MasculineCurves

the iArt of exhibitionism...

One of the coolest things about the Instagram app is the plethora of male IGers willing to exhibit the goods in exchange for comments, compliments, and "likes". Here you get everything from the artsy and visually stunning to the prerequisite torso-in-bathroom-mirror shot. I sure hope Facebook doesn’t mess this up when they takeover the app. If you’re a voyeur, like me, then here are just a few hottest dudes you might be interested in following on Instagram:

the social network

So it seems as though my travel schedule of lately is preventing me from keeping regular updates on this blog. I still have not had the time to sort through and post all the "guydar" shots from my San Francisco trip last month, and I'm already on the road again. This week I'm at an undisclosed location in South Carolina (not really undisclosed, I just like to keep things mysterious around here).

Anyways, I left Cleveland Monday afternoon, and as you can imagine it was a long drive from there to here. Being a weary traveller (and not wanting to drive in the dark) I made it half-way to my destination and when the sun went down I checked into a Red Roof Inn somewhere in Virginia. Which brings us to the point of todays post.

Checking in on Grindr is a guilty pleasure whenever I'm travelling. Although I never have intentions of hooking up with anyone I'm always curious to see if there are any hotties close by. I find it particularly interesting when I'm travelling through small towns. Small town guys are part fantasy and part relative for me. Having grown up in a small town pre-Grindr I can only imagine how this app has revolutionized the gay scene for the good 'ole boys. 

Another dimension of my obsession with this app is doing screen captures on my iPhone of hot guys in my path. That said, I found this dude's profile (full pic after the jump) particularly fantastical for my small town adventure. To set the record straight we did not hook up or message. I just saw him pop up on my my screen and thought he was hot! Who doesn't like a marlboro man on a horse? Check him out after the jump.

Mo Kiddo

I suppose I'll start a blog tag called "hot guys I found on Facebook." I love how Facebook has these new algorythms that suggest people I might fancy "subscribing" to. Apparantly, the Facebook bots know my type. His name is Mo Kiddo, and he's a 21 year-old from Antwerp Belgium living in Beverly Hills. And yes I subscribed. 

P.S. While I haven't set my Facebook page to allow subscriptions yet, you can always be my friend.

how you doin'?

I'm traveling on business this week and while I'd never hook up with someone on Grindr (probably not) it's always fun to login and see who's nearby. Like this dude who hit me up with a "How you doin," message this afternoon. I didn't respond, but I am very flattered that I'm able to capture the attention of the twinktastic social network.

the social network

 

So let this be a warning to anyone who posts a pic on the social network. It can and will (most likely) wind up elsewhere on the web. Especially if you're a hot muscular commercial airline pilot. But I decided to have a little mercy by concealing the identity of this navigator of the friendly skies who I found yesterday morning just 1.8 miles away from a meeting I attended out near the airport. I've never actually "hooked up" with anyone from GRINDR, but it is a fun curious distraction when you're sitting in boring meetings. And airline pilots are oh so sexy.... Now shouldn't it really be called GRINDM instead of GRINDR. Sound it out... get it? ha...

all in the family

The unidentified guy in this pic is a cousin of mine whom I met on facebook a while back. I don’t recall ever meeting him in person, although it’s possible that we may have crossed paths at a family reunion years ago. We were able to determine we are cousins due to the coincidence of having several mutual relatives on our respective friend lists. After a few email exchanges we discovered that his father is my grandmother’s brother (my grandmother is one of 16 siblings so I probably have a hundred or so cousins I’ve never met). 

I was quite impressed when he posted this recent pic to facebook. It’s from his preparation for a bodybuilding competition in Puerto Rico in which he participated in over the weekend. What’s amazing to me is this dude is 50! Quite honestly, this body would be stunning even on a guy half his age.

I chose to conceal his identity because he seems to be quite the family man according to his facebook profile and I don’t know how he’d take to being objectified on a gay blog. But in reality, I’d love to photograph him for my art. That could take some convincing and might come off as a weird request coming from a stranger, let alone a cousin he’s never met. I was adopted, so it’s not as if we’re blood cousins (if that makes it any less weird). No one in my family knows about my secret identity as a desperate artist, so if I were to ask him to pose for me it could blow my cover. Oh well... I have to admit I am a bit fascinated and inspired by this family member and I can’t help but to wonder if I will ever get to meet him in real life.