Wednesday, November 5, 2003

I am a nerd

I purchased tickets for Matrix Revolutions about a week ago on Fandango, and I made arrangements to leave the office a bit early so I can meet some friends and get a good seat. Or at least I thought I had made arrangements. Yesterday my boss pulled a [warning: Blatant Office Space plug] “Bill Lumberg” [/warning] on me and asked if I could work late tonight…well he didn’t really ask, he told. But, being the ever craft, devious employee, I switched with a person without letting him know and I plan on skirting out of here a few minutes after he leaves. I am sure many of you are thinking “Charlie, you are a moron! Are willing to lose your job over a movie?” Well, boys and girls, the answer is yes. In this case, however, I told my boss’ boss about the switch, so I am covered. I am such a nerd. Last night I was at the gym, per usual, when this old guy that was working in on the lat machine with me tried to strike up a conversation. Now, although I usually don’t really mind when people talk to me in the gym, I really don’t like it. I go to the gym to work out, not socialize, and the reason I have to stay there for an hour and a half instead of an hour is because members decide that they want to jibber-jabber and clog up the weights that I need to use. This old man was worse than most people that try and strike up conversations. He was simultaneously skinny and fat, the way that only middle age men can be, yet he insisted that I wasn’t lifting properly and that I should be pulling down more weight on the lat machine. Some people are so fucking stupid in the gym. I have eliminated nearly every excess movement when I work out because I have consistently hurt myself by over exercising. I tried to tell him this, and attempted to show him the proper way to execute a lat pull down…I even taught him an exercise pattern that is incredible for your back. His response was, “I like doing it my way because I can do more weight, plus I want to get big.” People have this misconception that you only gain muscle by lifting heavy weights, what they fail to realize is that “heavy” is a relative word, and that using extra motion while doing an exercise leads to injury. Anyway, I hope he slips a disc…

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