Feb 9

The Bedroom Is A Sanctuary

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I’m a very messy person if you didn’t already know. My bedroom usually is a classic example of how messy I really am. It always has a mound of dirty laundry, random empty water bottles everywhere, Fiber One wrappers all over my desk & condoms filled with whip cream. My mom is a messy person too and she has definitely passed on that trait to me. I can live in the mess, but most people can’t, especially girls!

When I moved out on my own the only time I would clean my room was when I knew I had a girl coming over. I’d throw all my dirty laundry in my closet, lite scented candles, make my bed or at least try to make it. Little did the girls know before hand that only hours before they arrived my room was dirtier than a dead squirrel. I was really lazy doing the dishes too so my roommate when I would go out would put my dirty pots under my bed. I’d come home and be like “Damn, it fucking smells in here”. I’d scour my room for the smell until I’d find those trusty dirty pots under my bed. It’d smell like rotten spaghetti sauce.

This brings me to today, well yesterday anyway. Emily was watching Oprah (Goddamn you Oprah and your Ideas!!!) when Oprah was saying that in order for couples to have a good healthy relationship physically and mentally then their bedroom needs to be clean and in order aka a sanctuary. I took Emily’s advice and picked up all my dirty clothes. I called Em into the bedroom “Hey babe look the room is now a sanctuary!” ha ha…She’s like “NO..it isn’t” OK, so the room smells like a sweaty teenage boy, my shoes were all over the place, my desk was a mess & the bed wasn’t made. How am I supposed to know that just picking up my dirty laundry (No not you Sarah I’m talking actual dirty laundry) wouldn’t make the bedroom seem like a “Love Den”?

I continue my quest for bedroom love den status, although I know it’s a tough road ahead I race towards the challenge of making the bedroom a “Sanctuary”.

gso

28 Comments so far

  1. dirty February 9th, 2007 5:28 am

    I’m proud of you! If the people in my house would just pick up their dirty laundry, I’d be a happy camper.

    That is a great idea on the dirty pots though…what a brilliant soul…effing brilliant!

  2. gregg o'connell February 9th, 2007 6:08 am

    dirty: give the people in your household some reward system with a chart. if they pickup their clothes for the day they get a golden ticket. after collecting 10 golden tickets they get a free massage from me

  3. dirty February 9th, 2007 7:03 am

    Does Emily have a reward system for you?

  4. gregg o'connell February 9th, 2007 7:06 am

    dirty: Yes, for every pound I lose I get to flirt with girls from Ohio online for 3 minutes more

  5. dirty February 9th, 2007 7:25 am

    Pick me!

  6. gregg o'connell February 9th, 2007 7:28 am

    dirty: Duh! :)

  7. dirty February 9th, 2007 7:29 am

    Good choice :)

  8. Wormbrain February 9th, 2007 7:34 am

    Oprah is evil. That is all.

  9. gregg o'connell February 9th, 2007 7:37 am

    WORMBRAIN: Oprah may be evil but she did inspire me to start eating better and to be a successful black woman from humble begginings.

    gso

  10. Xtina February 9th, 2007 7:49 am

    I’m a complete and total slob too! Never make the bed, laundry piles galore, and dishes…well, I’ve done some very interesting things to hide dirty dishes. Hidden them in coolers, put them outside in the backyard for an evening, loaded the oven with them. It probably took me more time to hide them then it would to have cleaned them, but my mind just doesn’t work that way.

  11. dirty February 9th, 2007 7:49 am

    BWHAHAHAHAhahahahaha

  12. gregg o'connell February 9th, 2007 7:53 am

    Xtina: doesn’t cleaning completely suck?!? Hiding dirt is so much more fun and unsucky!

    dirty: you can’t laugh all by yourself

  13. Xtina February 9th, 2007 7:55 am

    Cleaning sucks ass. I’m going to invent disposable pots so that doing dishes can be completely erradicated.

    I’m so messy that when I actually do clean and put clothes in my dresser and closet, I can’t find them because they’re not in a pile on the floor.

  14. gregg o'connell February 9th, 2007 8:01 am

    Xtina: ha ha we specifically buy paper plates, bowls, plastic knives, forks and spoons so we dont have to clean enarly as much. Desposiable pots and pans would be incredible!!! oh my God I’d freaking love that!

  15. QofD February 9th, 2007 8:39 am

    Dude! Hire a housekeeper already. Maybe you could get yourself a nice nine year old on the black market who can live under your bed and come clean after you get up in the morning.

  16. gregg o'connell February 9th, 2007 8:46 am

    QofD: then i’d have to feed the kid! I’d rather hire a chick that’ll clean our place naked!

  17. Erica February 9th, 2007 9:22 am

    I love living by myself… My clean OCDness can come out with no one to judge me. Haha… And for the record I’m not that clean - I’m just neat. As in a neat-o person.

  18. gregg o'connell February 9th, 2007 9:31 am

    Erica: you’re a queerbait dude!

  19. Julianne_b February 9th, 2007 12:26 pm

    damn… well good luck with that… i’m not a very good house keeper either.. the rest of the house is in pretty good shape.. but my hrom is huge mess.. there seams to be an invisible line… my dirty clothes never seam to pass it and the Bg is happy with that

  20. gregg o'connell February 9th, 2007 12:29 pm

    Julianne: I need a “Big Guy” in my life….I wanna feel secure and protected

  21. Xtina February 9th, 2007 4:08 pm

    you can get disposeable pans (aluminum cake pans) but pots are still a problem. Someday I will be a millionaire when I invent them and put dish soap out of business.

    Also, you can line regular pans with foil to bake stuff, but pots–there’s just no getting around washing them. Bastards.

  22. Julianne_b February 9th, 2007 10:03 pm

    well you can’t have mine… get your own…

  23. Todd February 10th, 2007 6:59 am

    See you are subconsciously thinking you want to live with me. I live on Sanctuary Court :)

  24. gregg o'connell February 10th, 2007 8:43 am

    Xtina: if i were a millionaire i’d just hire a maid to do my dishes!

    julianne: maybe i can rent him?

    Todd: God does work in mysterious ways!

  25. Julianne_b February 10th, 2007 11:23 am

    no renting either… i rented him out once and it took me week to fix him when he got back…

  26. gregg o'connell February 11th, 2007 10:10 am

    Julianne: I’d be very “good” to him :P

  27. Xtina February 12th, 2007 11:19 am

    maybe you could make a claim that you;re anna nicole smith’s daughter’s father and become a millionaire? everyone else is doing it

  28. gregg o'connell February 12th, 2007 12:13 pm

    Xtina: ha ha I don’t think I want my name wrapped up in that orgie of love!

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