poll of joy and wonder and joyment, Charrrrlieeee!

[stoney321]

Poll about pools! Yet another day of me being unproductive - except when it comes to finding out how fast I can get a pool put in so I can be MORE unproductive. \o/


[Poll #985893]

Guys, I have wanted a pool my WHOLE LIFE. Community pools and apartment complex pools are not the same. You can't skinny dip! You can't crank your tunes and bop all by your self! You can't casually shove the kids in the water and not get the stink eye from a 16 year old lifeguard! You can't have a POOL BOY. Oh. My. God.

Favorite time in a pool stories GO GO GO!! *bouncing with JOY*

ETA: I forgot to mention that I changed my LJ name based on this bit from Patton Oswald. Ahahahahaha.

Comments

[wolfshark]

Heee! I met my husband in a pool at a pagan gather :D

[stoney321.livejournal.com]

THAT THERE IS A GOOD POOL FIC. Now. Use your words and stretch that out. *wicked grin*

[wolfshark]

Weeeeell, it was clothing optional, and you can guess what we got up to in the pool after all the kids were asleep...

[southernbangel.livejournal.com]

WHY DO I HAVE NO GOOD POOL STORY?!? My life is so empty.

[stoney321.livejournal.com]

heh heh. NAUGHTY NAUGHTY. Which is what makes that story awesome.

[stoney321.livejournal.com]

BECAUSE YOU HAVEN'T COME TO MY POOL YET. We will MAKE good pool stories. (I have no good pool stories, either. Aside from almost drowning when I was 6.)

[cityphonelines.livejournal.com]

My pool stories consist of me sitting on the edge dangling my feet in the water and threatening anyone who even thought about pushing or pulling me in. I'm half black, do you seriously think I was gonna get my hair wet???

You must must must have the built in BBQ if you want to continue being a Texan.

[lettered.livejournal.com]

Swimming is the only thing I do physically, besides possibly orgasming and hair brushing, that I actually like. Okay and eating. I'm coming up with exceptions. What I mean is it's the only sport I like, and I could do it ALL day, every day, and if I could I would. I don't know where to go for a good swim; I'm thinking about shelling out for a gym membership just to swim laps but I have no money. GOD I LOVE IT SO MUCH.

The main pool time stories I remember are once when I was 12 and some old guy hit on me (only time I've ever been hit on. WEIRD), and when I threw the pool weight at my brother and hit him in the eye. HARD. But I still love to swim!

So anyway I hope you get a pool and that it's the one you want. And I think the concrete stuff can be really, really nice.

[fiveandfour.livejournal.com]

I see I'm not the only one who thinks you need to talk Mr. S into the JackDav three-way. I just wanted to mention that, while I wholeheartedly support the idea, y'all need to take a number, 'cause he's going to be busy with me for as long as he can't get out of the chains I've got him strapped into awhile.

::Clears throat:: OK, good we got that cleared up.

P.S. Enjoy the pool - sounds awesome.

[pernickety.livejournal.com]

Now you have all the info needed to build my perfect pool. :D

All my pool stories involve either nose bleeds or saliva, so I'll spare you. heh.

[southernbangel.livejournal.com]

Hahahaha, I thought of one, and it only goes to show how lame I am.

When I was seven, we joined the local JCC (Jewish Community Center) because they had a *kickass* pool and these delicious frozen brownies. (Okay, so my parents didn't join for the brownies but they were a tasty bonus.) ANYway, all summer I thought that by joining the JCC, we were suddenly Jewish.

Okay, not so much an actual pool story as another "This is why Lee is so dumb" story.

Like a chapstick entering the La Rey Caverns

[luvxander.livejournal.com]

Love the poll, was actually fun to fill out.

And OMG, how hilarious is that guy?

which I will now illustrate by pushing this uncooked cornish game hen through these grey drapes

I nearly burst stitches I don't have.

btw...love the Coreys fic.

[stoney321.livejournal.com]

Oh, laws, yes. DO NOT PUSH A SISTAH IN THE WATER, HELLO. I am not half-black or even a quarter black, but I am a Leo, and I do not like getting my hair wet unless I've decided that it's okay to do so. I stand in solidarity with you on that one.

