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ursamajorToday's Facebook memories reminded me both of the time when I had 14 bars of soap at home and thought that was A Lot, and then the fact that I started dating hyounpark about six months after I wrote that post, and at some point, realized he had 140 BARS OF SOAP in his utility closet.
ursamajor: Honey, did you realize you have A HUNDRED AND FORTY BARS OF SOAP? ... how much soap do you go through?!
hyounpark: BUYING IN BULK WORKS!
ursamajor: Is this the same reason why you have a THIRTY PACK OF TOILET TISSUE in the same closet?!
At the time, my post-college housing experiences had all been of the sort where there was barely room to store a four-pack of TP in the bathroom. But also, the closest place that sold toilet paper (whether Star Market in my Somerville and Cambridge apartments, or the 7-11 in my Fenway apartment) was never more than two blocks away. Hyoun didn't *have* a walkable grocery and household supplies option at the time; he always had to hop in the car. We've gone back and forth on having easy grocery access in the interim decades, but we're back to the level of "the supermarket is only three blocks away so we can get TP and soap whenever" level of convenience, for which we are both massively grateful.
Old habits die hard, though, especially when pandemic-reinforced. After the Great Toilet Paper Shortage of 2020, where we got on a waitlist to order bamboo toilet paper in bulk from a hipster brand off the internet (?!), Hyoun will now walk home from the supermarket with a 30 pack of toilet paper.
Back to soap: I have no idea if we went through 14 bars of soap or not in the four years between us starting to date and getting married, because my skin is dry enough that I rarely use bar soap unless I don't have an alternative; it's moisturizing body wash for me all the way. But in the 19 years since that post, we have managed to get down to eight bars of soap waiting in the wings, plus the existing bar in the shower. I guess maybe we need to pick up some more soap the next time we go on a Target run? Not 140 bars worth, though, ROFL!
And while I was trying to find that post, I found the shower time survey (🔒)![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
belladonna posted from even longer ago. Hahaha omg, I'd forgotten how long these surveys were that we all used to do. We'll see how far I get into this before life happens and I post it incomplete.
BASICS
Shower: Day or night?: Whenever. Generally every 36-48 hours at this point; my hair gets too frizzy and staticky with an everyday shower, but too oily if I try to push much beyond two full days.
Soap: Liquid or bar? Liquid, as always, more moisturizing for my dry skin.
Shampoo & Conditioner: The OGX argan oil ones.
Brush your teeth in the shower: Yes or no? of course!
Shaving: Standing or sitting? Grateful my legs are pretty naturally hairless so I don't have to worry about shaving them anymore. I'll still do my armpits if I'm going to be wearing a tank top, but I don't have to try to find somewhere to sit just to do that.
Singing: In your head or out loud? ALWAYS AND FOREVER
Washcloth: Yes or no? I have a scrub brush, Hyoun has a loofah
Shower Entrance: Curtain or sliding door? Minimalist white curtain
Shower Layout: Just a shower or bath/shower combo? generic bath/shower combo
HAVE YOU EVER...
...fallen asleep while showering? ... younger me says I did at some point? I don't think I've done so in the last couple of decades.
...taken a call while you were showering? Thought about it, but realized the impracticalities, LOLOL.
...showered in your swimsuit? Um, yes, you still need to wash your swimsuit!
...showered with a member of the opposite sex? I started dating people close to 30 years ago now, I've been married for almost 15 years, um, yes?
...showered with a sibling? Still no.
...showered with a pet? Still no.
DO YOU...
...share a bathroom with someone? The above-mentioned husband, yes.
...have one of those detachable "massage" shower heads? No, and we really do need to just buy one the next time we're at the hardware store so we can swap it out already!
...sing in the shower? AGAIN, ALWAYS AND FOREVER, this is why you marry a musician!
...listen to the radio in the shower? Nah, we are each others' organic entertainment without the risk of getting electrocuted!
...wear a shower cap? No, not worth it, my hair still gets wet and then I *have* to shampoo it because if it gets wet and I don't shampoo it, it feels gross after.
...wash behind your ears? Of course!
YOUR THOUGHTS
Describe your shower in 3 words. Cramped, poorly lit.
Now describe it using three words that all start with the same first letter. Beige, blah, boring.
Three using the same last letter? I'll stick with "hot wet heat" from my wicked smaht younger self.
