one. It's not out-and-out strained, but it's not the sort where I'd feel comfortable just inviting myself to stay if he hadn't asked first. But he and Sherry (step-mom) are very personable, and they *want* us to be that comfortable. So. Yeah. But. They have my half-sister and her boyfriend and dog (a year-old Rottweiler), us, their own two dogs, plus a couple + infant + two dogs staying there. And another couple with a small child and dog just decided to take them up on their offer of shelter while they were out of power.
That... is too many bodies in a three bedroom, 3.5 bath house, IMO.
Our house has no electricity, and most of the gas stations in our area (according to the neighbor who stayed) don't have power to pump gas even if their tanks are full, so we're waiting to go back. But in the meantime? It is far too loud here for my taste. I should be grateful that I'm not sitting in a dark, hot house, but I'm just annoyed.
I'm so contrary. I know it. I'll try to be better.
2. The infant in the house now? SO SPOILED. The parents pick him up the second he starts crying. They are not doing themselves a service by behaving this way.
3. Overheard at The Gourds' show, one guy to another guy as they left: "My taint is chafed from this afternoon." (While rubbing his ass.)
Um, dude. Thanks for oversharing with us. Next time, you might want to keep it down. I don't even want to know what you were doing to get chafed, okay?
4. THIS ONE MIGHT BE TMI, JUST SO'S YOU KNOW. So, MrIris and I have been together for... dunno. Ten years or more, I guess. And I don't know how I didn't know this about him: he gets embarrassed about buying condoms. We had to go to the drug store, and he blushed like a 10-yr-old girl. Really, I had to ask if he needed me to do it, because I'm fine with doing it.
My philosophy is that if you can't handle buying them or talking about them, you shouldn't be using them. So, seriously, I was like, WHAT?
It made me think, and it occurs to me: until the other night we'd never actually bought condoms together, not in all the years we've been together. Usually I buy them with all the other bathroom supplies. Years ago, after we had that awkward conversation about sexual history and blood tests and such, we stopped using them. And then when my doctor wouldn't prescribe BCP for me anymore because of DVTs, I just always made sure we were stocked.
I'm still having a "no, seriously?" moment when I think about it.
Seriously?
*shakes head*
5. Also, I don't think I flailed appropriately when it happened, because we were also getting ready to leave Houston, but, dude. I have pit passes to Metallica's show in Houston.
6. The roof was messed up at Reliant Stadium and Reliant Center. Is it shallow to hope that nothing happened to Reliant Arena so that none of the concerts scheduled there are canceled or postponed?
7. Browsed in Half-Price Books this morning. Found a copy of Soundgarden's first major-label release, Louder Than Love. BABY CHRIS CORNELL. Back before they had Shepherd as bassist, before Nirvana made the Seattle sound popular.
8. After watching MNF last night and hearing about Braylon Edwards' deal with Michael Phelps, I sorta want Michael Phelps/Braylon Edwards RPF. My brain. I have no explanation.
9.
slashfest is still open for claims. Someone tell me I don't need to take any. I have enough to write, yes?ETA:
10. I flailed more yesterday when We The Kings' Check Yes Juliet played during an advert for NFL football. No one knew who I was flailing about, though. It was kinda sad.
