i guess i just do not understand. brown eyes are lovely

.n. They is sad.
I'm sad now.
I should watch a movie...

attempts to do an invisible man cosplay
completely fails at it

:[ Hmm..you're only missing the spectacles.
On a side note, when the invisible man runs off in the movie and no one can find him, he's essentially just running around naked. >w>; Since his body is invisible not his clothes..I always found that realization funny. Like you can streak in public invisibly and everyone thinks you're just a ghost...unless...wait...
...are ghosts naked all the time too? o-o;

oh dear god. we've discovered that ghosts are going out and about completely nakey

No wonder they're always so cold when they pass by. :[ They can't wear clothes anymore.

hrnghghghghgh whY IS IT SO FUCKEN DARK IT'S ONLY HALF SEVEN

Uh oh. :[ *gestures to shark* there's uh...the monthly shark then, eh?

Is THAT why people call it "Shark Week"????

I've been wondering about that!

x} hehe, well yes. That, and it's coincidentally a week dedicated to the educational programs about Sharks on the Discovery Channel. Have you seen a picture of a shark's brain? It's oddly akin to looking like a uterus. :]

i'm not on the shark week right now, hrnghghghghgh

just needed a blank avatar to put there in the case that i can't find a decent one.

i wasn't wondering at all and even so i am forced to know XD

:] Ah, well, the shark came and went. -u- Bye bye for now shark.

We survived shark week!

don't think i've been on shark week this month.

>-> I'm hoping my next shark week is more of a piranha week.
>w> and it'll last even shorter than 4 days.

neat.

mine usually lasts for seven.

also, bath night tonight. i don't like bathing as in it consumes too much energy, and we don't have the money to get a shower fitted.

our showerhead will have to be replaced soon, the water is full of calcium and it junks things up

showering takes much less time.

idk how long base washdowns take tbh.

depends. it can go fast or slow depending on your briskness, how clean a person you are and how cold the water is x'''D

i am not that clean of a person but it doesn't affect me too much.

i reeeeaaaaaaaaally don't like to be unclean. it's easier to be natty when i am sick but i still don't like it

ye, i get you. there's actually some dirt on my thumb joint, which is how i sort of know that i need to bathe.

;3; you break my heart

gestures quietly

also, being hyperaware of how your bra fits kinda sucks tbh.

i wouldn't know about that

Longest I've gone without bathing or showering was three months...

It was a bad time in my life. I used to be super clean. I'm taking like showers at least twice a day, and brushing my teeth three times a day at the very least.

Since then, I've struggled with keeping myself clean. Those three months really f*cked up my perception of clean vs. not.

It's been hard to get myself back into the habit of daily washing.
In a good week, I might shower like twice... I think it's a mixture of lazy and also my lack of caring for how I look. I don't shave or anything either... But I feel much more confident in myself when I am hairy vs. when I shave.

I don't know why? It's weird, I guess!

I usually always have dirty hands because I take care of my plants every day.
I know some people get grossed out when you put your hands in dirt and then handle food. Or if you pick something from a garden and eat it straight away without washing it.
I grew up in the woods, so it's normal to me to eat produce without washing it off first. Here in LA, everyone's really into cleanliness, though!

>.>; I can always tell when I need a shower, because then my hair gets grimy and starts to easily be plucked out..
Usually gets like that within 3-4 days time. So I shower every other day..

Eee!

That's a good indicator of needing a wash, though!
Since my hair is curly, it does the opposite when it needs to be washed; it gets really dry and sometimes even flaky when it's time for a wash. And it will smell sometimes too, but only if you stick your face in it.

I try to wash my hair about twice a week, or like you said, once every 3-4 days.
My products are expensive though, I always have to use special shampoos and conditions because I have an afro. Also I've got like three different textures all on the same head >3< Different textures require different care/products.

I also always always use products not tested on animals, so it's even harder and more expensive to find the right products >:T

>u>; Likewise, I don't find the need to shave to be very strong..
I shave when I want. I usually don't want to. But grooming is important. >.>; If only I could stick to my grooming habits more however..

I feel you on that!

When something throws a wrench in the routine, it's hard to get back into it, I think.
I'm usually pretty stinky sometimes since I tend to forget to use deodorant lol, so I totally feel you on the grooming part.
It's not that I don't want to, it's just that since I've gone those months without grooming or really any hygiene at all, it's been extra hard for me to get back into that habit of hygiene. You know what I mean?

I have chores written on my bathroom mirror to help,
But while showering, brushing teeth, and general grooming was once second nature for me, now I have to consciously put effort into it. :T

Shaving is something I prefer not to do though!
We can be hairy gals together!!! OuO

can't be arsed to shave tbh.

>.>; "arsed"?
*is a west coast yank*
Is this a British vocabulary bit?

'can't be arsed' effectively means 'can't be bothered'.

<w<; That's what I figured, but wasn't entirely sure, hehe.
Alternatively, are there any American terms that confuse you? x} We have a lot of them, with some of them even confusing ourselves.

oh jeez, i feel i must be failing the man test x''D i used to actually pluck all of the hairs on my face with steel tweezers(i can spend an hour doing it and only bother every 4ish days or i can be lazy shave every day and be scruffy by bedtime) but this last time i got sick pretty much everything fell out and it's grown back so fine pale and sparse i kind of don't bother and it's super hard to tell unless you get really close X''D

mutters quietly somewhere in the distance

eh, whatsat? huuh? speak up, wee one!

i am being very sad over the possibility of smokey having to go to the vet's in the near future, as he's already been there once to get some teeth removed.

who is smokey?