I'm "That Guy"

I just ate at Cookies & Co. again. I ate there last Wednesday (see previous post), Thursday, and maybe even Friday, too, but I don't really remember. So good, so right, so pathetic.

So I got outed again last night, but this time it was about having back hair. And in front of the woman I'm dating, who has certainly not seen me with my shirt off, yet. (Sidebar: unlike some people I know, I don't take my shirt off on a first date.) I'm fully aware of the disgust American women have for back hair on men, but what am I to do? It's not like I ordered it when I ordered my chest and leg hair ("I'll take the Hair Package, please"). I got what I got, and if I have to have hair in unattractive places in order to have it in attractive places, well then I'll just deal.

Plus, it's more common than women think, and I know many many men, including the models you women see in magazines and in movies, who have back hair. They shave, wax, dipilate, electrocute, and/or trim in order not to be found out.

So I raise a glass to men being Men, and not to trying to fit into the rather perverse image of looking like a pre-hormonal, prepubescent teen in order to be attractive.

Here's to a testosterone-full life!

In other news...

Good Lord, talking about back hair. Lessee... I saw part of Jeff Foxworthy's standup act the other night while I was studying for my music history test (more later), and he gave redneck definitions of words. For example, "initiate". Usage: "My wife ate ham, initiate her dessert." Another example, "Wijja-dijja". Usage: "You didn't bring your truck wijja-dijja?" I laughed out loud.

I'm going before my church's Session (ruling elders) tonight to request that I come "under care" of the Presbytery. This is part of the discernment process in having an outward call to be a minister of the Gospel. I have felt the inward call for the past few years, and it has been confirmed again and again. This is the next step as I seek whether and when God would have me attend seminary.

Let me anticipate the question: "How many degrees do you need?"
Answer: Just one more.

I hope to launch the website for Near The Cross in the next two weeks. I will let y'all beta test it and make suggestions. FYI, there will NOT be a comment wall on it. I've learned my lesson.

Until next time, may the words of your mouths and the meditations of your hearts be acceptible in His sight.