As far as those rags like Glamour, Madamoiselle, US News, and that tripe, besides a desperate whack-off when I'm away from home, I don't have any use for them.
But working 40 hours a week is a funny thing. I manage to stay pretty busy, but there are always times when I browse random sites. MSN.com is one of those sites, and you would be amazed as the absolute crap they link to.
And when I say 'crap,' I mean, 'stuff that is appealing at 3:30, and I've got an hour and a half before I can go home, and I've busted out of online poker for the day.'
So I end up clicking on stupid articles about cheating men, good pickup lines, as well as other slop that teach women that men are terrible.
But this one I found to be interesting. It's about seven things a guy has in his room, and what they say about him. Which is utter shit, but we'll get to that in a moment.
What disturbed me is how much my bedroom looks like the generic douchebag room that they set up for the photo shoot.
The room in the article:
Here's my bedroom (contain yourself ladies):
I always thought my room was fucntional, yet stylish, the typical room of a single guy in his mid-twenties. But I didn't think it fell into the category of the typical guy in glamour, who incidentally is the type of guy that women hate, because the magazine paints them as such.
Let us examine this further. I will show the picture from the article, followed by the description from the article, then the pic from my room, and my response.
The pictures were taken from my room as it was when I got home from work the other night. No doctoring whatsoever.
#1 - Unmade Bed
He might be a mama's boy. Bet she used to make his bed for him.
Look here cunt. I don't make my bed. I've never made my bed, unless I'm staying at a guests house. My mom never made my bed, and I don't know what the big hubbub is about making beds anyway. It sucks, and I hate sheets that are tucked in.#2 - Plant
He's nurturing. A plant's not a person (or a pet), but it's a step. 
Complete horseshit. I like plants because they look good, and they seem to add a freshness to the room. It has nothing to do with nurturing. If it was, I would be in trouble, because my plants die all the time.#3 - Guitar
He's old-school. No "Guitar Hero" for this rock star. 
I'm not old school. I don't even know what that means. I do know that my guitar is much cooler than the one in their picture. Score one for me.#4 - Weights
He likes his arms. And hopes you notice they've grown a millimeter. 
These were left in my room when I moved in, and a don't really use them. And I don't give a shit if you notice anything about my biceps. My penis growing a few millimeters, you better notice that.#5 - Scattered clothes
He's not so anal. Did his ex get custody of his dresser?
I'm not so trendy as to have folding chairs in my room, but I do have a loveseat. Unfortunately, I don't have a sweatshirt showing my trendy unvisersity (though the picture of the whole room does show a Va. Tech hoodie on the chair, scary). I don't use my dresser because it's a fucking pain in the ass. The loveseat is right there.#6 - Decor
He thinks of himself as an adult. As in, he has actual decor.
This is where it gets a little scary. Right down to the shoes on the carpet. While I don't have that stupid black and white carpet, I do have a bamboo-looking thing that covers the raggedy floorboards. I don't, however, think of myself as anything close to an adult. If anything, I'm a big child that likes to drink and swear. So there.The last thing was something about hanging up personal pictures. I don't have any photos up, and the only thing personal on my wall is my college degree.
This whole thing was a disturbing exercise to say the least. I have six out of the seven things in this Glamour "typical guy" room, and while I don't use anything for it's "intended" purpose, my room does look similar enough to make me want to change.
I hope you enjoyed this little photo essay as much as I enjoyed putting it together. Which is to say, not at all.
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