Misconstrued Thoughts : Yesterday's Misconstrued Thoughts Today

Ok Tre...I'll give you an instance of REALLY having to defend being, how you say? "The Metro"?

Mallory confessed to me that while at a spa she commenced to have a conversation with the staff telling them that she thinks her boyfriend could be, "The Metro". After explaining to them that I do indeed exfoliate and am normally well put together in my dress and grooming, the gently lisping loafer lighteners broke for deliberation.

Their verdict?

Well, lets just say that we won't talk about it here. Yes...not here (slowly removes shiv from back of pants loop, and wide eyed, thumbs the hand-sharpened edge to test it's bite...)

Yes...not here.

D.A.

you exfoliate? My lord boy...?

You my friend need to journy on a Jeremy Myers hiking trip extrodinair ... one where the smell on the 4th day will help you realize what being a man is about... where you will grow to appreciate the sweat of your brow, where you will grow to appreciate the pain enduced on yourself...

a world foreign from the plastic fictious world we now live...

...Or we could have a Metro Contest... I propose these contestants.

Tremain, DA, Javann

Yes thats right Javann... I don't let those scars on your arm hide your true feelings...

"I told D.A. that I thought he might be Metro, and, well...he didn't deny it." - Mallory concerned voice.

"So, it turns out our flight to New York isn't til next Tuesday." - Mallory puzzled look

I've done hiking. Don't need it in Summer. I like nature, and don't mind the old limit testing, but if you don't have to sweat, I don't see why you should.

Don't.

Fall, in my humble opinion, is the best time for the outdoors. No allegies, nice, crisp, sweat free weather, nights cool enough to really enjoy fires, and lots and lots of whiskey.

Mmmm....whiskey...

D.A.

Oops, missed a few things:

Getting back to nature from the plastic world is definitly needed and approved by your humble narrator. I prefer abandoned buildings, but to each their own. After a while, every person needs some fresh air and lack of powerlines, however.

As for exfoliation, my nasty, greasy, tendency-towards-horrid-razor-burn, combination Italian skin needs caring for. I wish I could shave with a piece of glass and wash my face with lye, but alas, the poor fella can't take it and I am terribly self conscious about it.

Sigh. Yeah. I'm gay. Well, except for Mallory. She's aces in my gay deck of cards.

D.A.

I'm pretty sure you have to do more than exfoliate and have good fashion sense to actually be metro. We're talking like getting wax jobs, manicures, pedicures, regularly coloring your hair, and maybe even having epicene mannerisms, and all while being strait. That's Metro.

I mean, I put lotion on my face after my showers but that doesn't mean I'm metro, it just means I don’t want the skin on my face to peel. Caring about how you look: not metro. Caring about it so much that you take some or all of the steps listed above: quite metro.

Wait, wait, wait. . .I refuse to stand idly by while a man is being mocked for taking care of himself. Maybe some of you other "manly" men should learn that showering and smelling good is not a bad thing. Since when did body odor equate to manliness? That's disgusting dude, and while I love nature, if you can't enjoy nature without smelling like the back end of a bear in the woods, then you, my friend, are an extremist. Yes, I use body spray, yes, I shower before I leave the house as a rule, and yes, I have more shoes than I can wear in two weeks, so what? You keep exfoliating D.A., and you use that shiv for anyone who thinks otherwise.

I agree fall is the best for hiking... but even in the depths of winter you'll find sweating is what happens...

and the beauty of shaving with glass.. you have to build up to it.. I used to be there... as a teen ager I shaved daily ... shaved dry... built my skin up to it... but now.. ha impossible...

I still propose a contest... i think it will involve 3 weeks in the Montana wilderness...

and Javann... you don't love nature. Come on...

...and a previous quote from Javann...

"I'm not Metro, Tre is Metro."

So since he doesnt do everythign that Jon mentioned... that would place Javann still on my side of the argument...

hmm interesting (misconstruing words... and thats what its all about...)

