NO SHOES ON THE CARPET!

After about a year and half living in my friend Yao’s house, I have decided to move into my own place.  I am leaving the West County area and heading back to my old stompin’ ground.  I’m going to lease an apartment for a year or so as I get ready to buy something.  Its a pretty nice apartment and I’m excitied about living by myself and no longer have to worry about conflicts with other roommates or living situations.  I sign my lease on Wednesday but probably won’t move until next week.  I need to buy some furniture unless I want to sleep on the floor, which really isn’t that comfortable.  I’ll throw some pictures up once I get in and settled.

I also put my two weeks resignation notice into my second job, last day is the 14th, just in time to be off for St. Pattys Day.  I am definately looking forward to it after missing out on Mardi Gras and since last year was a blast.  Drinking starts in the early morning and goes until the late night.  Feel free to join us.

…..I thought I would share with you a wikiHow of the day, How to french kiss.  Here are ten basic steps to get it right and get it good:

1. Freshen your breath. You never want to have bad breath when you are about to kiss someone, whether the kiss is a French kiss or not. Because your mouth will be open in a French kiss, fresh breath is especially important. Practice good dental hygiene. Carry mints with you if you think there is even so much as a hint of a chance you might kiss. Avoid foods that leave an unpleasant aftertaste or residue, particularly garlic, onions, milk, and corn.
2. Moisten your lips. Dry lips do not move well together, but you do not want them to be dripping wet either. Just a light brush of your tongue over your lips will be sufficient to moisten them. A little bit of lip balm can help, too, but be warned, lipstick can be awfully messy so blot before you kiss.
3. Angle your head. If your mouths meet dead-on, your noses will get in the way, and you will not be able to kiss deeply or smoothly. To avoid this, tilt your head slightly to one side. Make sure you do not both tilt your heads to the same side.
4. Close your eyes. As you approach for the kiss, look into your partner’s eyes, but, once you are close to theirs, close your eyes. It can be a bit of a turnoff to be kissing and going cross-eyed .
5. Start with a gentle and soft closed-mouth kiss. The French kiss is an open-mouth kiss, but do not lunge in with your lips agape like you’re going to eat them; instead, open your lips very slowly. If you were learning to speak French, you would probably start with the basics, vocabulary and grammar, before trying to write poetry. Well, the French kiss is like the poetry of kissing, and before you can be good at it, you have to master the closed-mouth kiss. Even after you have added French kissing to your romantic repertoire, it is usually better to start a kiss with closed lips.

Read the rest of the ten steps, and some other points here.

xkcd.com