Times you could really give an "F" about cleaning your house

Also: the past 20 days

After someone I know has died.

When I have 8 million things going on w/escuela.

The last 34 yrs. God I hope I can always afford a cleaning lady cause man do I hate cleaning (big houses). I think if I were to live in a smaller house I'd be okay with it. But in this house? Fuck no. :-( I'm a slob. :-(((((

i have to bribe myself with alcohol to clean

all times other than saturday morning

I'll give the place the once-over just before I move (next month).

I am most effective at cleaning when inebriated in some form or ever. Smoking weed makes me get meticulous, I will clean my apartment until it gleams.

or other, even, not ever.

when i'm awake.

the only time i really gave a crap was when living with a sig. other.

Days of the week ending in "ay"

that second sentence could be applied to just about anything, now that i think about it.

xpost.

leap years
non-leap years

you can say fuck here you know

are you one of those people that says "oh fudge" and stuff like that in real life

Smoking weed makes me get meticulous, I will clean my apartment until it gleams.

Huh. The more I smoke the messier our place gets.

Well, you have to get up off your ass.. this is about 50/50 for me. When I start cleaning I go for hours.. other times, I just sit on the couch and have West Wing marathons.

girl comin over

I will clean my place all beautiful, and then within a couple of days it goes to hell and remains so for four days or so, and then the cycle begins anew. But, that functions as a metaphor of sorts for how I live my life in general, so...

I've had roomies who claim they can clean really well when they get high, and that's the only time they clean, and it's kind of a big fucking lie. They'll do it once and then be like, "oh wait, I can only clean if I get high after I haven't been high for a really long time." Uh-huh. Do I have to pump you full of niacin so your high will be "okay I can clean now" level the next day? Sheesh.

Maybe they just need to get HIGH on ammonia and bleach fumes.

girl comin over

-- gff, Thursday, May 15, 2008 2:15 PM (Thursday, May 15, 2008 2:15 PM) Bookmark Link

oh man, so fucking otm.

FRONTIN'

i do know a girl who gets high and instantly has to clean shit

Yeah, well, sometimes it's good to let people see your place at its worst. Counterintuitive, but it's occasionally called for...as is ending a sentence with a preposition.

I can be pretty messy at times too, for sure - but I love a nice, clean house. I get OCD about keeping things clean when the room is already clean, but once a few dishes pile up… slippery slope. Luckily my Christmas present from Grandma this year was a dishwasher. Dishwashers are so awesome.

I am anti-dishwasher. If I'm doing the scrubbing, then I know that I can remove every last particle. I JUST DON'T TRUST DISHWASHERS! /semicontrolfreak

i get high to clean to make the cleaning bearable, but i dont need to be high. i do need music or a movie or something

Half the reason I want to move is so I could have a dishwasher.

music is imperative, but, yeah, i will not compromise on the dishwasher front. that's just me.

having a dishwasher would make me feel like i've "made it"

yes, but where does one draw the line btwn "making it" and you are living the life of the jetsons "sell-out" territory? next thing you know, you'll be verbally abusing your robot maid.

i also have a friend who is all about the hiiigh cleaning

i don't give an f about cleaning my house when i am tired or hungover or have nothing to procrastinate about

dude dell a dishwasher washes dishes it is not a "sell out"

I had a dishwasher for a year.

RIP PARK PL

i have been told many times that dishwashers are actually more energy efficient than handwashing dishes esp if the dishwasher is full. or you have kids.

or roommates.

I think the dishwasher has saved my relationship. I rinse before stuff goes in & rewash anything that comes out gunky, so there is no particle paranoia in my apartment.. except when we are too lazy to unload the clean dishes and everything stacks up on the counter all over again!

Dishwashers are more personal-energy efficient than coaxing your roomies/loved ones over days and with a variety of intonations from pleading to dominatrix bossiness to just wash the goddamn dishes already PLZ.

i used to have a dishwasher :(

i chose to live in a more fun part of town (the part that doesn't have dishwashers) rather than live a cloistered life of modern appliances.

I had a dishwasher for a year.

RIP PARK PL

same, RIP awesome apartment in shitty neighborhood!

i desperately want a cloistered life of modern appliances but i already pay too much rent and spend an hour commuting.

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mr que, i was making jokes.

all i'm saying is, the slippery silicon slope has tempted many. it's only a matter of time before you are recreationally inhaling iridium dust...but just on the weekends, of course. nevertheless, within a couple of months you have lost yr job at spaceley's sprockets and yr life has been reduced to providing special favors to ex-roadies of the "EEP, OPP, ORK AH-AH" band for just one more taste.

