girls are gross too

it's no secret that boys are gross.  seriously. i've seen them blow their nose into their hand and spit on the floor.  gross.  also, the last time i looked into a boy's refrigerator i found weeks old pizza (all dried out in the box) and all sorts of moldy food.  double gross.  boys have their virtues, i'm just not convinced that cleanliness is one of them (of course, there are exceptions).  it dawned on me yesterday that perhaps it's our fault.  we make it too easy on them.  we see these nasty habits, chalk it up to being a boy, and clean up after them.  shame on us.  i kinda feel like maybe all these gross boys are just waiting for a girl to come along and take care of it.  unfortunately, it doesn't really work like that.  turns out, girls are sometimes kinda yucky too.  case in point: my refrigerator. today i was cleaning out the fridge in my apartment.  simple task right? WRONG! i started with the freezer and ended up filling an entire trash bag with food that belonged to people who had moved out before i had even moved in.  6 months ago.  i then proceeded to empty the refrigerator.  i filled another trash bag with food that belonged to people who had moved out months ago and/or had expired.  i thought i was making some really good progress, the shelves were cleaner, more organized, looking great! imagine my surprise when i removed the drawer at the bottom of the fridge (because i'm thorough like that) and found this:

 

GROSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

what you are looking at here is a disgusting mess seemingly made by a leaking bottle of maple syrup.  it may have been something else entirely, i didn't bother to smell the substance in order to confirm its origin.  the sponge i was using made absolutely no progress leading me to explore other cleaning implements.  the most effective option? a stick.

yep. a stick.  see, that's the thing about a refrigerator, it makes things cold.  cold=not so malleable=very difficult to clean.  approximately 1 hour later i had finally eliminated the icky mess at the bottom of the fridge and replaced the drawer. the moral of the story? sorry guys, girls are gross too.