If you could change your shower in some way, what would you do? We will eventually renovate the entire bathroom at some point down the line - we don't have an extractor fan so we have to leave the window open when we shower, it still takes like two minutes of running the water to get actual hot water for the shower, our bathroom is in the part of the house that does not meet code minimum height, and I am entirely meh about the beige tile surround. Honestly, I'd love like one of those European standard wet room scenarios, where there's just a central drain in the middle of the floor and you can use your shower head to spray the entire room clean. (But I also want a nice deep Japanese soaking tub. But we are working with your typical tiny bathroom, maybe 30SF of space. At least it didn't come with awful pink tile like most of our previous bathrooms!)
What would make shower time a better time for you? Honestly, if I swapped the shower head, that would make it pretty immediately better. DO THAT, SELF.
What celebrity would you like to shower with? I am entirely meh on celebrities these days, I think Gillian Anderson is pretty much the only one I'd be even mildly intrigued to shower with these days.
What celebrity would you NOT like to shower with? My 2001 answer of "um, most of them?!" stands intact.
If you could watch a movie while you showered, what would you watch? (Ahem, no X-rated films allowed! LOL): I think the acoustics would still bug me, the same way that's why we don't have some kind of music streaming setup in the bathroom like some folks have. Like, I can't hear it over the shower water, and if I turn it up loud enough, then I'm annoying H outside the bathroom. Whereas if it's just me singing, that's less annoying :)
If you could read a book while you showered, what would you read? (Again, no X-rated paraphanelia): Whatever my current book is! But the complexities of soapy hands and either vulnerable paper or dangerous electronics, meh.
If you could design your own rubber duckie, what would it look like? Look,theducks is a classic for a reason. But if I designed my own rubber duckie, it would sing the ENTIRE Rubber Ducky Song when you squeezed it.
What's one thing you absolutely can't shower without? Shampoo, conditioner, moisturizing body wash.
What's the weirdest thing that's ever happened to you during your showertime? Power outs. Thanks, PGE. :P
If you could put up a shower curtain, what would be the color/design/pattern on it? Already have a generic white linen one; will probably try to match it to whatever paint color we go with.
If you could paint your shower any color you wanted, which would you choose? Well, it's mostly tiled over with beige mini-stripiness that kind of looks like sandy cliffs, so it's why we're thinking about various blues and greens and oceanicness to paint the whole bathroom in. But I kind of like that the bathroom is still mostly bright enough with the existing white, even though it's only got one tiny northeast-facing window that's blocked from the sun most of the day anyway.
Anything else you'd like to share shower-wise? not that I can think of off the top of my head?
hyounpark about six months after I wrote that post, and at some point, realized he had 140 BARS OF SOAP in his utility closet. ursamajor: Honey, did you realize you have A HUNDRED AND FORTY BARS OF SOAP? ... how much soap do you go through?!hyounpark: BUYING IN BULK WORKS!ursamajor: Is this the same reason why you have a THIRTY PACK OF TOILET TISSUE in the same closet?!At the time, my post-college housing experiences had all been of the sort where there was barely room to store a four-pack of TP in the bathroom. But also, the closest place that sold toilet paper (whether Star Market in my Somerville and Cambridge apartments, or the 7-11 in my Fenway apartment) was never more than two blocks away. Hyoun didn't *have* a walkable grocery and household supplies option at the time; he always had to hop in the car. We've gone back and forth on having easy grocery access in the interim decades, but we're back to the level of "the supermarket is only three blocks away so we can get TP and soap whenever" level of convenience, for which we are both massively grateful.
Old habits die hard, though, especially when pandemic-reinforced. After the Great Toilet Paper Shortage of 2020, where we got on a waitlist to order bamboo toilet paper in bulk from a hipster brand off the internet (?!), Hyoun will now walk home from the supermarket with a 30 pack of toilet paper.
Back to soap: I have no idea if we went through 14 bars of soap or not in the four years between us starting to date and getting married, because my skin is dry enough that I rarely use bar soap unless I don't have an alternative; it's moisturizing body wash for me all the way. But in the 19 years since that post, we have managed to get down to eight bars of soap waiting in the wings, plus the existing bar in the shower. I guess maybe we need to pick up some more soap the next time we go on a Target run? Not 140 bars worth, though, ROFL!
And while I was trying to find that post, I found the shower time survey (🔒)
belladonna posted from even longer ago. Hahaha omg, I'd forgotten how long these surveys were that we all used to do. We'll see how far I get into this before life happens and I post it incomplete.BASICS
Shower: Day or night?: Whenever. Generally every 36-48 hours at this point; my hair gets too frizzy and staticky with an everyday shower, but too oily if I try to push much beyond two full days.
Soap: Liquid or bar? Liquid, as always, more moisturizing for my dry skin.
