It's so not something I'd volunteer in small talk--have I just met up with crazy people, had I been sheltered, is it just LA? I boggle.

It's crazy people with bad boundaries, not just LA. Also, it's just you. I've lived here forever and can honestly say that the only place where someone has offered me that kind of TMI has been the internet.

What would make anyone want to have an apartment in Plano?

Oh, bloody damn stupid frecking... argh! We went out today to buy boxes, as the boxes my books are currently packed in are really too large for me to lug to the post office and besides they're so heavy that I'd have to pay surcharges. Got the boxes home, started transferring books from one of the old boxes into one of the new ones, and... they're exactly the same size. Dammit!

DJ, I ran into a post at another sight and thought you'd appreciate it:

"I live in Texas y’all. I have hounds and am NOT afraid to release them."

I realize it's less of a threat when the "hound" is a minidachshund, but I thought you'd appreciate the spirit.

I've lived here forever and can honestly say that the only place where someone has offered me that kind of TMI has been the internet.

Yes, but you've also never been to a pole dancing lesson, so you don't count as LA.

I can't help thinking: ita + pole dancing = bruises! bruises in new places!

Got the boxes home, started transferring books from one of the old boxes into one of the new ones, and... they're exactly the same size. Dammit!

Oh, shit. I'm sorry. I remember thinking those boxes were good book-sized boxes when I bought them too.

What would make anyone want to have an apartment in Plano?

Because it's "nice" and away from us dirty hippies. You can have luxury on the cheap and not have to look at the tatooed freaks downtown. Quite a few of them have their own myspace pages. For instance here [link]

Toddson: Ha! Although, I think back home we'd say "I'm from Louisiana, I have hounds and...wait, they're already loose."

Yes, but you've also never been to a pole dancing lesson, so you don't count as LA.

I disagree. But I might suggest that at a pole dancing class, information about one's coochie grooming is not quite as unexpected as, say, at work. I mean, just guessing here, but I would think at least some of the women in a pole dancing class were planning on showing off their new skills.

I've been to Plano, and I'm trying to never come back. I might be letting my bad work experiences taint it, but I'm kinda comfortable with that.

Toddson, right now my bruises are from IVs or blood draws, so I welcome any new kinds.