Anxiety said:

Fauxie said:

You're "working in" to the set/routine.



It's that closed minded British attitude that gave birth to America you know.

Imago said:

Fauxie said:

i think what stunned me was, i had hardly even TOUCHED the equipment before they were asking to work in. the concept as i understood it is: "can i work in with you?" = "you're taking a long time and you need to share."

if i'm not the only one who thinks my situation today was WEIRD, then i am vindicated and we can go ahead and lock up this thread.

Anxiety said:

This made me laugh though. Sooooo Taoist. Walked all over, but outwardly calm and polite, exuding patience and humility, but burning with anger, bitterness and resentment inside. I can picture Anx smiling at him, thinking 'yeah, that was for the Great Mother, but you just wait 'til I get on prince.org, bitch!'

I just joined a new gym, and I already have some pet peeves .....

1. Please DON'T hug me while I'm on the exercise bike...ESPECIALLY if I don't know you

2. After said hug, please don't state the obvious "wow, you're sweaty"

3. If you are waiting to use the leg curl machine, please tell me rather than just staring at my ass waiting for me to get your message.

4. I should not be able to hear what song you are listening to on your I-pod

5. Please don't badger me about playing basketball! It was cute the first time you asked "Wow, your tall! Do you play basketball??", but after I've said "no", please stop telling me how I should play and I'd be good at it...I have tried to play, and I suck...I realize that I'm a complete waste of height. Don't keep reminding me

Fauxie said:

actually, facebook was my first choice.

Imago said:

'Sharing'

thekidsgirl said:

thekidsgirl said:

WTF

Fauxie said:

Just give the next guy who asks you one of your famous 'daydreaming' stares

Fauxie said:

sharing is for

Imago said:

I hate a sweaty hug from a stranger
He ruined my whole workout

Imago said:

Anxiety said:

That would make sense. Cool, I think a reasonable person can share or just step aside if it's a big deal to someone. I'm with you, it's weird. If he wasn't flirting and really was more into a bundle of sticks then it just seems bizarre. When did common sense get usurped by faddish banality to the point where people would act like some celeb or other's twitterfart came straight from some divine power armed with the universal truth?

Why the hell is this picture in my photobucket?

thekidsgirl said:

this is the only one out of the list i could relate to.

people TOUCH you at the gym? imago's smurf blanket fantasies aside, i would totally freak out if someone crossed my personal space at the gym. you should sock them in their nether zones.

since i'm usually plugged into my iPod at the gym, other people and their earphone leakage doesn't usually bother me...but people using their cell phones in the workout areas gripes my butt big time, especially when they're pacing around acting like they're in their living room or something.

Imago said:

"it's not a bundle of sticks, but it's wood"

Fauxie said:

wait, what?

Fauxie said:

leave it to imago to fashion a crude system of homemade pornography that makes the island of dr. moreau look like a play-doh fun factory.

Anxiety said:

I know right? My cab driver made more sense than that sentence.
Of course, my cab driver makes more sense than your threads.

Anxiety said:

'working in'

Honestly, I don't know how you manage to get through the day with so many things to think about and so many things to be irked by. It's mind-boggling. I bet your iPod is invaluable. It all sounds like some giant, faddish cartoon. I could go for Denny's right now though.

Imago said:

I want to see you do a map of the US using MS Paint with all the major landmarks highlighted (i.e. florida, california, texas and the neverland ranch)

Fauxie said:

i don't like it when your heart hardens.

Imago said:

"my cab driver"? who the hell are you, some old jewish lady on the upper east side coming home from a long day of fur shopping at bloomies? who the hell has a personal cab driver? what kind of world do you live in? when you divorced reality, did you at least get to keep the car? i mean REALLY.

Fauxie said:

dude, buses run to Ayhuttaya from the Mo Chit station for 66 baht / Air conditioned. That's a good price, right?

Anxiety said:

Ugh! When the guy came up and hugged me I had my eyes closed so it was like a sneak attack

I hate the whole cell phone thing too!!! Especially the extra loud people. I kinda want to throw a free weight at them.

And if I can hear your I-pod playing, when I'm listening to music myself, you need to ask yourself if it's time for a hearing aid

Imago said:

see, now, if you posted this at the gym, i could stop you and say "do you mind if i work in and post a few RELEVANT COMMENTS TO THIS TOPIC?" and i'd be like, "oh, sure, cool...don't let me hog this thing!"

In all seriousness here, this has been a really rough year for me. I've been very stressed out, even here in Thailand surrounded by...well, paradise. But, I've been readjusting to things and all the names, faces, and even words I'm used to are gone...I'm having to meet new people at a rapid pace, and learn new routes at a super rapid pace.

The org has been my only real unchanging foundation. And you've been a big part of that, Anx. Some days your posts actually start my day off with a good laugh, and sometimes, I really need that. I appreciate it more than you'll ever know.