Shampoo & Conditioner: The OGX argan oil ones.
Brush your teeth in the shower: Yes or no? of course!
Shaving: Standing or sitting? Grateful my legs are pretty naturally hairless so I don't have to worry about shaving them anymore. I'll still do my armpits if I'm going to be wearing a tank top, but I don't have to try to find somewhere to sit just to do that.
Singing: In your head or out loud? ALWAYS AND FOREVER
Washcloth: Yes or no? I have a scrub brush, Hyoun has a loofah
Shower Entrance: Curtain or sliding door? Minimalist white curtain
Shower Layout: Just a shower or bath/shower combo? generic bath/shower combo
HAVE YOU EVER...
...fallen asleep while showering? ... younger me says I did at some point? I don't think I've done so in the last couple of decades.
...taken a call while you were showering? Thought about it, but realized the impracticalities, LOLOL.
...showered in your swimsuit? Um, yes, you still need to wash your swimsuit!
...showered with a member of the opposite sex? I started dating people close to 30 years ago now, I've been married for almost 15 years, um, yes?
...showered with a sibling? Still no.
...showered with a pet? Still no.
DO YOU...
...share a bathroom with someone? The above-mentioned husband, yes.
...have one of those detachable "massage" shower heads? No, and we really do need to just buy one the next time we're at the hardware store so we can swap it out already!
...sing in the shower? AGAIN, ALWAYS AND FOREVER, this is why you marry a musician!
...listen to the radio in the shower? Nah, we are each others' organic entertainment without the risk of getting electrocuted!
...wear a shower cap? No, not worth it, my hair still gets wet and then I *have* to shampoo it because if it gets wet and I don't shampoo it, it feels gross after.
...wash behind your ears? Of course!
YOUR THOUGHTS
Describe your shower in 3 words. Cramped, poorly lit.
Now describe it using three words that all start with the same first letter. Beige, blah, boring.
Three using the same last letter? I'll stick with "hot wet heat" from my wicked smaht younger self.
If you could change your shower in some way, what would you do? We will eventually renovate the entire bathroom at some point down the line - we don't have an extractor fan so we have to leave the window open when we shower, it still takes like two minutes of running the water to get actual hot water for the shower, our bathroom is in the part of the house that does not meet code minimum height, and I am entirely meh about the beige tile surround. Honestly, I'd love like one of those European standard wet room scenarios, where there's just a central drain in the middle of the floor and you can use your shower head to spray the entire room clean. (But I also want a nice deep Japanese soaking tub. But we are working with your typical tiny bathroom, maybe 30SF of space. At least it didn't come with awful pink tile like most of our previous bathrooms!)
What would make shower time a better time for you? Honestly, if I swapped the shower head, that would make it pretty immediately better. DO THAT, SELF.
What celebrity would you like to shower with? I am entirely meh on celebrities these days, I think Gillian Anderson is pretty much the only one I'd be even mildly intrigued to shower with these days.
What celebrity would you NOT like to shower with? My 2001 answer of "um, most of them?!" stands intact.
If you could watch a movie while you showered, what would you watch? (Ahem, no X-rated films allowed! LOL): I think the acoustics would still bug me, the same way that's why we don't have some kind of music streaming setup in the bathroom like some folks have. Like, I can't hear it over the shower water, and if I turn it up loud enough, then I'm annoying H outside the bathroom. Whereas if it's just me singing, that's less annoying :)
If you could read a book while you showered, what would you read? (Again, no X-rated paraphanelia): Whatever my current book is! But the complexities of soapy hands and either vulnerable paper or dangerous electronics, meh.
If you could design your own rubber duckie, what would it look like? Look,
theducks is a classic for a reason. But if I designed my own rubber duckie, it would sing the ENTIRE Rubber Ducky Song when you squeezed it.What's one thing you absolutely can't shower without? Shampoo, conditioner, moisturizing body wash.
What's the weirdest thing that's ever happened to you during your showertime? Power outs. Thanks, PGE. :P
If you could put up a shower curtain, what would be the color/design/pattern on it? Already have a generic white linen one; will probably try to match it to whatever paint color we go with.
If you could paint your shower any color you wanted, which would you choose? Well, it's mostly tiled over with beige mini-stripiness that kind of looks like sandy cliffs, so it's why we're thinking about various blues and greens and oceanicness to paint the whole bathroom in. But I kind of like that the bathroom is still mostly bright enough with the existing white, even though it's only got one tiny northeast-facing window that's blocked from the sun most of the day anyway.
Anything else you'd like to share shower-wise? not that I can think of off the top of my head?
