Naked breakfast.

I've been fascinated with the consumer "branding" process lately. The sleek mixed with seedy mixed with consumption mixed with personal identities--all make an interesting petri dish to examine ourselves, culture, and the nature of human thought.

Sooo, I've started to catalog my own consumption of goods and products. I dont know what results Im looking for, but its pretty fascinating.

Most interesting to me is the after shower ritual I go through. I step in the shower as bare and free as the day my momma birthed me and step out already branded. What a juxtaposition!

Here is the list of pre and post shower brands I use:


1. Shampoo

2. body wash


3. Conditioner


4. facial wash (which I use in leu of shaving cream)


5. Toothpaste


6. Baking Soda (this is my deodorant)


7. Ugghhh, so embarrassing.


8. Those who use it KNOW its' addictive qualities.--sometimes a man just needs to strut!

9. Yes, yes, I know, leave me alone....


10. Only on special occasion (like today I noticed that my shirt was pitting out but I still wanted to wear it so I sprayed some of this in the armpits--my baking soda deodorant has no fragrance).


++++Just a side note, I tried to pick the purest pictures of products I could find, but when I came accross this one I had to post it. Its SO disturbing....like this guy is a zombie about to eat a corpse or something.