No human emotion can be sustained indefinitely.

Wednesday, April 30, 2008

Last Sex with Bex

Well friends, this will be my last Sex with Bex. It has been a wild ride of intense and hilarious questions, research, and writing. I hope that all of you have been inspired or intrigued by something that came out of this column. Hopefully it's made your world a little more sex friendly and a little more sexy in general! I've managed to answer almost every question that has come my way over the past two years... the only one I couldn't find the answer to was whether or not a person is able to have an orgasm while in a coma. I assume that since people are able to have orgasms in their sleep, or dream-gasms as I prefer to call them, they would be able to have orgasms while comatose. The internet proved unhelpful as it only gave me articles about "how to fuck yourself into a coma", "multiple orgasm comas", and "ejaculations so strong you'll go into a coma". Not so helpful. I suppose I'll leave you all with that mystery to research for yourselves!


As exam periods start up I hope you're all planning a little sexual stress relief. Feel free to think of me as you procrasturbate your studying!

Dear Bex,

I've heard that you're not supposed to brush your teeth before giving oral sex? Is that true? If so, why?

-Minty Fresh

Dear Minty,

The first time I heard this I assumed it was because the intense mint flavours in some toothpastes might irritate a partners genitals if you went down on a person immediately after brushing, but I was recently watching Sex with Sue, and she said otherwise. Tooth brushing often causes little rips and tears along the gum line, so if you brush immediately before giving oral sex, your risks of contracting STIs is hugely increased because vaginal fluid or semen can go directly into all of the little cuts. Interesting! Just so you know, if you need to, there doesn't seem to be a problem with brushing your teeth afterward... though depending on your timing and attitude you might offend your partner!


Dear Bex,

I've been experimenting with piss play in the shower with my partner and I'm pretty sure that some may have gotten in my mouth. I know that thing about how you can drink your own urine something like seven times before it is toxic, but what about drinking someone elses urine?

Pee Pal

Dear PP

(Haha pee pee). It seems that if you and your partner are healthy and free of STIs, there's not a whole lot of danger in ingesting each other's urine.

You should be aware that urine tends to be acidic, and since it is a waste product of the body it can contain bacteria and toxins, though it is mostly water based and relatively sterile. Urine contains trace elements of many things like nitrogen, potassium, sodium, and undigested alcohol, and even toxic substances like lead or arsenic. It can also contain trace amounts of drugs that a person has taken, though likely not enough to affect the pee drinker.

Water sports are generally harmless, but if urine gets into the eyes, nose, mouth, or open sores it could cause a lot of irritation. It could also conceivably transmit infections. If you drink a persons pee or it enters your body through a sore, it is possible to pass on a urinary tract infection, Hepatitis B, chlamydia, and even herpes because they all maintain a presence in urine. Also, people who have autoimmune disorders (including HIV/AIDS), diabetes, kidney problems, high blood pressure, or other major medical problems might want to enjoy their golden showers without a taste test in order to avoid possible infection. (TeenHealthFX.com, http://www.goaskalice.columbia.edu)

Basically, take care of yourselves and get tested, if all is clear then no worries! I would also recommend drinking a lot of water before playing so that your urine will be more water and less concentrated body waste. Have fun with that!


Bex,

So... is it lazy to use a vibrator? What d'ya think?

-Viscious Vibes

Oh Viscious Vibes, no, I don't think it's lazy to use a vibrator! In fact I think I feel more lazy when I choose not to use a vibrator!

Think of all the effort it takes! You've got to pick which one you want to use, take it out of your toy box, if it's out of batteries you've got to change them, then you have to pick which setting you want, grab some lube if you need it, get the right angle going, have an orgasm... and then in your deliciously relaxed post-orgasmic state you have to get up, clean your vibe, and then put it away! SO MUCH EFFORT!

Don't feel lazy about using your vibrator! Embrace the vibe and recognize how much rewarding work it actually takes to give yourself pleasure. And every once in awhile make sure you give your fingers a little lovin' too!

Monday, April 28, 2008

cold gloomy goo-loph day

Well I'm finishing off my last long weekend in Guelph before everyone moves. It's gone fairly well. My room is very much dismantled and I'm agonizing over furniture decisions... but I guess it's a good thing.

