just hotness...

       forgive me this rather insipid post, but i'm currently feeling the need for a little lightness in life. things have been a bit too heavy, including myself, but the current exercise routine seems to be sticking and i'm happy for that. so...

       earlier this week a friend (straight, no less) and i were contemplating the aesthetics of and the current social pulse on... chest hair. he seemed to think that it was out, and he gave a vague (but mostly accurate) reference to the majority of models and celebrities who prefer the depilatories. i acknowledged his point but asserted my opinion that the pendulum is beginning to swing in the other direction. i, personally, find it quite appealing if kept trim, but the chest itself makes a difference, and neither would i say no to a smooth one (especially the ones pictured below). then this week on the savage love cast, dan proclaimed that chest hair is back in (which makes it official). ryan (my friend, not the one below, unfortunately) took the news happily because he didn't plan on shaving anyway.

    
(l-r) hairy: hugh, ryan; smooth: brandon, rusty. click to make 'em big.

       so what do you think? is hairy back? and which do you prefer?