The Sims has really infected my mind due to the "cleanliness meter": whoever has the highest cleanliness meter invariably ends up doing all the cleaning before anyone else out of sheer frustration at their peers' laziness. And that person has often been me, in spite of my general laziness.

bahahaha Dell I forgot all about that Jetsons song

girl comin over
that's the real shit right there. last new girl to come over even commented on my place being so clean. she asked if it was always like that."of course it is"

I am anti-dishwasher. If I'm doing the scrubbing, then I know that I can remove every last particle. I JUST DON'T TRUST DISHWASHERS!

I totally understand this. I don't know if my dishwasher is just weak (this is the first apartment I've had one in), but I take plates out and there's still grit on them, even though I rinse well.

jaymc your dishwasher is weak.

i love doing the dishes--but pots and pans and stuff-- not the actual "dishes."

i'd take a washer/dryer over a dishwasher. that would be a dream.

jaymc,

Yeah. Thank you.

I don't think it matters how much you rinse, or what product you use; there is always some weird residue or gludge adhering to some stuff.

i love doing the dishes--but pots and pans and stuff-- not the actual "dishes."

What is everyone's personal hierarchies? I feel like glasses are the most problematic.

Glasses are only problematic if I can't reach inside them. But that's what my girlfriend's narrow wrists are for.

I have perversely come into the possession of glasses that even some guinness book-worthy extraordinary pencil-thin wispy person's wrists and arms could never reach into. Likely this could be remedied if I possessed the proper tools, but being a dude, the likelihood of me investing in some such is extremely far down on my list; like a few spots below "emery board".

I have broken narrow glasses a few times trying to force my hand & sponge into them to get every inch. And breaking glass into a bunch of cloudy dishwater is really crummy.

http://www.tfkinghall.com/Products/IMAGE%20SMALL%20SIZE/CB00-20P/CB211-20P.jpg

Yeah, those are good.

I have one of those, but it positively refuses to make friends with some of my narrower glasses.

how fucking narrow are your goddamn glasses, dell

</tombot>

who drinks out of narrow glasses anyway
xpost hahaaa

my brother has these stupidly narrow glasses that someone gave him or he got from work or something and i just don't get them
he has a dishwasher tho

i drink out of bowls

and off plates

I JUST WEPT CUTTING ONIONS AND CARLIV IN THE CLEANEST SPACE I'VE EVER RESIDED IN. FUCK A PICASSO

I think I hinted at it above. It's an unnatural, and furthermore downright immoral situation that I've gotten myself into with these vessels.

rrobyn is smart.

ok all my liquid intake is via squirtguns

which i throw out after each use

so...is usic 1ur1que or the next amazin' randy, or the granny's flan-luvin' guy or what?

rrobyn is smart.

-- dell, Thursday, May 15, 2008 9:20 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Link

best thing about living in suburbs: i have dishwasher AND in-unit washer/dryer. if i didn't have a dishwasher i don't think i'd eat anything that required dishes/silverware.

i'd take a washer/dryer over a dishwasher. that would be a dream.

-- bell_labs, Thursday, May 15, 2008 5:05 PM (16 minutes ago) Bookmark Link

yes x1000

i'd take a washer/dryer over a dishwasher. that would be a dream.

-- bell_labs, Thursday, May 15, 2008 5:05 PM (16 minutes ago) Bookmark Link

also so f'ing on the money.

the dirty laundry that piles up at my place is a bigger pain in the ass than the dirty dishes.

Dudes, get married. That way, one of three things happen:

1) Your sig other has a higher cleanliness rating, and does all the cleaning;
2) You get used to (brainwashed into accepting the idea that) cleaning is a normal, every other day or so thing that you just kind of do; or
3) You and your sig-o are both slobs who never clean, but don't bitch at each other about it.

Wait, or
4) Your combined incomes allow you to purchase/hire additional appliances/services for cleaning

My life is a combination of 2 and 4

So, California gays - you now have no excuse not to have a clean domicile with your spouse. Shack up, clean up.

3) You and your sig-o are both slobs who never clean, but don't bitch at each other about it.

that was us. i wound up cleaning the apartment more but she wound up doing laundry more often and would always throw my stuff in without being asked so it worked out.

I've never lived anywhere without a dishwasher. House I might be renting/buying doesn't have one and I'm kind of worried about life w/o.

i was fine going back to a dishwasherless existence because i live by myself, but i think there would be trouble if someone else's dirty dishes were clogging up the sink (like in lol college).

