housework r us
ok, hands up, who likes to do housework?
yeah? thought so.
apart for Bree, the prototypical homemaker (housewife is an evil, evil word in our age) in Desperate Housewives, it's hard to find anyone who genuinely enjoys mopping floors, washing dishes, keeping the house from becoming hades, complete with dust devils.
no, i'm not talking about washing the dishes that one time and saying it's a 'therapeutic' experience, but doing it day in and day out.
however, i have to say that i really enjoy ironing.
lest it be confused with pumping iron, let me state that i enjoy pressing iron (to clothing that is, not to warm flesh...)
there's something primeval about adding water to the iron's reservoir, coiling the electric cable like a whip and turning everything on, before the gush of steam jets out of the iron's vents.
the best part i think is when the iron is pressed onto the clothing and the wrinkled cloth is transformed into the smoothest fabric and it just feels so great against the skin.
i've even gone to the extent of ironing my pillow cases and sometimes towels too.
if you've never tired it out, go do it once and see the difference.
the smoothness is comforting and the ironing process leaves a particular 'heat' scent on the cloth.
of course, the type of iron is important as well, i've been using my trusty 'black and decker' for the last 5 years or so and it's served me well.
i particularly like setting the ironing board in front of the tv and going through a couple of hours of recorded programmes. then again, the shows have to be somewhat light entertainment. watching Akira Kurosawa's Kagemusha
(a Japanese take on Shakespeares' King Lear) or Zhang Yimou's wuxia (Swordfighting) feature House of Flying Daggers would require my full attention. My linguistic capacity in Mandarin and Japanese leaves a lot to be desired. So too for dramas which are really top class like HBO's prison drama Oz
or cop drama The Shield or circus freak drama Carnivale. For these series, i have to sit down, do absolutely nothing with attention riveted to the screen.
otherwise with almost everything else, it's just happy ironing with eyes glued to the moving pictures, and a keen awareness of where the iron is at, where the clothing is located and pretty importantly, where my fingers are at.
happy ironing all!
yeah? thought so.
apart for Bree, the prototypical homemaker (housewife is an evil, evil word in our age) in Desperate Housewives, it's hard to find anyone who genuinely enjoys mopping floors, washing dishes, keeping the house from becoming hades, complete with dust devils.
no, i'm not talking about washing the dishes that one time and saying it's a 'therapeutic' experience, but doing it day in and day out.
however, i have to say that i really enjoy ironing.
lest it be confused with pumping iron, let me state that i enjoy pressing iron (to clothing that is, not to warm flesh...)
there's something primeval about adding water to the iron's reservoir, coiling the electric cable like a whip and turning everything on, before the gush of steam jets out of the iron's vents.
the best part i think is when the iron is pressed onto the clothing and the wrinkled cloth is transformed into the smoothest fabric and it just feels so great against the skin.
i've even gone to the extent of ironing my pillow cases and sometimes towels too.
if you've never tired it out, go do it once and see the difference.
the smoothness is comforting and the ironing process leaves a particular 'heat' scent on the cloth.
of course, the type of iron is important as well, i've been using my trusty 'black and decker' for the last 5 years or so and it's served me well.
i particularly like setting the ironing board in front of the tv and going through a couple of hours of recorded programmes. then again, the shows have to be somewhat light entertainment. watching Akira Kurosawa's Kagemusha
(a Japanese take on Shakespeares' King Lear) or Zhang Yimou's wuxia (Swordfighting) feature House of Flying Daggers would require my full attention. My linguistic capacity in Mandarin and Japanese leaves a lot to be desired. So too for dramas which are really top class like HBO's prison drama Oz or cop drama The Shield or circus freak drama Carnivale. For these series, i have to sit down, do absolutely nothing with attention riveted to the screen.
otherwise with almost everything else, it's just happy ironing with eyes glued to the moving pictures, and a keen awareness of where the iron is at, where the clothing is located and pretty importantly, where my fingers are at.
happy ironing all!
posted by andreww at 7/28/2005 10:58:00 PM
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