does nobody use the word galoshes anymore? i've had three people ask me what i'm talking about. geesh! rain boots just sounds so... so... boring! i dunno.

so i'm in a lot of pain this morning. admittedly, i haven't been going to the gym as much as i should have lately because i came up with a nice little excuse that had something to do with it being too far to walk, and doing my part in saving the environment by not driving there. aaanyway. the roommate decided we should get off of our slowly expanding butts and check out the gym right down the street. we did, and i can't think of any good reasons to get out of this one, as it's only three blocks away.

so we go and sign up last night. (remind me to cancel membership at the other one, cause i'll be the biggest dumbass in the world if i go on paying two gym memberships and still couldn't rock the cover of si's swimsuit edition.) so yeah, signed up last night, spent about an hour and a half in the weight room. big mistake. getting a cup out of the cabinet this morning was seriously a ten minute ordeal. and i was using the little weights people! the small ones down at the veeeery end that look like barbie weights compared to the other scary things with number like 30 and 45 printed on them.

it almost hurts to type. almost. if i hold my arms juuust so, i'm okay.

i'm supposed to return to the plant 'o pain tonight though. and tomorrow. and the following night. i think i get weekends off.

so this new gym of mine... it's like some kind of twisted episode of star trek or something. my mom always watched star trek when i was growing up, and while i may not speak kligon or what have you, i'm familiar enough with it (and dammit, you should be to) to know that they're always encountering these crazy new races. like the ones with the big ears, or the pointy ears, or the ones with the spots all over their faces. so now that i've sent trekkies into cardiac arrest with my elementary descriptions, and the rest of you are wondering where the hell i'm going with this... i'll tell you. me walking into the gym last night was akin to captain piccard stepping foot onto a new planet with a bunch of funky lookin' inhabitants. granted, i was in the weight room... but still! everyone there, guy and gal, could have totally brought the pain down upon me. i was almost scared. i've never seen so much muscle in my entire life. and i have been to gyms before. but nothing like my new gym. my new gym is a breeding ground for thick necks and grandpas that look like arnold.

it was a pretty surreal experience. and i'm going to do it all over again tonight. if you don't hear from me for a while, you know where to look.

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