3) You and your sig-o are both slobs who never clean, but don't bitch at each other about it.

This is pretty much us, and it works just fine, except for the dishes. You kind of need those to eat and cook, unlike a mopped floor or tidied-up bed.

It is my bougie dream to have a hired housecleaner.

It is my bougie dream to have a hired housecleaner.

I cannot stress this enough, and I know I will catch some shit about this, but....

hire one once a month. It makes a world of difference. And is not that expensive at all.

So, California gays - you now have no excuse not to have a clean domicile with your spouse. Shack up, clean up.
-- B.L.A.M., Thursday, May 15, 2008 9:37 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Link

hey, way to go cali! now get those lofts good and spotless!

I'm one of those people who cleans when angry (or sad, it's just a less furious kind of cleaning then). Invite me over, piss me off, and I just might clean your house.

By 'clean' do you mean 'trash', Jaq?

That actually might depend on what I was mad about, Michael, now that I think about it. Family members are the only people who have tested this, btw. ymmv.

Man I gotta clean all weekend, yearly rental inspection is next week ugh. I am a major slob - but I still *do* housework weekly, which is more than I can say for EVERY FUCKING BOYFRIEND I HAVE EVER HAD BAR ONE. Seriously what is WRONG with you guys, the minute a woman is in your life and does any cleaning up at all, you start being all "oh look its being done, phew" and get "busy" or "tired" or "I'll just finish this level" or "but you do a better job of it than I do".

I have a dishwasher and a washing machine in my flat at least.

I really don't give a fuck about cleaning unless someone is coming over. Which is sad, really because I seem to feel happier or more content in a clean house.

I have a dishwasher but I don't use it. I just don't have that many dishes and since there's only me it seems like a waste of water/energy.

I'm sorry to hear that, Trayce.

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Seriously what is WRONG with you guys, the minute a woman is in your life and does any cleaning up at all, you start being all "oh look its being done, phew" and get "busy" or "tired" or "I'll just finish this level" or "but you do a better job of it than I do".

I mean this from the bottom of my heart...fuck that. Get thee one responsible man.

Finals week. Midterms. Two weeks before and after each of these. Breaks.

I basically clean once a semester. This is fine, because I have lived in this apartment for four months now and haven't had a single guest.

BLAM - heh. I love my man I really do, and he's not that bad - I just dont want to have to *nag*, it shouldnt be something you have to be told to do you know?

Don't get me wrong though: with the right kind of clean freak person, they would be hating on ME for not doing enough (I do housework, but I'm pretty lasseiz-faire about how I do it and how often).

I'm trying to improve though. Bimble's right: you feel better when yr space is clean and in order. It doesn't have to be spartan and surgical, but even a lovely cluttered lived in home is no fun when it stinks of cat wee and bin juice or there's dust all over every surface and mould on the bathroom walls and the toilet needs a scrub and there's unwashed clothes everywhere.

girl comin over

-- gff, Thursday, May 15, 2008 2:15 PM (5 hours ago) Bookmark Link

also, yeah, weed makes me v v domestic.

The thing Ive gotten depressed about is the various ILXors who've posted pics of their homes and they look so well-fitted out and neat and new and overall awesome. I wish mine looked like that, instead of couches that have been cat-shredded, filthy carpet, and nicotiene-yellow walls ;_;

see i could really give an eff when i am high
next morning tho it is like whoa and it grosses me out. note that this still doesnt necessarily mean i will clean.

let it set in for a day or two then maaaaybe

I don't smoke weed, but I do have a washer/dryer, a dishwasher, and a maid who comes about once every two weeks. I do a little of my own work when I'm going to have company. If I move someplace with the right kind of floors I might invest in a roomba. So I do give a fuck, but I'm a strong proponent of outsourcing.

Roomba vs. Tombot

And now, ladies and gentlemen, grab your partners...its time for the Tombot Roomba!

It's nice to think about cleaning your house, but then I just think it'll just get messy again, so I can probably leave it for a week or three.

I don't smoke weed, (which does tend to make me very domestic) but I do have a washer/dryer, a dishwasher, and a maid who comes about once every two weeks. I do a little of my own work when I'm going to have company.

I try to keep the place relatively clean so the maid (who my gf hires, incidentally) can do more special cleaning than I'm likely to get around to. Years of domestication by females and also a certain acceptance of basic reason have taught me that it's much easier to do little things like washing the dinner dishes the same night, than it is to motivate myself to attack a sinkful that's days old.