Queer eye for the uberqueer guy?

A recent visitor/friend jokingly commented to me: "Gosh, if there was any doubt about your gayness, one just has to survey your bathroom !"

So thats what i did.

This is what i discovered. OMG, I AM GAY!!!

Products:

For the Face -
Neutrogena Deep Clean Cream Cleanser
H2O Marine Toner
H2O Black Ice for Men Antioxidant Face Hydrator
Gillette Edge Shaving Gel
Aveda Purifying Mud Mask
Carmex Lip Balm
Yves Rocher Chamomille Eye Gel

For the Hair -
Alterna Caviar Shampoo (ok, these were given to me by my hairstylist friend and the leave my hair feeling soft and full of body)
Alterna Caviar Conditioner (see above)
con-text PP Pliable Paste - its a sticky waxy paste like substance. The hair does NOT move when i use it.
Black Ice for Men Styling Gel (i'm fresh out as of this morning ...)
Biolage Styling Spritz

For the Body -
Vaseline Intensive Care Aloe Lotion (its dry here in the winter, moisturizing is important)
Aveda Indigenous Hair and Body Shampoo (i'm running low and it's been discontinued apparently.. ack!)
H2O Body Buffer
Cocoa Butter Bath Oil
OMBRA Lavender bath and shower gel.
Aveda Hand Relief - hand creme

So there you have it.

I really didnt think i was that gay because i know other kweens with a heck of a lot more products that I've got but i guess compared to my dad and my straight brothers, i'm on FIRE!

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The return of buffitude

The other day, a friend and I were having some drinks (Little Boomey Cab Sav, if you really need to know) when we bumped into an old colleague of ours. OK, he's not old but we worked together 12 years ago. My gawd, he is twice the size he was back then! Sigh, I used to have such a crush too. He's happily married now and is apparently making the big bucks so I guess that counts for a lot.

Anyway, this got me thinking (again) "why do so many guys let themselves go post marriage??" I find that as we age, the guys who were athletic and buffy get all soft and round and the ones who were soft and round get trim and fit, the ones who were skinny wimps get all buff too!

Coincidentally, I read an article about body image in gay and straight men which got me thinking even more. The article claims "The study found that heterosexual and gay men ... were equally likely to have unrealistic body images – meaning they want bodies that are difficult or impossible to achieve – or to have a distorted body image, in which they misperceived their actual shape. " So in other words, the body ideal is sought after equally in gay as well as straight guys? When I look around the gym, I guess it's true to some degree. I would say that 75% of all the guys at my gym are doable (and definitely straight) but I have yet to figure out who the homos are. The buffest of the buff wear the most revealing shirts. Exactly, who are they trying to impress? They certainly arent talking to the women there. Now don't get the wrong idea, I am not at the gym spending all my time cruising instead of working out but I have to admit the eye candy is pretty darn good.

Another observation, guys of similar buffness (buffitude ???) stick together.

A friend said to me, "i'm amazed that you get any work done with all that eye candy??"
My response was, "simple. I use them as incentive and try to keep up with them or do whatever they are doing... 'i want that doods arms, that other doods shoulders, that one's abs, the other one's chest ... etc. etc.' " Honestly, with so many people glancing at you, you pay attention to what you are doing so as to not look like a fool!