And BBQ, YES PLEASE. I want a pergola with the supports in stone (hopefully to match the stone at the pool), and one support to have a built-in chimney and the BBQ on the side in the same stone. BLISS. Our neighbors have one similar and it's wonderful. Plus, fireplace in the winter + hot tub = AWESOME.

[stoney321.livejournal.com]

I'm not a good swimmer, but I love love love to be in the water. Like, ocean swimming with a kickboard is one of my favorite things to do. Take away the kickboard and people get nervous. Not. Graceful. :D

you should totally get a membership so you can swim! Especially if it's something that makes you happy, YES. (I worry about indoor pools and all that chlorine in the air. I'm looking at saline pools - it's like the ocean! SWEET.)

I'm sure you've been hit on othertimes - you're probably like most girls I know and don't REALIZE you're being hit on. Remember: men aren't the smartest. :D

[stoney321.livejournal.com]

DEVIL'S THREEWAY. I'll make sure he knows that it needs to happen, according to my scientific poll. :D

And I will leg wrestle you for JackDav, ferserios. OH! He's going to be on US tv in the fall on CBS as, get this: A MARRIED SWINGER. Yes, please!

[stoney321.livejournal.com]

Then you must fly to the states and come make new pool memories with ME! The only story I have was when we were on a family vacation, playing Marco Polo in the motel's pool and my sister dove over someone's head in the shallow end and landed on her nose. OUCH.

Game over!

[stoney321.livejournal.com]

I love silly polls! All polls should be silly, imo.

And Patton Oswald is one of my most favorite standups EVER EVER EVER. So funny.

Ooooh, yay! I'm glad you liked it! Seriously: how much did you lust after the Coreys when a young boy?

[luvxander.livejournal.com]

The Lost Boys was probably the first ever vampire movie that I saw, and I loved it so much. I can't say that I ever really lusted after Corey Feldman, but Haim was my one true love for a long time. I often fantasized about being at the mercy of he and Jason Patrick (older brother on Lost Boys).

I'm still looking for images of Haim nekkid. I may wind up having to rend Blown Away again to see it.

[stoney321.livejournal.com]

I never lusted after Feldman, but Haim? HOOO BOY. And if you can hold on until Friday, I'll have screen caps. My dvd drive blew out, so i've not been able to get caps to share. Heh.

[luvxander.livejournal.com]

Oh, I knew there were reasons I loved you. Which I do, and not JUST because you supply us with the pr0ns and nekkid mens.

[fiveandfour.livejournal.com]

OMG, I can't wait. Yes, please indeed.

P.S. again - I finally got around to reading your Corey² fic and I now I'm dying a little inside: the 80s references, the image of River and Keanu naked on pool floaties, the sadness of knowing where on the body to shoot drugs so people won't know about it...

[xochitl42.livejournal.com]

Okay, so it was a community-ish pool, but still. There was a palm tree (yay, Brownsville!) that had a low, shallow curve--soyou cuold sort of wakl up the incline. And THEN you could grab the older palm fronds, and swing like Tarzan.

...Into the pool. Oh, to be 10 again...

(Wish I had a NAUGHTY pool story. I'll hae to work on making one w/my Mister, once we're on the same continent again.)

[lettered.livejournal.com]

That's alright; I make people nervous whenever I wield a knife.

I do really like the saline pools.

I think I know too many girls who think they're being hit on every time a male talks to them. I find that annoying. I feel like they're objectifying both the males and themselves that way, I guess. I just assume everyone's intentions are completely innocent in that sense unless they sidle up to me and say in a creepy voice, your eyes are pretty, where do you live? Which that guy did.

[lwbush.livejournal.com]

Stoney, sweetie-

Go to here - http://www.harrynorman.com/Listing/ListingDetail.aspx?Search=eb714bc7-c82e-461e-a54b-9fd222736158&Listing=16059680&IRPAgentID=9462495&Image=1&First=31&Last=40&pagesize=10&SearchType=geographic&ListingDistrictTypeID=&FirstLetter=&Sort=6&Cookies= (And yes, that link is longer than seems possible), and view the perfect pool (thumbnail 7 of 8). If you like it, please buy my house.

