Sometimes love is not enough, the road gets tough and I don’t know why.
#anyway #you’re still here and that’s a good thing #take care
on a lighter note, your blacklist was quite educational.
Warts and all
This post contain a bit Too Much Information, but I don’t think it needs any trigger warnings, unless people are triggered by mentions of actual warts, or vague sexual references. It’s not directed at my three followers so much as at the internet in general, in case anyone tries the same set of searches I did.
I have some warts on my hands. They’re not really noticeable and I haven’t found them anywhere else on my body. I haven’t seen a dermatologist, but my doctor is pretty sure they’re harmless. Apparently if I were more rigorous with the treatment I could get rid of them in a few months, but that hasn’t happened, partly because while I was single, they really didn’t bother me much.
Happily, I am no longer single, but I have no desire to transfer the wart virus to my partner’s hands or anywhere else. I understand that gloves should significantly reduce the chance of them being infected. But which gloves?
Research
Google led me to Scarleteen and MetaFilter. Basically, you want smooth, powder-free nitrile gloves that fit your hands. The second link raises the issue of some gloves affecting the taste and smell of whatever they’re being used to handle. I’d previously run into this issue with some condom brands and wanted to avoid a repeat.
Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to find anyone who would admit to taste-testing these products*. A call to an adult store was met with confused suspicion. A chemist was more polite, but still unable to help. So it was that I found myself kneeling in the cleaning aisle of a supermarket, clandestinely sniffing, then licking their range of powder-free nitrile gloves (which was surprisingly wide), FOR SCIENCE! (and sex)
Recommendation
Fortunately, I was not arrested, and if anyone saw me, they kept quiet. In the end I settled on Chux Super Strong Disposable Gloves, which cost around $3.50 for a pack of 20. Minimal taste and smell, no aftertaste, silky smooth. They’re also bright blue, which may help if you’re into Firefly RP. I also bought Ansell Handy Fresh Food Handling Disposable Gloves, but they have more of an aftertaste and I haven’t used them (they’re translucent white). Hercules Tough Task Nitrile Disposable Gloves seem to be exactly the same stuff as the Chux ones, right down to the colour, but they have a slightly rough texture which, while useful for massages, was not the best for other purposes.
Before using the gloves, I was concerned with losing sensitivity and things either gripping too much or not enough. I honestly haven’t noticed any problems. Lube needs are pretty much the same, maybe a little less. Whatever ‘nitrile’ is, it doesn’t appear to be affected by oils in the same way as latex (remember that if you’re using latex condoms, OIL CAN BREAK THEM). There have been no tears or punctures, and I like not having to worry about my nails scratching anything. My partner’s feedback has been entirely positive (hur hur); they say they don’t notice the difference.
These have been my results. I’d be interested to read yours.
* Apparently in the US you can get flavoured latex gloves (dentist recommended!), but I could only find them in lots of 1000, which I thought was a tad optimistic about the length of the relationship, given that at the time we hadn’t slept together. Also, they were powdered.
Dominic Deville stalks young victims for a week, sending chilling texts, making prank phone calls and setting traps in letterboxes.
He posts notes warning children they are being watched, telling them they will be attacked. ‘The clown’s one and only aim is to smash a cake into the face of his victim, when they least expect it, during the course of seven days.’
If the boy or girl manages to avoid the ‘hit’, they are given the cake as a birthday present
Source:jfc if my parents did this to me i would cry oh my god
but then once he smashed the cake in my face i’d laugh my ass off lol
I would have a panic attack and just cry forever. My parents aren’t that mean, are they? D’:
Oh god, that is the type of shit my dad would have pulled on me when I was a kid, I was terrified of clowns, he’d do it just to make me cry.
(He also insisted that we all go to parades together as a family, when I was afraid of clowns, and my brother, who has an autism spectrum disorder, freaked out at loud noises, like sirens. My mom once packed my brother and I up, left my dad at the parade, and took us home and fed us ice cream until we calmed down).
Fucking hell.. that is some fucked up shit.
And that is why you ALWAYS LEAVE A NOTE.
In my Graphic Design class, we had to design or redesign a package, and I chose to design Assassin’s Creed IV. It’s set during the French Revolution, with a female assassin named Maria (her face is modeled after Marion Cotillard’s).
Made mostly in Adobe Illustrator (except for Maria’s face, which was made in Photoshop CS5).
I’d love this.. although, I think a female Oriental assassin would be the best thing ever! Feudal Japan or something….
Great idea, but that cover could use some work. The French Revolution ended almost a century before the Eiffel Tower was built.
