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On cats and boxers
Apr. 5th, 2004 09:58 amWarning: This post will tell you more about my underwear than you probably needed to know.
Today's project is going through all of my drawers and sorting and weeding out clothing.
Jack, our psychotic younger cat, assumes that each open drawer is an invitation for him to hop in and cuddle in the back of the drawer. He assumes that my reaching in to grab him is his invitation to grab my hand with both paws (using claws, of course), and start grooming me. Needless to say, I cannot wait for that part of the day when the cats decide to sleep for six hours so they can stay up all night fussing at each other.
In the meantime, I've had to throw out seven pairs of boxers, which is tragic.
Let me back up here.
I was one of those kids whose mom never let him have Underoos. The only fashion statement I was ever interested in making was that I had Aquaman Underoos, and I never had the chance. Hell, I'd have settled for Batman. But no dice. Plain briefs for this kid.
As a result, when I grew up and switched to boxers, I quickly discovered the world of novelty boxers, and almost all of my underpants ever since have had various licensed characters on them. This, parents, is why you let your kid have all the novelty underpants they want, so they don't become addicted when they grow up.
The thing is, underwear wears out pretty quickly. With plain briefs or boxers, this is no big deal, since you just chuck 'em and buy another three-pack of Hanes. But when each pair of boxers has some sort of meaning, it's painful to get rid of them. But when the fabric wears through, they kind of lose their purpose as underpants.
So, RIP one of my Harry Potter boxers, one of my Spidey boxers, two generic pairs, my South park Cows, and *sob* Rocky and Bullwinkle.
If you want to buy me something nice for my birthday (in three days, so don't forget to request time off from work using the "religious holiday" argument!), and you're not buying something off my Amazon wishlist, almost anything at http://www.webundies.com/ will do, as well. :-)
Edit: Just noticed they finally have a wishlist feature there (although no gift certificate option, the morons). Am creating one right now.
Edit #2: Searching Amazon for boxers (and not finding much), I came across this pair of underpants, which come with their very own pair of socks, it seems.
Today's project is going through all of my drawers and sorting and weeding out clothing.
Jack, our psychotic younger cat, assumes that each open drawer is an invitation for him to hop in and cuddle in the back of the drawer. He assumes that my reaching in to grab him is his invitation to grab my hand with both paws (using claws, of course), and start grooming me. Needless to say, I cannot wait for that part of the day when the cats decide to sleep for six hours so they can stay up all night fussing at each other.
In the meantime, I've had to throw out seven pairs of boxers, which is tragic.
Let me back up here.
I was one of those kids whose mom never let him have Underoos. The only fashion statement I was ever interested in making was that I had Aquaman Underoos, and I never had the chance. Hell, I'd have settled for Batman. But no dice. Plain briefs for this kid.
As a result, when I grew up and switched to boxers, I quickly discovered the world of novelty boxers, and almost all of my underpants ever since have had various licensed characters on them. This, parents, is why you let your kid have all the novelty underpants they want, so they don't become addicted when they grow up.
The thing is, underwear wears out pretty quickly. With plain briefs or boxers, this is no big deal, since you just chuck 'em and buy another three-pack of Hanes. But when each pair of boxers has some sort of meaning, it's painful to get rid of them. But when the fabric wears through, they kind of lose their purpose as underpants.
So, RIP one of my Harry Potter boxers, one of my Spidey boxers, two generic pairs, my South park Cows, and *sob* Rocky and Bullwinkle.
If you want to buy me something nice for my birthday (in three days, so don't forget to request time off from work using the "religious holiday" argument!), and you're not buying something off my Amazon wishlist, almost anything at http://www.webundies.com/ will do, as well. :-)
Edit: Just noticed they finally have a wishlist feature there (although no gift certificate option, the morons). Am creating one right now.
Edit #2: Searching Amazon for boxers (and not finding much), I came across this pair of underpants, which come with their very own pair of socks, it seems.