Remember When Body Hair Was Sexy?

Click here to see a larger version of the picture to the right. I
decided to write something about this picture because I think it is a picture
of an old roommate of mine that I will call John. The tell tale signs are
Nascar, a hairy back, and Dale Earnhardt's number 3. Those were all things that
John spent most of his time focusing on. The other thing that gave it away is
that I sort of feel sorry for the guy in the picture as I used to feel sorry
for my roommate John.


You see John had a lot of body hair and he was always fixating on it. He would
trade favors for "back shavings." In other words he would fix someone’s
computer on the condition that later on they would shave his back. One time I
came home and found John shaving his legs on the living room couch. After we
had a little talk, John ended his shaving his legs on the couch routine and
discovered some chemical's on the Internet that guaranteed effective body hair
removal. All that did was move his hair shavings from the living room to the
shower. At least all that hair was easier to clean up in the shower.


What made me feel sorry for John was the fact that he had come of age in the
90's rather than the 70's and early 80's. You see in the 70's and 80's John
would have been an Icon; the ultimate sex symbol. Those were the days of Burt
Renolds in "Smokey and the Bandit", Tom Selleck in "Magnum
P.I", and David Hasselhoff in "Night Rider". Those men wore
their body hair with pride. Back then men were allowed to be men. Now those
same men who were idolized for their unbuttoned shirts, and jungle like body
hair are forced to hide what was once their trademark. Today women want men to
be more like women: silky smooth and hairless.


The pressure is so great for men to be hairless that even the once mighty David
Hasselhoff has been forced to groom his body hair. He is no longer the manly
man he used to be. Now he looks more like his young body waxing co-star's.


Now personally I think this hairless men expectation is getting a little out of
hand. Why do women want men to look like women anyway? I don't know of one man who
wants women to look more like men. I don't know of one man who wishes that women
were hairier.


Still John does have a few rays of hope to hold on to. First, there are women
out there who are still fond of the sexy men of the 80's. In fact from the looks of the picture, John has already found
himself one of these women. Second, trends tend to repeat themselves. Why not
grow some body hair to go with latest Throw Back Jersey?

Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?

Hmmm... Lets see. Well not much is "Going On". I added some new functionality
to this site that allows me to archive old pages and display links to those pages
in the nav bar.



Oh yeah. There is the matter of the baby. We went to the doctor on Monday, and he
informed us that if Steph does not have the baby by Saturday then he will induce her.
It's looking like she will be induced on Saturday.



What else is going on? A quick look at MSN reveals an article
that my boss is sure
to be talking about an article named "5 Habits of Millionaires".
An interesting "fact" from the article is that "Among the most generous of millionaires are those from North America, who are,
according to a Merrill Lynch Cap-Gemini report, two to five times more likely to
give to causes they value than their European counterparts."



My Boss fancies himself a future millionaire, so I am sure that he will be examining the article quite closely and
changing his life accordingly. ------ Joey

Why This Site Exists

SEEWHATSGOINGON.com is a site that Stephanie
asked me to set up so that people can see pictures of our baby that is due on
December 8th 2003. We have already picked out a name (Maci), and Stephanie has
already picked out all of the outfits she is going to wear for the next 2 or
three years.



Besides being a site for pictures of our baby, I thought I would also post some
things of interest to me. I have owned this domain name for about 3 years now.
It used to be a site where you could go and see what is "Going on" in
Provo UT where Stephanie and I met. However, the place that was hosting the
site (for free) shut it down about a year ago, and since we no longer live in
Provo I thought I could use the name for something else.



So other than pictures of our daughter, I will probably use this site to write
about some of my various opinions on different topics, and post pictures of
some of my various activities.



I have promised a page to someone I know who is developing a comic strip. Hopefully
it will be funny. I have not seen too many comic strips that are actually
funny.



I have spent a lot of time trying to come up with the design of the site. I
used to run a web design company with my roommate Cory Lorenzen (you might
recognize his name from the credits of some very popular movies) and my brother
Andy. Thus, I thought it was essential to come up with a website that didn't
show up on anyone’s "Ten Worst Websites" list.