SoooaP

I was thinking today about soap bubbles, and how much I like them. Needless to say, I was thinking in the shower. i just started to wonder in the middle of my shower why I like them so much. First off, I think we all know I'm a sucker for isolation, and what better way to be alone than in the shower? (No dirty jokes, please.) I like all the hot water, the steam, the way shampoo smells and how it gets all lathery in your hair, the way conditioner makes your hair so slick it's almost slimy... all of it.

Especially soap bubbles. I read an article once on how soap actually works - something about lipids and how they break down granules of dirt or something. All I know is that they smell nice, are super soft and (obviously) clean, and they get absolutely everywhere but all you have to do is throw water on them and they're gone. And sometimes they keep on coming, like the neverending stream of soap bubbles. I'm not talking like a lame bar of soap, here, I'm talking body wash and a loofa - maximum soap bubblage. I always use too much soap and end up having so much extra bubblage I have to run the loofa under the running water just to try to get rid of some of them.

I love that word - soap. I like to say it in my head the way Shirley Temple would say it - something like, "SooaP," with a pop at the end where the "p" is a little staccatoed note instead of an actual letter. I love the way it smells, too. When I think of soap, I think of the way Irish Spring smells, or Dove. I don't actually use bar soap, because it's definitely not lathery enough, but it's definitely got one of the best smells. I just smell either of those brands when I hear the word, "soap" - I think they're what my mom buys. I would say that soap in general smells good, but that's not always true. Sometimes companies put all these awful scents together and call them therapeutic - I honestly don't know how soap could get more therapeutic than the classic, brand-name sudsy stuff everyone can buy for like a dollar at the supermarket.

I like soap.