Roseyland

I’ve been working out a lot more lately. I do 30 minutes on an elliptical machine 4 to 5 days a week. So far I have lost about 10 pounds, and I think I feel healthier, but that could just be my imagination. I hope I can keep it up. I have this bad habit of going through phases where I start working out more and more until I’m in the gym like an hour a day. Then it’s too much to keep up with, and I quit all together. This time I’m trying keep it simple. Hopefully I’ll stick with it.

One thing that has helped is the new company fitness center. It’s very convenient and cheap. It’s not that big, but there are a few ellipticals, treadmills, stationary bikes, and weight machines. Also there are nice flat panel TVs on the wall. Below each TV is a sign that says: “If anything offensive is on the channel, please change the channel”. I always thought this was funny, because the TVs are almost always tuned to CNN.

So I went down for my workout a few days ago, and the TV in front of my favorite elliptical machine was tuned to Fuse instead of the usual CNN. Fuse is a music video channel that actually plays music videos. I know, weird. This seemed good to me. I was getting a little tired of CNN anyways. The first 20 minutes of my workout went great, but then a new show came on. The show was called “Pants-Off Dance-Off“. The title worried me a little, but it was still regular cable TV, how bad could it be? Answer, bad. The show pretty much consists of not-so-bright, not-so-attractive, not-so-coordinated people stripping to music. There wasn’t any nudity, but I still didn’t want to be watching it at work. I was almost done with my workout and the room was empty, so I just looked away and prayed that nobody came in. Then two middle aged women came in. So here I am at work on an elliptical machine right in front of a 40-inch TV showing strippers. Excellent. I’ve never wanted to see Wolf Blitzer so bad in my life. I did the only rational thing. I kept staring at my heart rate/calories burned display and acted like I had no idea what was on TV. The women didn’t seem to notice or care, and I finished my work out and went home. Note to self: Fuse = NSFW.