Bathroom Poetry

[revena]

Those of you who've been to my house may have noticed that I have a cookie sheet hung on the wall in the bathroom, opposite the toilet, with a bunch of Magnetic Poetry tiles on it. I put it up shortly after moving in here, and for the first few months the "poetry" on it was ever-changing. Every week or so, I used to jot down the most interesting arrangements in a little blank book that I had which served as sort of a guestbook. But, as often happens with such things, people (including me) kinda lost interest after a while, though every now and then I'd glance at the sheet after someone had been visiting and see that something had been changed. The most use it's had recently, though, was when the guys doing renovations here last fall used every single tile on the sheet in a series of increasingly lewd phrases.

Ugh. That made my skin crawl a little bit, when I moved back in and saw what they had done, and I haven't touched it since, myself. Today, though, I noticed that Jameson has been working on some amusing compositions. I quickly tossed together one of my own, and told him about the book I used to keep to record the poetry in.

And then we joked about how the updated equivalent of that would be me taking a picture every week or so, and posting it on my LJ. And then I thought that it might actually be entertaining to do so.



I guess we'll see if anything has changed enough to be worth photographing next week.

Comments

[bubonicplague.livejournal.com]

Hahaha okay, while the "warm chocolate couch" sentiments made me all sniffly in their sweet randomness, I am mostly just staring at "see nose hair".

[revena.livejournal.com]

My favorite is "remember to slowly wash every pet," but "see nose hair" is definitely a winner.

[betacandy.livejournal.com]

The pet one was my favorite, too. But I want to know: is the fish a woman, or is the fish in need of woman-sleep, whatever that is?

Contractors can be so disrespectful of people's homes. If I ever have a house, I think I'll have to booby trap it for them.

[revena.livejournal.com]

The fishwoman is a mystery beyond knowing!

[betacandy.livejournal.com]

The only think I know about the fish woman is that she doesn't need a bicycle. ;D

[snarkypants.livejournal.com]

The most use it's had recently, though, was when the guys doing renovations here last fall used every single tile on the sheet in a series of increasingly lewd phrases.

Ha! That's awesome! Those contractors sure were spending an awful lot of time in your bathroom...

Your cookie/poetry sheet would be an awesome device for conversations between two characters.

[revena.livejournal.com]

Ooh, yes, I can see some possibilities there.

Once upon a time I had an idea for a fanfic that involved a magic window that was shared between multiple rooms (because the view was so good that it was much in demand), and the curious properties of its windowsill. Things placed on the sill (such as notes and poetry - bad poetry was a big part of the emerging plot, such as it was) usually stayed in the room they came from, but occasionally travelled to other rooms using the same window. Wacky hijinks would, naturally, ensue.

[vanityfair00.livejournal.com]

I keep mine on the fridge. I haven't played with them in awhile either, but I'm starting to feel inspired...

[revena.livejournal.com]

I've got some on the fridge, too, but I have to keep them above a certain height, there, or the cats grab them and chase them around the floor. I don't think they've ever figured out that the magnets on the cookie sheet come off.

[bbcaddict.livejournal.com]

that's a great idea!
but I have too many holes in my apt. walls as it is... heh.
Going to use a whole can of spackle when I move out I think.

Did you know they have magnetic PAINT too? That blew my mind when I found out about it a while ago.

[revena.livejournal.com]

I've actually got a can of magnetic paint! I bought it years ago in a toy store in Helena, Montana, and have been hoarding it ever since. I dunno if it's still any good, but if it is, I am totally going to paint a wall with it when Jameson and I get a place of our own.

[tacithydra.livejournal.com]

Dude, now i really want to taste a comforting tequila.

Please keep doing these. I love this post.

[revena.livejournal.com]

I'll try to remember to photograph it next week, again. :-)

[seeksadventure.livejournal.com]

Very awesome idea, both having it in the bathroom and photographing it so we can see.

[revena.livejournal.com]

:-D Maybe someday you'll come visit and make some silly poetry on it.

[seeksadventure.livejournal.com]

That would be great. I hope I can someday.

[enteryouruserid.livejournal.com]

Hmmm, every single tile in increasingly lewd comments, LOL, I'm sorry, I actually wish you'd gotten a picture of that! Yeah, guys are dirty-minded, but there was obviously *some* creativity going on while they were sitting on the potty. ;+>

[revena.livejournal.com]

I really should've photographed it, but I was too skeeved out at the time and all I wanted was to take the phrases apart. :-(