As it was last year, there are far, far too many cute longhaired computer geeks here for my own good. And as it was last year, the foreign guys are just a tad sexier.  I think that’s because they just feel more comfortable inside their own bodies.  One of those little ways that American sex-negative religiosity shows though, is in the way American guys dress below the waist.

Portland’s having a bit of a heat wave, and some of the guys here are in shorts or cutoffs, and you can reliably tell who are the American guys and who are the foreigners, by the length of their shorts.  The American guys (generally) won’t wear shorts that are cut well above the knee.  Can’t be showing a little thigh or people might think you’re gay.

I was watching some guys swimming in the hotel pool late yesterday, and swear their swim trunks reached down past their knees, halfway to their ankles.  Except for one cute blond who was wearing a speedo style trunk.  I ran into him at the hotel restaurant and he turned out to be from Spain.  It’s like American guys are wearing below the waist burkas these days.