Modest is not Hottest

The phrase "modest is hottest" has been getting to me recently. If you take a step back, you realize that that is not it at all. As I've thought about this phrase more, I've realized that it is inherently a contradiction.

Let me explain. I've been asked before about what I consider immodest on a girl or a guy. For girls, there are many fashions we easily recognize as immodest. Guys are a little harder, but we know there are immodest styles for men, too. In response to such questions, I've given lists, but they always include a disclaimer, "I'm not entirely sure, but I know it when I see it." The phrase "modest is hottest" has brought to my attention exactly what I "see" that lets me know something is immodest.

For men and women, I give this idea as a standard: if what you are wearing/doing/acting is "hot", you are probably being immodest.

That being said, I think the phrase reveals an underlying problem with our society. Men and women are too concerned with being "hot". While being attractive, handsome, beautiful, comely, or presentable are all great goals, I think aiming for "hot" is putting our sights in the wrong place. I admit that I like beautiful girls (surprise, surprise). I enjoy being around them and even just looking at them. But if a girl starts to feel "hot", the situation is no longer what I want to be involved in. Men and women need to step away from the fire, because we can so easily get burned.

So, I repeat. Modest is not hottest. Modest is best.

Happy Thanksgiving!

That is all.

An engineer without his calculator is...

alone
betrayed
confused
dead
enraged
frustrated
grumpy
humbled
irritable
jumpy
klutzy
lost
macabre
naked
opposing
perplexed
quacked
rude
scared
tired
unsightly
vicious
wrong
xerotic
yellow-bellied
zilch

Sorry if I offend you between now and when I get it back.

Landon, if there was anything I even liked about you...

...I'd dedicate a blog post to you.

Landon Moore is one of my roommates, and he is awesome. This is his first year in college, he's eighteen, he is planning on serving a mission, and he's single, ladies. He has a great, quirky sense of humor, but also a surprising sense of responsibility and reality. Knowing his brothers for a while, I didn't expect him to be anything like he was, because he is quite unlike his brothers. But, I still really like his coolness and ability to take everything that comes at him in stride.

So, here's to a great man. As with all my roommates, I thank hem for helping to make this the best place I've ever lived.

P.S. The quote above was said tonight in our house quite insultingly. We love each other so much here, and it often shows in how much we insult each other.