Let His Body Be Your Guide

So I just found out the reason why gyms are such good places to work out. Of course you're surrounding by people like you who are desperately trying to get into shape but sometimes you might find yourself in the presence of someone who already has the body you want. Call him inspiration.

I've been drooling over one increasingly muscle bound freshman since the beginning of the school year. But after not seeing him for a while he seems to have rediscovered the gym. The expression on his face when he's working out is breathtaking because you can tell he's giving it his all. What he took away from me as far as oxygen I certainly made up for in adrenaline and testosterone. When I caught sight of him my energy spiked and I found myself going faster and burning more calories per minute than I have ever done before. I've been working out for sometime so that's quite exceptional. Not only did I break my own record I literrally was off the charts, the machine couldn't even keep up with how much I was burning and wrapped back around to zero.

The crazy part is that even though my pace and cal/min leveled off they still remained amazingly high. Despite all of this I didn't quite break my record for calories burned during one session (He didn't come until I was 90% complete) but this might have been the best I've done this school year. Maybe people would lose more weight if when they worked out they had a little more inspiration. If you're gay, guys like that might not just represent the body you one day hope to have yourself but the body you want to have, period. So maybe we should place hot guys in front of us while we work out...just a thought.

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I was just inspired to write a poem while walking around outside and enjoying the rare warm night. I don't think it's that good but I'll still share it. It's only my first draft and I might change later on and give it a title.

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A cool breeze caresses my skin and fills me with warmth,
The stars gaze down on me out of a cloudless sky
and the grass caves in beneath me,
Still soggy from the Winter Snow.
The air is both refreshing and heartbreaking.
I am filled with shadows of memories I can not yet ascertain.
And my heart groans with some long lost pain.
The streetlights generate a warm glow,
the bare tree branches form a hallow around them.
A bell reverberates in the distance, heralding the beginning of a new day.
A semi hisses to a stop before continuing it's lonely journey.
A couple rests against each other on a bench in the distance and I realize my own loneliness.
I wish I could stop and for a moment just be,
but my legs carry me forward...and the bell continues to ring.

Guy of the Week: Christian Chavez

So finding a guy of the week really isn't an easy thing to do but this week it was a piece of cake. It's Sunday and I already found the perfect guy, Christian Chavez. Now most Americans probably won't recognize that name, and neither did I, but Christian is part of a Mexican boyband called RBD. I chose him as my guy of the week not because I find Mexican men with Orange hair to be a turn on but because this week Christian did something very corageous, he came out.

Now, he might not have had much choice, he was photographed in Canada exchanging vows with his boyfriend, but he is still the first major Mexican star to come out of the closest. In such a staunchly Catholic nation that couldn't have been an easy thing to do. Personally, I don't know how it was that all that surprising. I mean look at his hair! And it's usually dyed pink. Come on!

But whether it was obvious or not, whether he was ready to or not he's out there. And he might prove to be an inspiration to millions of Mexicans struggling with their sexualities. So yeah, he's a cutie but this time that's not the reason he's my guy of the week. It's because I want to show that there are people out there who recognize the barriers that he has just broken and who wish him the best of luck...I think he just might need it.

How Do You Make Up After You Break Up?

So maybe I haven't broken up with anyone but it kind of feels like it. Friendships can be our most intimate non-romantic, non-familial relationships and they share many of the same features. If you think about it, your significant other is just a friend with a few more benefits and expectations. For any relationship to survive, trust is essential and when that is lost...it's only a matter of time.

Unfortunately that's exactly what has happened to me. I'm still furious over the circumstances of the fall out but I'm not focused on that anymore. As I move from depression to acceptance I wonder what happens now? In a place as small as Oberlin we're going to be seeing each other constantly. So how do you stop hurting each other? How can your wounds heal if the people who caused them are constantly there?

The relationships that I always found most difficult to get over is the ones where the person somehow remained in my life. And studying abroad excluded, I'm probably going to be running into them pretty often for the next two years. I'm not ready to forgive, and I can't forget. I know one day I'll be okay and maybe we'll even be okay. I'm not expecting things to go back to normal, nor do I necessarily want them to, but I hope there comes a time where I can see all of those who have hurt me in the past...and feel absolutely nothing. And that day can't come soon enough.

Guy of the Week: American Idol Contestant Sanjaya Malakar

So I hear he can't sing, so what! Even though Sanjaya Malakar's performance on American Idol has gotten less than stellar reviews (I have no opinion myself, I've never watched the show fully) he managed to stay in the running as the field narrows to 20. And the reason why he wasnt eliminated despite the fact one source declared that his singing was the most memorable this week but not in a good way? Because he's cute! I did my research and realized that Sanjaya is only 17 but that is above the age of consent.

I've got my fingers crossed that adorable Sanjaya will rise to the challenge before viewers wise up and give him the boot. If they're are like me, however, right now they are much to captivated by his beautiful brown eyes and luscious locks to pay much attention to his voice. It's about time we had an attractive male idol and after Taylor Hicks that shouldn't be too hard.

Disclaimer: Before any Taylor Hicks fan sends me hate mail, I was rooting for him, so don't you worry.