Manly men?

Manly Man? Part duex redone
5 teenagers
4 lovers of the arts
+ 1 lover of the sports
= a interesting summer and a confused individual (me)
I am a man. Well at lest the last time I checked I was a male and I pretty sure nothing has changed since then. But yesterday (and today) I acted (if you could call what I did that) in a play. Now some people have asked me “Why?” And well I don’t really know why I decided to show up on that day, probably because I thought that I would get sound/audio thrown on me no matter what, so might as well plan for it. But to my dismay/horror I became “Al” and on my way home I was totally freaking out, thinking to my self, me act? yeah right, I never have acted before. So day one of practice I was thrust into a world that I never had wanted to be a part of (guys wearing makeup, playing dress up (that’s how I viewed it) and God knew what else happens for plays) and felt totally out of my league (still do but that doesn’t matter). Here I was, a kid who only was thinking about how long till football starts (the count down has began!) (Big Wahoo from me) with almost people who spoke English but I had no idea what they (Sara, molly, Jw, Emily) were talking about. (Not that I claming I do now in fact I think I’m worse off) Well it took me a while to “fit” in this confusing group, then came the makeup, I was like no way, guys do not wear makeup, but I was outvoted and got some coverup (I think) eyeliner, which was ok I guess differently not the worst that good of happened, but next came the line that I thought I would never cross and that was lipstick. But again I was outvoted, and the whole time I hated it. Here I was dressed funny with eyeliner and lipstick, LIPSTICK!!! How do think I felt. But back to the point after the play was done I thought that I would feel gay (not the happy gay either), I was shocked, I had realized that I had fun, I had fun in what I thought was one of wimpiest things a man could do, so I naturally assumed (remember about assuming things) that I would hate acting, and I will say that I was wrong, I had fun and would like for a chance to do it again. (Maybe a plane to somewhere sequel?) And yet am I less of a man, I believe not, am I more of man, maybe, but I have learned what the other side is like. And while I realize that I really could fit in with that crowd, I have a lot more respect for the people in it.
Me
Just a thought: All the time I here about how the “world” has corrupted our view of women and how we try to make them into something that they aren’t, but why is it never brought up the same fact applies to guys as well?
Disclaimer: I hope that by reading this you have never got any false hopes, I still plan on watching the m’s win the world series, West Virginia battling USC in the BCS champion ship game, and watching the football season take off. So in other words, I am and always will be a sports fan and that aint going to change with just one play.
Listing to: Franz Ferdinand’s Take Me Out.