cimorene

alright, i got an email forward from my aunt that sort of bothered me. ok, well, i have no objection to beefcake as such, even though most of the time it doesn't particularly interest me (as i find such large bulky muscles offputting, and vastly prefer slender pretty boys like lij and orli). it's--not precisely homophobia, maybe, so much as... heterosexual-centrism (not that that's a word). but anything this gender-specific about sexual attraction bothers me. note how it not only assumes women will be interested but also that men won't.

hmpf.

Here is a visual-perception challenge for you. See how quickly you can find the dogs in the picture in the attached JPG file. Read the text below before looking at the picture. Typical comments by people taking the test:

1. "I couldn't see a dog and I stared at the picture for a good 10 minutes."
2. "I think it is one of those pictures where you have to stare at a certain spot and then everything comes into focus, but it never happened to me. I'll give it another try
later."
3. "I almost didn't find the dogs at all!"
4. "There is a dog in this picture? Where?"
5. "This must be a joke; there are no dogs in this picture."

Men seem to do better at this than women, for some reason. The following are average times for men and women: Women - 12.46 minutes Men - 1.23 seconds

Hint: The dogs appear to be white with black spots. Good luck and happy hunting!