I'm reduced to trying to sell my house via pimping it on my FriendsList. How sad is that?

[stoney321.livejournal.com]

I really want some River Phoenix RPS after "researching" for that fic. And by researching, I mean re-living my youth. (I'm glad I could kill a little of your soul, I mean, that you read it!)

[stoney321.livejournal.com]

Oh MAN. Isn't that the best feeling? My friend had a trampoline next to her pool and we'd climb up on the roof (oh my gosh) and jump off onto the trampoline and flip into the pool. It's a wonder we didn't break our necks.

(I don't have any naughty stories, either. I fully support your making some, however! *g*)

[stoney321.livejournal.com]

*cracks up*

If I had ANY DESIRE to live in Connecticut, I would ABSOLUTELY buy that house up. It's perfect for us. *sigh* And that's about what I want for a pool, right there. Swap out the red brick for flagstone and THAT IS IT.

Ack, i don't envy your selling the house. Such a headache. GOOD LUCK. (And really, it's so pretty that it HAS to sell.)

[stoney321.livejournal.com]

The thing I like about the saline pools is less chemicals to fool with (yay!) and it feels like the ocean, all bouyant and nice. Plus, it won't make the kids' hair green. :D

Ugh, I hate those kind of girls. Those are def. the kind I wasn't friends with. My BFF, the most unassuming human on the planet, was walking to work in SLC one day and passed a homeless guy. He perked up as she passed, so she figured he was going to ask for change. She reached in her pocket, grabbed a bill, and as she held it out, she said in a drunken stupor, "You a real pretty pretty lady. Here." And held his dick out.

I always found that touching. He was offering all he had to the "real pretty pretty lady." AHAHAHAHAHAHA*pukes*

[lynnenne]

Yay, POOL!!! *swims all the way to Texas*

[slackerace.livejournal.com]

I grew up with pools and had 'em until I ventured out on my own. Now I don't have a pool and I am sad. No tiki torches for me.

My parents are building a house and are installing one of them there negative edge pools. You should get yerself one of them. You're kids dont need know colledge skoolin.

Kids never grow tired of swimming. For hours and hours. In 10 years, they'll still be hanging out by the pool. In fact, they may never leave the house if you have a pool installed...

[lwbush.livejournal.com]

Connecticut might be nice - but I live in Georgia, which I'm sure you have no desire to live in either, but hey...

If I'm gonna pimp the property, I need to make sure on the off chance there's someone on you Flist who's just searching the comments for the perfect house (with pool) in Georgia, I want them to know it's here.

[stoney321.livejournal.com]

*admiring whistle*

That's some fine dirt swimmin', there, missy. :D You'll clearly have to come stay with me and drink tequila by the pool.

[stoney321.livejournal.com]

If I had a slope, I would TOTALLY get a negative edge pool. I just emailed entrenous88 that very thing! O_O

All of my friends had pools, so I swam a bunch as a kid, but it's NOTHING like having your own. This is the one I want. Now to meet the pool architect and see if I can have it...

[stoney321.livejournal.com]

I would have SWORN that the link said CT as the home state. *derp/headdesk* I do like Georgia, but I'm a Texan through and through.

And I have Georgians on my flist! And my husband has friends in the Atlanta area. I WILL INSTRUCT HIM TO PIMP.

[lwbush.livejournal.com]

Heh - if your hubby pimps and sells my home, I'll give you - an invitation to come and stay and swim in the pool before we leave? Both of you.

Seriously, I'd give you money, but I'm pretty sure it all goes to the real estate agent's commission...

[lettered.livejournal.com]

Omg. Stoney. What a terrible story.

I dunno. Some girls just think they're hot stuff, so they think everyone hits on them. But I know other girls who I think think that because they assume no one would ever talk to them except to extract something from them like sex. Ya know? Both things disturb me.