This is philip mispronouncing panini -
"Oh, that is that I want to eat pantys for supper"

I had to preface this with an explination

ok, so when Jerm was working at the convention on the sound, he was pulling some phone wire through the celing and a big cement chunk almost fell on his head... reflecting on that moment Jerm said: "That would have been really cool if that did fall on my head"

"Quick move it while they safty guy is not here" - Tre talking about moving the roll around scaffolding at the QB

"Zzzzzzz" - the safty guy sleeping on the steps of the stage at the QB (we have a picture)

My favorite quote this week:
"Oh yes, one more thing, they have to be dead"
D.A's talk on Saints

And the whole Metro thing:
I don't think there is anything wrong with a guy wanting to smell good or taking personal pride in how they dress. But I will say if shower to out the door time ever exceeds the average female's time you've certainly crossed the line from conscientious groomer to obvious Metro.

good defenition ange.. actually i think there has to be an equation... i think it should be half the time of a girl at least... and thats still cutting a thin line

See, I'm not Metro. I once showered with 4 other guys and got dressed all in 12 minutes. Well, we didn't shower together but 5 guys showered and dressed in 12 minutes. That's not metro. Now, sure I like to take care of myself. I even use Dove body wash because my skin is very sensitive but that doesn't make me metro. And my closet and shoe collection is starting to fill up but that's just good fashion sense. I think to the common slob looking at guys who do take care of themselves, we are metro because they are so far into the slob world anything that isn't dirty is either metro or gay. Exfoliate you skin DA, Javann continue to shave your legs, Jon put on that face lotion, and I'll keep using Dove. We can all do so and be comfortable.

I use dove to... it makes the shower easier to clean...

and for those not familiar with the showering with 4 guys, here it is...

http://www.misconstruedthoughts.com/newblog/archives/000320.html

I use Dove, too... as far as I'm concerned there's no other kind of soap out there. It's gotton so bad now I actually have to travel with a little bar of Dove cause I can't handle anything else.

Yes, Ange, good point. So what's the average shower to door time for a girl? And half Jerm? Half that time? Come on.

Dove eh? Don't use that. But I've been known to wash my face with noxzema. And I've been doing that since I was eleven.

And Tre, I don't shave my legs. I have alopecia. Thanks for making fun of my disorder though.

I usually take 15-20min in the shower depending on if I need to shave or not. So according to you Jeremy a guy should only be in there 7.5-10 min. Hmmmm...I guess that's not to bad. I mean most of you don't have a lot of hair to wash (excluding DA) and then a lot of guys don't use conditioner, just shampoo.

I have to say the metro man doesn't necessarialy(I don't think i spelled that right) bother me. I just don't want him to be prettier than me. But there's nothing better than when a guy is well put together at the meeting. oh and smells good too. That's great!

You ever wonder if Moses and the Israelites ever had a conversation like this? "Look at how he always grooms his beard. It's like he can't leave the tent without putting SOME genuine nard on his head...but the man sure can dress! He has a new outer garment for EVERY Sabbath!"

Then again they wouldn't have called it being 'Metro'. what WOULD they have called it?

This reminds me...I gotta scalp cleanse tonight.

D.A.

They would have called it... Babelish... right? tower of babel was the first attempt at a metropolitan area... correct?

Funny stuff...

ah ha! yep you're right!

Babel-Seksual...

"I mean most of you don't have a lot of hair to wash"
Thanks Autumn for making fun of those of us that are follically challenged.

Shaving the face does take time too, but I am not usually in the shower when I do that... that might add to the equation...

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See, there you go Tremaine 2 other guys who posted on here use Dove. So I guess it answers your question about guys using Dove. Its not weird.

Honestly.. I never thought about skin benefits, my mom just taught me that it was easier to clean a bathroom if you use dove... I remember one time I got lever 2000 because it was on sale... man talk about some work to clean up a bath room!

I think everyone should use dove, you'll find your life is alot more easy!