on hot showers...
I always take hot showers (if possible). Not just the warm type of hot, but scalding hot... the hot that tickles your pain receptors... the hot that colors your skin red... the hot that steams up the bathroom mirrors until you can't even see your reflection...If a shower isn't that hot, it doesn't make me feel clean... no matter how much soap and shampoo I may use. Maybe it's a psychological cleansing, as well... one that often requires a small dose of pain. But the real pain is in cold showers -- pure torture, which I can't handle. When forced to (for lack of heat) I made miraculous leaps into and out of the shower every 5 seconds.
Some have told me that my habit is unhealthy -- damaging and drying to the skin... not to mention the fact that my gas bill will be through the roof! Still, there is nothing more cleansing or refreshing than stepping out of the shower a slight shade of pink and wrapping myself in a robe to keep in the heat as long as possible.
// posted by an abuliac @ 3:58 AM
