I did my sexual activity timeline in my human
sexuality class today. This time instead of just having a "start" date, I
also added an "end" date. So they had to come up with a list of
"typical" sexual behaviors one would experience over a lifetime, tell me
when these behaviors started (on average) and when they thought they
ended (on average). Very enlightening to say the least. Overall they
thought they were "like, SO nice to old people" by thinking "old people"
had sex for "so long."
Here's the list so you don't have to squint:
Closed Mouth Kissing - Starts at age 5, Ends at Death
Masturbation for Boys - Starts at age 11.5 years of age (split between 11 & 12), Ends at Death
“Dating” - Starts at age 13, Ends at 16.5 years of age
Open Mouth Kissing - Starts at age 13, Ends at Death
Dry Humping - Starts at age 14, Ends at 50 years of age
Under Clothes Groping - Starts at age 14, Ends at 50 years of age
Masturbation for Girls - Starts at age 15, Ends at 62.5 years of age (split between 60 & 65)
Spooning - Starts at age 14.5, Ends at Death
Masturbating Each Other - Starts at age 14.5, Ends at Death
Oral Sex - Starts at age 15, Ends at 65 years of age
Intercourse - Starts at age 16, Ends at 75 years of age
Serious Dating – Starts at age 16.5, Ends at 55 years of age
Sex on Drugs - Starts at age 17, Ends at 30 years of age (intense
discussion about “level” of drug – we just went with “average drug use”)
Men Receiving Anal Sex - Starts at age 17, Ends at Death (intense discussion about Viagra here)
Casual Sex - Starts at age 17.5, Ends at 40 years of age - also starts
at 70 years of age and ends at Death (for those who are divorced or
widowed)
Love - Starts at age 18, Ends at Death (or “never”)
Kinky Sex (anything from sex toys to S&M) - Starts at age 18.5, Ends at 65 years of age
Women Receiving Anal Sex - Starts at age 19, Ends at 30 years of age
Rim Jobs - Starts at age 20, Ends at 65 years of age
Group Sex - Starts at age 20 (although some said 3-somes started earlier – orgies later), Ends at 35 years of age
Have Baby - Starts at age 22.5, Ends at 42 years of age (some said 40, some said 45)
Marriage - Starts at age 25, Ends at Death
Prostitution / Paying for Sex - Starts at age 30 (this was a VERY big
average – some said 18, some said 50+), Ends at 65 years of age
Divorce - Starts at age 40, Ends at Death
After
about eleventy million phone calls, a change in medications for a third
time, and a trip to the vet we were finally able to secure new pain
medication for Duke. There are going to be 4 sad doggies tomorrow when
all the floor pallets come up. Poor spoiled babies.
Last
night's party was a big success! Besides Daisy's upset stomach the only
other minor catastrophe was that we lost the lis to the tequila bottle.
Luckily we had an old agave bottle just hanging out. Hmm, convenient
was to spice up our coffee or tea?!?!
Ange's
birthday party = total success. We had 22 people in total--an all-time
high for Camp Awesome! My favorite part, besides seeing my babe SO
happy, was our Michael Jackson: The Experience 30 minutes of hysteria.
Of course I had to dance my booty off! So much funsies!
No we're definitely not moving back to Indy. But maybe this was a sign? Stay tuned.
My big teaching goal this semester was to amp
up my community health class. At the end of last semester my students
told me my lectures were boring and they never read the book because
they felt I told them all they needed to know. Not this semester. Lots
of activities, lots more moving around and doing things and less
explaining what's in the book. Today they had to go out and guerrilla
interview people. Which left me with a big, empty classroom. Ahhh, the
quiet. For 30 minutes anyway.
Late February. 73 degrees. Water Ski Team has their boat in the middle of campus. Hard to believe this is really my life.
Ange
made her first academic poster this week! She figured it all out by
herself and did a great job! Proud of my budding little geographer! Love
you boogie bear!
This is a little seed pod thingie that falls
off some trees around campus. Looks kind of like a puffer fish and I'm
here to let you know, just as deadly. It was chilly (by CA standards
mind you) and rainy today so as I quickly walked across campus I was
more concerned about staying warm and dry than about little time bombs
waiting to happen. Well the heel of my shoe stepped down on one of these
miniature boobytraps and I nearly flew off the sidewalk. Thankfully my
gracefulness was working today and I didn't fall down. After a quick
adjustment and a furious look around to see if anyone noticed (nope!) I
continued on my way. Whew. Disaster avoided.
Before
all the chaos of dog sickness my love made me pancakes for breakfast.
But not only did she make them for today, but for tomorrow through
probably the whole week! Our friend Laurie told us that her family makes
big batches of them on the weekend and then throws them in the fridge
for quick reheating later in the week. Genius! And now we have followed
suit. I do love the crap out of some pancakes!
I
love this sign at the Farmers Market. I'm actually surprised it doesn't
have more animals listed. There is a guy who walks around town with a
bird on his shoulder. We saw him at Walmart once. And a few different
people with different reptiles. That's just how we roll around here.
