You know, it's funny. We went to war never looking to come back, but it's the real world I couldn't survive.

Tracy ,'The Message'


Spike's Bitches 45: That sure as hell wasn't in the brochure.  

[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.


Jessica - Jul 02, 2010 1:27:09 pm PDT #24573 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

I just assume that nobody's going to be looking at my legs that closely unless I've either slept with or given birth to them. So I mostly don't bother shaving.


Steph L. - Jul 02, 2010 1:30:19 pm PDT #24574 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

I kinda hate waiting while the hairs grow long enough for the wax to catch them, but I don't want to be bothered trying to work out shaving in a strange bathroom.

Amusingly, I have no problem letting the hairs grow long enough. I am so lazy. And yeah, the biggest reason for waxing before the beach is not wanting to deal with shaving in a bathroom that I'll be sharing with at least 3 other people.

Maybe I should have some sangria before I head to the salon.

True story: my waxer told me she had a woman come in for her first brazilian, and the woman's boyfriend accompanied her (and waited in the waiting area). The woman told the waxer that she was so nervous she had 2 shots of tequila before she came in -- AND she had another shot waiting in a container in the car!

So after they were about halfway through, the woman says, "Uh, I think I need that other shot. Seriously." The waxer said she was too overbooked that day to go wandering out into the waiting area to find the BF and tell him to go get the tequila, so she just yelled "TEQUILA!!!" at the top of her lungs.

(I should note that she's the salon owner and is often the only person working there, so she's not scandalizing other employees.)

After a minute or so, when the boyfriend didn't reply, she yelled "TEQUILA!!!" again, and the boyfriend finally yelled back, "Does she want the tequila NOW?!?" And the woman being waxed yelled "GODDAMNIT YES!"

So they heard the door open and shut, and then after a minute or so, open and shut again, and the waxer yelled for him to come down the hall. She took a glove off, opened the door enough for him to hand her the tequila, and then shut the door and handed it to the woman, who did the shot and then they got on with the waxing.

My favorite part? The shot was in a wee tupperware container.


Steph L. - Jul 02, 2010 1:33:02 pm PDT #24575 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

I use Veet. NO blood!

I use Veet about half the time (I shave the other half the time; my skin is so sensitive that if I used Veet every time, I'd have chemical burns; sad but true). But the results of that *still* won't last long enough for me to make it a week at the beach without needing to remove more hair.

Though I do have to bring a razor for my underarms.

What IS it with body hair?!? Sheesh.


DebetEsse - Jul 02, 2010 1:35:54 pm PDT #24576 of 30000
Woe to the fucking wicked.

I, for one, am ready for synthetic bodies.


tommyrot - Jul 02, 2010 1:36:52 pm PDT #24577 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

What IS it with body hair?!? Sheesh.

Although every other primate ever thinks we're crazy....


Hil R. - Jul 02, 2010 1:51:55 pm PDT #24578 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

I've been shaving my legs (during the summers, anyway) for close to 20 years now, and I still haven't figured out how to shave the backs of my thighs without missing a bunch of places.


sumi - Jul 02, 2010 1:55:39 pm PDT #24579 of 30000
Art Crawl!!!

I bought an ipod touch today. Am setting up now. Guess what I cannot recall?

The password I set up for my wireless network - just last week.

Argh.


sj - Jul 02, 2010 1:56:48 pm PDT #24580 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."

Fuck! Mom just ran into some of my dad's relatives at the beach. This was not a birthday surprise I was hoping for. I don't want to see them.


Scrappy - Jul 02, 2010 1:58:48 pm PDT #24581 of 30000
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.

Hil, I use a shaving gel, which has some color, and I only put it on one stripe at a time. I STILL miss places, but less.


Zenkitty - Jul 02, 2010 2:26:01 pm PDT #24582 of 30000
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.

I barely have any hair on my legs anymore. Or my arms. I guess that little thyroid incident took care of it. Nice not to have to shave.