RE: If you come to my house, you'd better like...
August 5, 2018 at 10:56 am
(This post was last modified: August 5, 2018 at 11:11 am by Whateverist.)
(August 5, 2018 at 4:52 am)zebo-the-fat Wrote:(August 4, 2018 at 11:30 pm)Astreja Wrote: What are your household "signature" items and quirks? Here's what you can expect if you end up at my place:
- Random outbursts of clarinet playing, or perhaps saxophone or flute or piano; otherwise, an unusually quiet house, with no TV playing in the background and infrequent sounds from the phone or my clock radio.
- Dragons all over the house, plus a ginormous one on the front lawn.
- The scent of sesame oil, ginger and garlic pervading the entire house (except for the upstairs bathroom, which tends to smell more like roses).
- Cookbooks, astronomy magazines, and some random book on the dining room table. (Currently the random book is The Art of War; before that, it was Naked Lunch.)
- Occasionally being awakened at 4:00 a.m. by the aroma of fresh baked goods or some pasta dish, because my daughter cooks at weird hours.
- Caches of building materials in odd places, like in the sewing room.
Sounds good to me, when can I come?
Are you really going to let a woman tell you when can come?
But to answer in kind ..
What you can expect if you come to my house is decor that suggests the people who live here don't really think much about that. This is home base for doing stuff, but is not the focus of what we do. Also it is rough because it is a big dingy warehouse built crudely a long time ago of shit materials. Stairs are not uniform and there may not be one surface that is either level or plumb in the entire place.
The dogs contribute hair and whatever they may track in from outside. The big one will be eager for your physical affection but steer clear of the little guy. He will want to sniff you but will regard you with suspicion if you reach in his direction. If you come around often he may warm up to you, but he'll never really appreciate your petting him. It is something he endures from those he likes or finds useful.
