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Hello , what a nice crotch you have there , mate
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This ad caught my eye while flipping through I.S Magazine ( Nash , Shelly's hubby is a graphic designer for them !! ) .

By the way , the model's abs look quite scary . Its almost like a dented keloid scar !

I was laughing so hard to myself that my concerned hamsters pressed their noses against their glass cage to look at me ( yeah right ) .

Note that the brief itself is not a penis-enlargement device .

The main purpose of it is to make them look bigger than it actually is !

Hmm. The push-up bra equivalent for men perhaps ?

Gee , i don't know the purpose .

I've never , nor heard of , women checking out crotches the way men check out cleavages .

SO WHY THE HELL ARE THEY MADE FOR?!

Even if there ARE people ( read : Gays and women with erm , special preferences ) who check out crotches , i don't think that the difference is enough for them to garner a second glance simply because its gonna be hidden under all those denim , cotton and what-have-you , unlike cleavages where at least low-cut tops will do the trick.

There are no pants that cater to the exhibition of crotches , no ?

At least , i hope not.

Interestingly enough its being sold at this shop called NewUrbanMale , where the sales staff are notorious for er , preferential treatment despite the fact that there is a women's section in the shop although menswear make up the majority .

With T-shirts bearing the slogans "All men go to hell. That's why i'm not going to heaven" , "Don't just eat bananas" and "because life is not a straight line" , its obvious about the agenda of the shop itself.

Oh wait. So thats what its being made for -

Quote from the designer of the briefs

"This line ( of underwear ) is targeted at men who care as much about how they look getting undressed as they do while dressed"

No , don't get me wrong. I'm not homophobic.

In fact , i'd like to consider myself bisexual . Well , its another story altogether.

But i would get really nauseous if my date turns up wearing something like this



I don't care if you have a nice chest ! That is irrelevant to me.

It might look really good on some men , but i really am unable to appreciate V-neck tees on men.

Its disgusting , really.

Neither can i stand sleeveless tops . For casual wear ( i.e chalets , soccer etc ) , yes , but not during a trip to town .

And of course , NO TIGHT FITTING TOPS .

Or bottoms , for that matter.

I don't know why . Heh.

Metrosexuality is fine by me , a well-groomed guy is aesthetically pleasing but go easy on the apparel will you ?

I think i'm too late in addressing the recent "Ban gay parties ! They increase the number of AIDS carriers"

Headlines of The Straits Times. So bloody embarrassing !

Came out of a minister's mouth some more.

I find it damn stupid la. Come on , there's no proof that every gay fucks around .

Even so , they are not stupid . They know unprotected sex is damn risky.

They know that AIDS is much more easily transmitted through anal sex.

They've been there , done that . Seen more of the world than you , Mr Minister.

While you were being cooped up in some cold university classroom studying Political science , they were out there learning how to be streetwise.

Sure , the New Paper on Sunday had a very titillating picture of men openly having a mass orgy of sorts during Zoukout 2000. ( Blurred of course ! )

But what does that prove?

Maybe the fact that gays are more liberalised. And ?

Nothing else. Its an open secret about what goes on in gay relationships.

Not to sheltered ministers though.

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a life of death
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Caught this short film on arts central's shortcut just now.

Synopsis from the website :

"Throughout the 20th Century, and now into the 21st, wars have been waged all over the globe under the banner proclamation that conflict ultimately leads to world peace. A Life of Death presents the cost of this irony by poetically answering the question: What is the price of lasting peace?"

It was so poignant that i cried my eyes out even though the film was only like 7 minutes at most .

Very very beautifully executed .

The poem even more so .

Excerpts :

"What was the price of lasting peace ?
The ( seventh powers of ten ) times three"

"My little brother cried at night
But i assured "No need for fright.
There cannot be but peace on earth
We've paid full price for what its worth"

Darn.

I want to make a film as powerful as this.

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Listening to : Embrace - Gravity