Thanks meara. I'll keep those ideas in mind. I can't really do the bike or treadmill. My routine is more 5 minutes on this machine, 5 minutes on the next, etc as well as some free weights.
Jayne: That's a good idea. Good idea. Tell us where the stuff's at so I can shoot you. Mal: Point of interest? Offering to shoot us might not work so well as an incentive as you might imagine.
'Out Of Gas'
Spike's Bitches 46: Don't I get a cookie?
[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.
sj - Jul 19, 2011 10:00:23 am PDT #25665 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Steph L. - Jul 19, 2011 10:03:11 am PDT #25666 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
My routine is more 5 minutes on this machine, 5 minutes on the next, etc as well as some free weights.
Would a podcast/book on tape be too distracting during that? I can see how it could be, but on the other hand, it might be entertaining.
Zenkitty - Jul 19, 2011 10:09:25 am PDT #25667 of 30000
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Oh, smonster, I feel ya, in the not-actually-groping way. I'm allergic to both latex and nonoxynol-9, and I can't take BCPs anymore because of that one blood clot that one time, not that I want to take the damn things ever again anyway, so... yeah. If I ever become not-NGA, there'll be an interesting discussion at some point. I don't even know what the alternatives are.
Amy - Jul 19, 2011 10:11:10 am PDT #25668 of 30000
Because books.
I'm allergic to the nonoxynol-9, too, and figuring that out has been a hugely good thing. Just go with non-treated condoms and some lube and you'll be fine.
Also, Zen, you can get the lambskin condoms. Although not if you're a vegan, I guess.
Steph L. - Jul 19, 2011 10:14:33 am PDT #25669 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
I don't even know what the alternatives are.
IUD FTW! I picked the IUD when I was 35 because of the increased rate of clots and heart stuff in older women (ouch...I'm "older"). The Mirena does release a low dose of levonorgestrel, but my OB/GYN said that because it releases it in the uterus, the levonorgestrel doesn't get into your system the way it does with oral BCPs. And then there's the totally non-hormonal copper IUD.
Although there also non-latex condoms. I don't know how they compare, in terms of sensation and whatnot.
Kate P. - Jul 19, 2011 10:16:07 am PDT #25670 of 30000
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
Also, Zen, you can get the lambskin condoms. Although not if you're a vegan, I guess.
There are other synthetic nonlatex condoms too, which I would google if I weren't at work. But I've been buying them for years. I can't remember the exact name, but I'm pretty sure the brand is Durex.
Zenkitty - Jul 19, 2011 10:17:48 am PDT #25671 of 30000
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
I'm the opposite of vegan! Lambskin condoms would work, as will the non-latex plasticy ones they have now, but neither have been proven to prevent transmission of HIV, so that's its own little problem.
Steph L. - Jul 19, 2011 10:19:14 am PDT #25672 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
I'm pretty sure I don't have a problem with nonoxynol-9, but I cannot believe how much lube I need. (And I feel like that, for some reason, requires whitefont, when I regular-font every damn thing else about my sex life. I refuse to whitefont the lube!)
Steph L. - Jul 19, 2011 10:20:59 am PDT #25673 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Oooh, new antibiotic. Keflex (which is, IIRC, cephlexin). I'm curious to see how many days it's for. Probably about a billion.
I will have NO flora left anywhere within a 10-foot range of me.
Zenkitty - Jul 19, 2011 10:22:04 am PDT #25674 of 30000
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
I've considered the IUD, but it would only be worth it if I were in a committed monogamous relationship, and I'm not even dating right now!
And then there's the totally non-hormonal copper IUD.
Considering copper rings turn my skin green, I don't think I want anything copper up in there!
Like I said, not even dating right now. If and when the question begins to loom, I'll actually do some research.