my sometimes-skeptical social commentary

I remember hating going to the gym when I was in college, but my roommate talked me into going with him for a while. It’s boring. It’s not that I don’t enjoy exercise, but standing still is so boring. On our elliptical exercise machine at home, I listen to music to make it less boring, but it is still pretty dull. For a few weeks, the battery in the clock by the exercise machine was dead, so I didn’t really keep track of how long I was exercising. But now that I put a good battery in the clock, it seems to take a lot longer. Argh.

But not all indoor exercise is boring. Yesterday we went ice skating on an indoor rink, and that was pretty fun. I managed to not fall down at all, which believe me was a surprise, since it has been a year since I skated. One thing I will do before I skate again is buy some skates. When you rent, you gamble that you’re going to find a good pair in your size, and yesterday I lost that bet.

So tonight after work, I plan to put a small shelf right in front of the elliptical machine so that I can watch DVD’s on the portable DVD player that we got for long car trips. My friend Dan loaned me his Heroes season 1 boxed set, so I’ll use that for a couple week’s worth of 42-minute workouts. After that, I may have to get the Lost DVD’s, because I missed a lot of those episodes.

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