On Friday I had ice cream and slept over at the Lang's so that on Saturday we could wake up, hit the market one last time, go to Egg cetera (where I had the Arriba... and I should have gone for Mexican eggs benny), then Nomi, Tama, Jack, Dani, and I went to the art gallery on campus. This has been a goal for awhile, so we made it happen. Around the gallery is a sculpture park, which was the best part. Langs and Jess and I walked through the sculpture park quite a bit in our Watson days, but hadn't been there since. Dani was very excited, and Jack mounted a horse sculpture. Excellent.

The inside of the gallery was a little disappointing since most of their displays were down to accommodate a dance show that was taking place that evening. We looked a bit confused when we entered into the gallery and a woman came up to ask if we knew where we were going. Clearly we didn't. She led us up to the second floor where the first exhibit was, and then started knocking on the door of Studio A. We thought perhaps there was another display in the room, so we waited. An dancer woman came out, glanced at us smugly and asked the woman who had knocked "Do they need to change?". She looked at us for an answer and I blurted out "We're just here to see the gallery." The woman who had led us upstairs got all flustered and told us that they were waiting for a dance troupe of five people. It would have been awesome if we had just went with it and put on an impromptu dance rehearsal.

I slept Saturday night at Jess' and then Steve came in on Sunday so that we could hang out and do some packing together. Right now I'm dreading the bus ride back and work tomorrow. I feel like I need to just spend a few solid days here packing, but I'm going to have to leave it all half done. I'm feeling very weirded out about packing up my house. I like the space that I built here for myself with the other Box girls. The fact that I won't be building a new living space with them is scary.

Thursday, April 24, 2008

Dear Prudence

Today I get to go to fashion school! It's exciting, and also makes me worry about what I'm wearing. I've had a shaky ridiculous week involving many tears and insecurities. Luckily grade sevens make you feel really good about yourself... oh wait, they hate everything. They'll think I'm cool soon enough... maybe.

Tuesday night I was a big mess. I called Steve crying (which is a rare occurrence compared to a few months ago when I used to call him crying every day) around 10:30pm and he came to pick me up. We drove and I cried for a while and then we ended up having an adventure involving Niagara falls at 1:30am and a disposable camera.

Today is our 2000th day of being together. We like that.

Wednesday, April 16, 2008

mating dance

This past Sunday my team delicious lunch had a wonderful walk to raise money for MS. Thanks to everyone that helped me raise $549.35. Yay! My team all together raised something like $885, which is way more than I ever expected. It was great!

I've accomplished a few things on my to do list this week, but I'm feeling a little off. I guess changing seasons will do that. My brain is giving me a hard time, but I'm doing what I can to keep it together.

Last night Steve and I learned about a bird called the Lyre Bird who lives in Australia (I'm pretty sure) and has an amazing tail feather mating dance, but is most impressive because it can copy any bird call that it hears. It can also copy human sounds like chainsaws, traffic, and camera clicks and motor whirrs. I was totally impressed by the camera noise. It was even in my dreams last night. Go look it up!

Sunday, April 06, 2008

Wandering Shoes

I'm currently in Guelph and a little chilly. I've been working on plans today, and though I've booked some time off for myself this summer, I'm feeling a little concerned that it's not quite enough. Nothing beyond May 31st is set in stone yet, but it's getting close.

I'm starting to get that funny jittery springtime feeling that can either be really bad, or really good. I'm feeling motivated to wreck, burn, and purge. My dreams have become busy again. They border on disturbing, but they are definitely not as bad as they have been, but I think twice before sleeping even though I'm constantly exhausted.

I'm feeling restless and tired at the same time... I don't quite know how to reconcile it.

Friday, April 04, 2008

April 13th is comin' up! Start your Pledging!

Hey Everyone,

For the first time ever I'm participating in the supercities walk for MS on April 13th and I would be incredibly grateful if anyone is able to donate a few dollars. Also, if anyone would like to join my team Delicious Lunch (as we will be having a delicious lunch after the walk), I would love that! Just head to www.mssociety.ca go to the supercities walk, and join!

If you want to pledge online head to here(which will hopefully work) and pledge me or my team.

This means a lot to me.

Thanks!

Wednesday, April 02, 2008

doggy lovin'

I just let my dog out in the backyard to run around while I make tea. I love that beast. He is hilarious! He keeps coming to the door and scratching like he wants to come in, and then when I open it, he crouches down and launches himself away running as fast as he can to the furthest point of the backyard. He clearly wanted me to come pretend to chase him, so I just spent ten minutes in my backyard in my bathrobe and running shoes pretending I was trying to catch a small dog. I look like a crazy person, especially because I'm laughing out loud. He's staring at me at the door right now clearly trying entice me to come out and play.