This weekend, my sister-in-law came up from Vermont to visit and while it was a great time, it certainly was odd having a woman around the house. <\/p>\n

It meant that nighttime trips to the bathroom included some sort of pant-wear, it also meant that the door had to be shut, much to the anger of the kitties. When you have two guys living together things tends to de-evolve into pantless fart machines. Having a guest makes that all the more painfully obvious.<\/p>\n

One morning I was feeling mischievous and I ran from the bath (freshly showered) to our bedroom, nude. No one saw me even though I knew Syl was in her room reading while SharkBoy was somewhere else in the apartment. I was safe.<\/p>\n

Suddenly, I heard footsteps coming towards the bedroom – ah here comes SharkBoy, I though. I also thought it would be funny to flash him some man-bits as he walked past the door, seeing how the taboo of naked was 24 hours strong and the act would garnish some prudish kind of indignation reaction. <\/p>\n

I start to whip my hips side to side, fast, to make DeadRobot Jr swing in the breeze. I raise my arms over my head, the backs of my wrists touching, like Marylin Monroe. Flap flap flap.<\/p>\n

…just as Sylvie crested the bedroom door. <\/p>\n

Our faces were like mirrors. Our eyes locked first and then hers went down. Mine went wide. We both screamed. I launched myself into the closet, gasping for breath between the screams and the laughter.<\/p>\n

“YOU’RE NOT SHARKBOY!” I yell.<\/p>\n

“MY EYES!!” She yells.<\/p>\n

We’re family now.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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