The first time I ever used “eat a dick” in an actual conversation…

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I don’t know why some exes feel the need to tell you this stuff, but I do know they’re always expecting you to respond. It’s not like they’re putting themselves out there for the sake of conversation–no way. They’re probably sharing their regrets because somewhere in their minds, they think there is a possibility you’re still interested. You were, after all, the one who got dumped.

Maybe if I were in fact still interested in this guy, I’d have come up with a decent response. But I wasn’t interested…so I didn’t have anything to say.

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This actually wasn’t even that long ago…and I should have done the Jig of Awesomeness!

A few years ago, one of my friends–let’s call him Mr. Friend–had abruptly gone back home after he found out his brother was involved in a car accident. Thankfully, everything was okay and Mr. Friend was able to return much earlier than expected.

Having no social life whatsoever, I was the only person who could give Mr. Friend a ride home. And let me tell you, I have never been so glad to be a loserish homebody. Seriously. Because if I actually had a life, I would have missed out on a very valuable lesson on how to properly confront a friend who has heinously wronged you.

So I’d just dropped Mr. Friend off at his house…

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The guy in the “69” T-shirt is Mr. Friend’s friend, Mr. 69. Mr. 69 had been housesitting while Mr. Friend was away, and obviously had not expected Mr. Friend to return home so early because the house looked raggedy when we arrived. To his credit, however, he appeared to have been trying to tidy the place up beforehand.

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While Mr. 69 took out the trash, Mr. Friend decided to change out of his airplane-smelling clothes. A few minutes later, he called me into his room–but not because he wanted to bone me or anything…

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No bow-chikah-bow-bow here: Mr. Friend called me in because he thought he smelled something funky. He wasn’t imagining things though: his room was stank. Even with the windows wide open, the whole place reeked of this foul odor that smelled a little like damp stinky moss, and a little like a can of asparagus juice. It was a distinct scent that is hard to describe, but very, very easy to identify.

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Indeed, my friends, the stankness in Mr. Friend’s room was the stank of jizz. And anyone who has ever encountered that odor knows it’s one you will never forget.

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Mr. Friend started pulling the bedding off his mattress in search of the source of the jizz smell–and can you blame him? His personal space had been invaded by someone else’s dong milk, but he had no idea where the security breach occurred. That’d drive anyone crazy.

While Mr. Friend was frantically checking his sheets, I starting wondering how he was going to approach Mr. 69 about this. If this were my room I’d definitely mention something to Mr. 69, but I wouldn’t go so far as to say, “Why the hell does my room smell like it’d just been the site of a bukkake party?” I’d probably instead do the passive-aggressive thing and go with, “My room stinks for some reason,” or, “Did you piss white stuff all over my room? Hahaha, just kidding.” You know, something that would let Mr. 69 know that I am on to him, but without actually saying so.

Seeing how upset Mr. Friend was becoming, I decided it would be wise to make sure Mr. 69 was the culprit. The last thing you’d want to do is blame someone who doesn’t deserve it, especially when it’s about personal fluid like jizz. One wrongful accusation is enough to kill a friendship. So before Mr. Friend said anything to Mr. 69, I wanted ensure there was evidence supporting a confrontation…and I knew exactly where to look.

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How come I can come up with solutions for stupid problems, but can’t do the same on an exam?!

Anyway, using plastic bags as gloves, I went dumpster diving in Mr. Friend’s trash can in search of the mysterious garbage bag Mr. 69 had tossed out earlier.

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It didn’t take long for me to find it because it was the only thing in the can. I took the bag back to Mr. Friend’s house…and proceeded to walk right into the middle of a rather heated conversation.

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Hmm…looks like I missed something.

I didn’t know it then, but I picked the worst time to show up. Here’s what happened while I was looking for evidence:

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“Piss-poor timing” would be a major understatement.

I thought Mr. Friend was addressing me when he asked about the bag, so I opened it:

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Let’s start 2010 off in the best way possible–with a post about my cats!

I try to give my cats a bath at least twice a year–not like a full-on bath in a tub or anything, but with these wet nap-like towelettes for cats. I used to give them real baths, but they hated the water and freaked out the second I put them into the tub. They would just start clawing at everything in an effort to find a way to escape–and then I’d get clawed up because was trying to keep them still. It was a nightmare that always left me covered in scratches.

Of the three cats, Pepper was the hardest to bathe. Turnip and Walnut were somewhat easier because all they did was scramble around the tub, so I’d just put shampoo in my palms and lather them up as I held them still. Pepper, however, was different. She is definitely the smartest of the three, and she made this very, very apparent when I tried to give her a bath back in 2008.

It started out like any other bath. I was wearing my protective gear, which was really just a couple of old shirts and two layers of sweat pants:

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Pepper, of course, became scared the minute I turned the water on…

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And began freaking out and trying to get away….

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I tried my best to keep her in place, but she managed to slip out of my grasp.

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Once Pepper got away, she ran to the shower door and started clawing furiously at it.

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She kept clawing and clawing at it, and I realized she was trying to slide the door open. So I mocked her.

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And she handed my ass back to me:

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She opened the door! OMG! She slid the freaking shower door open! To this day, I still cannot believe it!

Anyway…

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Pepper, still soaking wet, had run out of the bathroom…and I was running after her, trying to get her back before she got the rest of the apartment wet.

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I was so caught up in the moment that I didn’t even notice the puddle of water on the bathroom floor…

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And then…

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I figured out that the game plan that worked on Turnip and Walnut would not work on Pepper. And as sweet, cute, and cuddly as she was, she was not going to make bath time easy. No way.

Since she knew how to slide the shower doors open, I decided to make it make it so that she couldn’t do so anymore:

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Pepper wasn’t struggling this time (which I took as proof of my victory), and let me rinse her fur. At one point, she even stood up on her hind legs and almost looked comfortable…

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I should have known she was tricking me! The moment I let my guard down, she took advantage of the opportunity and started to climb me like a tree!

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Her nails! Her sharp nails!

She perched herself on top of my shoulders and waited for my next move. I didn’t have one. The only thing I could do was admit defeat:

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She hasn’t had a bath since…

Happy New Year, everyone!