this is long, but informative. i've been doing a lot of reading lately

so i've been reading up on bacteria, pheromones and what-not:

if you are in good health and averagely diligent about hygiene, you will have a herd of about one trillion bacteria living on your surface areas at any one time - that's about a hundred thousand of them per square centimeter of skin. there are not only those, but you have trillions more tucked away inside of you, in your guts and navel passages. they cling to your hair and eyelashes, they swim over the surface of your eyes and drill through the enamel on your teeth. they are what gives you b.o.

so basically in not showering on a regular basis, or brushing your teeth on a regular basis you are collecting above average amounts of bacteria that are putting in extra hours at taking you apart. bacteria are what make things rot, promote decay. sure, some bacteria are good. the ones that help eat your dead skin cells for example, or the ones inside you that help further break down your food. but collecting extra amouts of bacteria by not washing on a regular basis, and not brushing your teeth etc. is waaaaay to punk to be good for you. i know that the reason is because it's natural, 'the man' is only selling us more by making deoderants and what-not. but i'm not saying to buy deoderant, fuck the man. i'm saying that it'd be a good idea to wash though, cuz collecting extra isn't helping your cause at all. when you have b.o. it's your body's natural warning that you are ready for a wash. it's your body telling you that the bacteria are overloading and they need removal, so new ones can take over. when your breath smells and your teeth are rotting out, that's your body asking for some assistance. nature is all about balance. remember that. we're not balanced right now, as humans, and the planet will kick us out soon enough. make your own tooth paste and don't buy deoderant, just wash. balance.

as for as the argument that it's you natural pheromones, so keep the smell: we're humans. pheromones in animals work because they eat the same thing. moths have the same diet from the time they start eating until they take their last bite, same with deer and squirrels, etc. they secrete the same smell over and over because their diets are constant. people secrete different smells based on thier varied diets, we have a much larger menu to choose from. take for instance, when you eat a lot of onion you will secrete an onion smell from your pores. when you eat mad amounts of broccoli you'll smell like ass. humans don't have one constant smell. and when you look at pheromone research you'll notice that it's all pretty recent, in the last couple decades. and most of the people that are doing the human pheromone 'research' end up with a product to sell you. and it all purtains to sex talk. they're selling you something that simulates human pheromones to give you the idea that you'll be more appealing to those you want to be sexually attractive to. and who doesn't want to be sexually attractive to those that you're attracted to? researchers doing pheromone research on butterflies are trying to sell butterflies fake pheromones, i wonder why? is it because they all have bad credit? is it because of their short life spans, no return clients? it's also been found out that pheromones don't really even work. it's kind of like an idea that gets planted in your head and sounds good because it's constructed to sound good. we're easily led. humans are attracted to those we find sexually pleasing based on appearance (as much as it sucks to have to say that). after we get to know someone, that may change and we will find other qualities that we find pleasing. of course. first impressions are based on a visual impression that's left, as opposed to a smell eminating from their groin. when i spend all day riding my bike i get a little sweaty in the crotchal region. and if i were to attract someone with my sweaty groin and proceed to have sex with that person, she would most likely end up with a urinary tract infection. cuz that's what happens when you have dirty sex, and i'm not talking dirty like getting tied up and spanked. if that's how you roll (dirty-style), then prepare the cranberry juice now, and brace yourself when you sit down to pee.

wash. brush. balance.