And not even the fun, sexy kind. The "Does
Lindsay has pneumonia" kind of Doctor. Prognosis: no pneumonia. But it
does sound funny when you listen to someone's raspy throat with a
stethoscope.
This is our little neighbor buddy Rufus. He's
just the cutest, sweetest, timid little guy ever. It took about a month
of time and lots of treats to make him our friend. But now that he knows
our cars = treats, he's our best friend. We met him a long time before
we met his dad...which leads me to the fact that his name is not
actually Rufus. His name is Logan. But when we met him we didn't know
that so we needed to give him a name instead of just calling him
neighbor dog. After a few months we met his dad. We told his dad that we
named him Rufus and he thought that was hilarious. And now when we talk
to him, he also refers to Logan as Rufus. Rufus is such a better name
for him. Logan is only good for a human or a pet wolverine.
...a student pleasantly surprises you.
Last semester one of my students asked for recommendation letter for a
scholarship at the last minute due to another professor dropping the
ball. She was a great student so I said sure. I wrote a nice letter for
her and sent her a copy after I submitted it so she'd have a heads up. I
didn't hear anything back from her but I figured it was the end of the
semester and she just got overwhelmed with school and work stuff. I
didn't really think much about it.
Today I was sitting in my
office working on some stuff and my student appeared in my doorway
holding a card. She apologized for not coming by sooner and said she
really appreciated my last minute effort on her behalf. We had a nice
chat and then she was off to class.
I have the best students :)
We
don't really celebrate holidays all that much in our family of 2 + 4
dogs. Ange trimmed some branches that were jutting into the driveway and
getting on my nerves and I stopped at the grocery store and picked up
some goodies for us. That's as fancy as we get. But hey! Nothing says
Happy Valentine's Day like half a powered donut smile! xoxo from Camp
Awesome!
I love when my students go all out on their projects--no matter how "small" or how few points it's worth. Good stuff.
While
we were in Chico today we decided to do a little mask shopping for
MasQueerade. This was my vote for Ange. She humored me for a picture but
eventually vetoed it in favor of another idea. Sad. I would have loved
to make cat jokes all night!
I
sure do love this woman. All we've done all day is cuddle and snuggle
in our jammies. It's been the perfect day. I could watch paint dry with
her and it would be perfect. She's the best.
There was a very large group of birds sitting
on top of the Health Center today as we walked to our building. They
were creepy. I don't particularly care for birds anyway and given it was
an overcast day they were looking at me all Poe-like. Ick.
Ange apparently thought this some e-card was SO me that she blew it up
and laminated it. It's going to hang proudly above my desk. Sadly, even
the not so subtle sign will probably not stop people from missing the
context clues of my eyeballs rolling back in my head and shutting up.
Continuing
with my spoilage this week Ange made me some Nigerian food this week.
When we were home for Christmas Mercy sent us home with some jars of
stew and beans. Ange whipped up some yummy beans & stew over rice.
It was so good! But it also leaked out all over my lunch bag AND on my
awesome work satchel my mom made me :( It's soaking over night but I'm
not very hopeful.
Since most of my day was crap, I decided I'd
try and focus on something positive that happened today! I finally got
my cameras for my LGBT youth visual research project! YAY! I can't wait
to get the cameras in their hands so they can start taking pictures! I
think this is going to be the most fun research project I've ever worked
on!
I'm feeling like shit on a shoe. I can't tell
if it's the outbreak of poison oak or if I'm coming down with a cold or
flu. The past few times I've had an oak outbreak I've felt like doodoo
for the first 24-36 hours while my skins and immune system kick into
overdrive. I hope that's it but just in case I'm loading up on zinc and
vitamin C. We'll see how I feel in the morning.
My favorite thing about my new party dress is
the pockets! This means I can carry my chapstick around with me and not
have to ask my babe for it for the millionth time and make her mad at me!
My face looks goofy in this picture but Ange and I have different
priorities about about the importance of photo shoots AKA she doesn't
understand that big girls need to take about a billion pictures until
every thing is just perfect.
We went shopping today around Chico. First the
farmers market, then Trader Joe's and finally one of the natural foods
stores in town. Ange has made a new pledge to only eat locally raised,
humanely treated meat. So the last place on the list has a butcher where
you can get said meat. I, on the other hand, got a giant deli pickle!
Yummo! I love giant pickles -- when we were little our parents used to
get us a ginormous jar of the them at Sam's Club that were called "Moby
Dills." Always cracked me up. The packaging they wrapped my pickle in
today also cracked me up. It was quite delicious!
We are being inundated with moths right now.
It's been happening for the past week or so -- I think it's associated
with the rains. At night you can see them every-freaking-where. When we
take the dogs in they swarm into the house and drive the dogs nutty. I
can't wait til we're done with this phase of the season.
We have 6 water bowls in this house. And yet?
None of them are apparently as delicious as licking water droplets out
of the shower.
I've
mentioned before but we're a two blanket household. Someone (who isn't
me) likes to burrito roll themselves in the blanket in the middle of the
night and leave me exposed to the elements. So the two blanket system
works best for us. This morning we each made our side of the bed but
were too lazy to complete the whole job. Meh, whatevs.
