Wow you like all types of music? Prove it!

Wow, fantastic! You really like pretty much everything?! Quite the wide range of tastes there friend!

I'm really sick of reading how people say they like "pretty much all types of music." What an extremely broad statement to make. If it were true, I'd commend you on being extremely open and diverse in your musical interests, but alas, it usually is all ignorance.

"What? How is saying you like all types of music, ignorance?!"

Hold on there sport, I'll tell ya.

Let's take one of aforementioned persons who claims to like all types of music. One thing I see pretty consistently is the following:

MUSIC: Rap, R&B, Pop, rock, pretty much everything! LOL!!

First off, stop typing "lol", it makes you look like an idiot. Secondly, a heaping four genres do not comprise the entirety of the music universe, giving you allowance to use the phrase, "pretty much everything". Why is it that people who say such naive things usually list their primary forms of music digestion as Rap and R&B?? (Rhetorical)

When I encounter such a person on the topic of music, I usually first congratulate them on having such an open mind, then proceed with my usual disarming:

So, do you listen to Country?

"No, I don't really like Country"

Oh. Well, do you listen to Progressive Melodic Death Metal?

"Huh? I don't like anything heavy with the 'rah rah rah' (makes silly growling sounds) stuff in it."

I see. Well do you enjoy Cajun Zydeco music?

"I've never even heard of that!"

So you don't actually like ALL TYPES OF MUSIC DO YOU!!!!!

People, it's okay to enjoy a certain type of music, or a small number of bands/genres. There are many things I don't enjoy myself. But please just acknowledge that there are more styles of music out there then what you can find on the radio and MTV. The moral of today's story: Stop saying you like all types of music. You are wrong.

Dating, Love and Physicality - an editorial

I've really come to feel disappointed in today's social morals and standard practices when it comes to dating. It seems to me that the majority of people in this generation seem determined to rush into physical intimacy as soon as hormonally possible. Sometimes as soon as the second, even first date.

Is romanticism dead? It truly feels that way to me more so these days when I observe my fellow men (and women). Such notions of romantic love seem to almost be shunned, viewed as if a toxic substance. Yet it is these very same ideals that I've embraced from a very young age, only to grow older and find out that a good portion of people today do not subscribe to these same principles.

And no, I don't blame society for what it is and what it wants to be, this is my personal problem. Maybe I've just been raised differently, but I've always viewed sexuality and physicality as being something with actual meaning, not something that is given freely to almost anyone. In my humble opinion, it devalues it. Sexuality for me denotes that something serious is happening in the relationship, regardless of what some people think.

Sometimes I feel I'd actually feel more comfortable a hundred years ago when dating was courting, and things were much more moralistic and proper. Obviously, this would come with it's own set of downsides as everything does, but I feel my mindset it more a kin with the ideas of romance, then blatant soulless sexuality.

There you have it in short. My current observations on all this silly stuff. I'm sure this bursts all of your collective bubbles on me being the rugged manly bad ass from Flavor Country. Sorry.

The stigma of long hair

This is becoming quite frustrating. What you ask? (You actually didn't ask anything, since this is a purely one-sided text-based dialouge).

I was surfing through Match.com the other day, trying to see if there were anyone of worth in Denver, when I made a startling discovery. It turns out that anytime I came across an attractive looking woman or a woman who sounded remotely interesting/intelligent, I also came across the following:

TURN OFFS: Long hair

TURN ONS: Everything about you in every single way...except for your hair.

Yes, The second one is completely falsified by me, but it's pretty much the point I am discerning from this. Apparently, long hair (on a man) is very, very bad. Now, I've seen some guys with horrible long hair before, but I didn't realize it was a universal opinion held by all women.

My conclusion is this: when people (see: females) see a male with long hair (even when it looks nice and is well taken care of), they automatically assume one of the following options and dismiss them:

A) He is a hippie
B) He is a 'goth' guy
C) He is a metal guy

Regardless of what you might think. I do not consider myself any of these previous options. I'm just a person who grew his hair out. I thought it looked nice on me, but perhaps I'm wrong.

Here is my question to you: is it possible in this day in age, to just simply be a regular man who just happens to have long hair? It seems to me, no. I'm not really complaining about anything, mind you, I'm just observing what I view to be a general standard. Which does kind of suck, but hey, most guys with long hair I've met, I usually don't like either, and they tend to fit one of the above mentioned categories as well. Email me and let me know what you think about this topic.