Oh! I have another pool story. In undergrad, they told us to get together to take a picture of all the fish in the dorm. So we did and the upperclassmen stood on a balcony and poured shaving cream all over us. So we snuck into the president of the university's yard to clean ourselves off. I was actually pretty displeased as I had dressed nice for the "picture" and the pants required dry-cleaning; it was the first time I wore them and they were ruined forever. But swimming in the prez's pool was fun.

[moosesal.livejournal.com]

Oh god. That video clip.

"His penis. Erect in defiance of God's will." I was dying. Thank you.

[slackerace.livejournal.com]

ooooh, that's a pretty one! I love the shape and how wide the shallow end is. And how far away from the deep end where it can get rowdy!

Are you installing that close to the house or further out? I like the shade that bringing it close provides, but if that's not possible it's still attractive either way.

I am gonna be living this install vicariously through you. Post all about it, along with pictures of the big ol' honking trench they're gonna build.

[slackerace.livejournal.com]

That's my favorite part. I need to incorporate "erect in defiance of God's will" into an icon.

[moosesal.livejournal.com]

That will make a great icon.

[stoney321.livejournal.com]

It'll be fairly close to the house. I want a pergola over the patio and against the house, so I can practically hop out of the door and into the water, NIIIIIIIICE.

I'll be picspamming you for sure! *g*

[stoney321.livejournal.com]

I fucking LOVE Patton Oswald. The cornish game hen through grey curtains about killed me dead.

[moosesal.livejournal.com]

Yeah. And the way Conan quickly pushed his chair away from Patton when he said that. I was just cracking up.

[lumenara.livejournal.com]

I was watching the clip through, trying to guess which phrase you'd picked, but as soon as he said "failure pile in a sadness bowl," I knew it was that one, because that was the single funniest line in there, hands down. I couldn't retype it without laughing.

Also, I realized that I've seen him do that first bit before (to my horror). I much preferred the second part, though I couldn't pick out most of what he sang.

[dancetomato.livejournal.com]

"grotto" so you can freak out about your kids necking when they're teens. If you pick this, you FAIL.

I totally picked this without remorse. Forget the kids. YOU get to go necking/snogging/shagging in the grotto with me Mr. Stoney!

[stoney321.livejournal.com]

HEEEEEEE!

*sets up sexy candles and Barry White music for Come Hither clues*

[stoney321.livejournal.com]

Ahahahaha! He's so funny. "Um, we could give you all of that, but separately and on a plate so you can eat like an adult with dignity?" AHHHH I LOVE FUNNY PEOPLE!!!!

<3 <3 <3

[anelith.livejournal.com]

You're going to have an awesome pool! We're all going to live the decadent summer pool life vicariously through you, you know... So live it up! We expect nothing less.

I am not a good swimmer, but my biggest problem as far as pools go is that it have to be hot hot HOT before I enjoy them. Which means Texas is the perfect place for a backyard pool. I rarely go into the pool at the club here. I enjoy sitting by the pool while the kids swim, but the water's just too cold for me to stay in there for longer than 10 minutes, even in July.

Then of course there's the beach up here, where the water's so cold that the minute you step in, your bones start to ache. I've acclimated to the point that I can wade in up to my waist and stay in for a few minutes, yay...

[stoney321.livejournal.com]

Heeee! I WILL live it up! I'll live it up so hard... I have a pool man coming out Monday to give me an estimate and get the ball rolling. *bites nails*

I'm not a good swimmer, either, so I hope to improve that by having a pool I can make an ass of myself in without an audience, you know? *g* The kids are all three great swimmers, so that's good for them. I like sitting in the pool, too. So pleasant with the cool water and the warm sun... But here it's not too cool. It'll be almost bathwater warm come August. But as the outside air will be triple digits, an 85 degree pool is still soothing. :D

When I was at Jackson Hole, the locals would go swimming in the lake - the same lake that was frozen over on MEMORIAL DAY. I jumped in on their advice to just "get it over with quickly" and jumped bak out with a headache the likes I'd never had before. NO THANK YOU. I'm used to warm weather, and that's how I like my water: 75-85 degrees. ANything colder and I'm not getting in, yipes!