Gym Observations

I've been going to the gym for about 3 years straight now. I've surprised myself to be honest with you. I never knew I could keep it up. I think it's a combination of (1) my rebel attitude again...nobody thought I would keep it up, so think part of me wants to prove them wrong, and (2) my "Chinese" pake side of me doesn't want to pay $20/mo and waste it.

But I'm pretty happy with the results so far. I actually got a little tone in my arms and I have rippling chest muscles. OK, maybe not "rippling" but at least I have tone there too heheh. Visions of the SNL sketch "I will pump you up" come to mind.

It's nice. I've always been concious of the fact I was just a skinny stick growing up too. Of course Mel's ass comment didn't help either. That bastard. So I guess going the gym involved a more healthy reason too....it's a solvable way to improve my health and confidence the old fashioned way.

The thing about the gym though, no matter how good you begin thinking you look, there will always be someone bigger then you, someone taller then you, someone who can lift more then you, someone who can run faster, etc etc etc. It's a very good place to stay humble. Here I am breaking sweat over a 100 lb curl and someone walks right up next to me and curls weights equivalent to my whole body weight on each arm.

I've gotten used to some of the characters there though. I'm starting to see some regulars. First there's a guy I call Bermuda. He's this balding white guy who wears wife-beater tank tops and bermuda shorts. He always has knee high sports socks too. Somehow he must be compensating for something because he always walks around with his arms about 1 foot apart from his body...as if his arms are so HUGE that they defy gravity. Apparently he hasn't read my paragraph about being humble. I notice him because he just looks silly doing that...especially with his shiny head and daffy bermuda shorts.

There's a girl I see there that scares me sometimes too, I call her The Brow. Really skinny atheletic woman maybe in her late 30s. She usually sports 2 pony tails and has straight bangs...kinda like those retro 50's hairlines. I'd say she may have been very cute about 15 years ago. I mean, she's not bad looking now, she's not ugly and I'm sure she has her share of men...but the thing about her that sticks out in my mind is her HUGE eyebrows. It just doesn't suit her and is entirely distracting. It's like she can flap them and take off I swear. I just want to walk up to her with a lawn mower and start trimming. Yea, it's a little metro of me to even have those thoughts, but hey -- a woman's eyebrows support some of the best parts about her appearance...they frame her eyes! I want to see a woman's eyes and her smile. Not her giant eyebrows.

OK, I may burn in hell.