The other day my friend Evan and I were talking about getting into shape and vanity in general. It seems to me that any type of exercise outside of every day activities or for the maintenance of health and utility is simply narcissism. After a bit of discussion I decided that I’m comfortable with that. After all, we (for the most part) spend so much time telling each other and ourselves that we are defective in some way and that defect keeps us from being beautiful. Whether we obsess openly or in the closet there seems to be some aspect of ourselves that we wish we could change. But is the act of trying to change that aspect vanity, particularly when you are content/happy in every other aspect? Well, in my case, yeah it is. And I’m okay with it. I like that I tan to dark reddish-brown. My wife seems to enjoy it as well. I’m also thankful that providence dropped the 2 pieces of workout equipment that I would need to help improve my doughy physique right in my backyard. With a little help from our friends we may actually reach our goal of fighting ninja-jedi-robots this year. Now, that’s gotta be a good thing.
There is a downside however and I’m not talking about that stoopid strained elbow I got or even the chance of melanoma. Nope, this, like so many of the dumb-ass things I’ve been involved with, is entirely my fault. After it was decided that vanity was a-okay with me, I decided to do something about my tan-line. You see, there is now a stark difference between where I am tan and where I am not. Okay, the solution seemed simple enough: sunbathe with less than the accustomed pieces of swimwear. But before this could happen, something had to be done about the pasty-white area underneath. You see, on men, this area is rather ugly and often hairy. Well, there was nothing I could do about the ugly, so off I went to take care of the hairy. Nothing too radical, just what’s referred to as a porn-star haircut. All seemed to be going well until… well, let me just say that there are some places on the human body where mentholated shaving cream should NEVER be applied.
Sigh… well, we live and we learn, ja? Stoopid vanity.
Thursday, July 13, 2006
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I just want to add, using triple medicated Gold Bond powder in that area is similarly unwise, especially if chafing is involved.
I have absolutely no idea what you're talking about. Maybe a picture would help? lol j/k Really, I'm going to assume you just didn't go at this gung-ho without researching first. Right? In all honestly, I had been considering a little pruning in that area myself until I read more and decided I was chicken. So... you are a far braver man than I, Gunga Din. Just in case you didn't happen to find anything useful oneline I'll throw a link your way. Also, I heard that shaving with hair conditioner seems to make it a bit easier.
http://www.wnn.nu/UK/hairremoval/pubic_hair3.html
Btw- Sorry to gunk up your comments area with a deleted post, but I was jealous of wolfman's avatar and wanted one too.
Conditioner does help a bit, but I always seem to have a tiny bit of problem everytime I attempt this same feat. But I suppose with narcissistic vanity comes a bit of self-sacrifice (heh) and more than bit of trauma. The pains of beauty are endless...
have to agree with the conditioner comments.
I've successfully used Nair w/o burning too, though that's supposedly anomolous. Ditto regular shaving cream--stuff w/ aloe and/or vitamin e for the skin is better too
I agree with Shel picks would help lol. miss you, Gen
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