New Years Resolutions

Now let me begin by saying I'm not big on New Years resolutions, they are often cliched at best, and downright futile at their worst. It's an excuse for people to erase the problems of the past year, and to spring into the new year with a clean slate. It's a cute idea, and one that probably provides health clubs, and the slim fasts of the world alike with millions of first quarter revenue they could only hope to achieve in some other gimmick sales pitch. But to think: they are handed the slovenly masses on a silver platter with a side of Big Mac. New Years resolutions offer a sprig of inspiration to energize you out of your New Years day drinking induced coma.

Last year's NYR provided me with a loss of 20 lbs, and an addiction that rivals meth. I work out on an average week 4 or 5 times, and 6 or 7 now that I'm unemployed. (An unemployed film student who spends his days working out and blogging...oh the dramatic cliches ringing in your ears) Well needless to say I've noticed that my daily routine has become far more interesting since Father Time kicked 2006 to the curb and ushered in a new year and a promise of leaving your lovehandles behind along with the regretable hookup as you scrambled to find the warm blooded creature closest to you as time and the year slipped by.

Now if you frequent a gym it will come as no great surprise to see these newbies enter in a state of confusion. You can tell them by their unusal apparel: i.e. jeans, boots, etc. Here are some things I noticed:

(Keep in mind my gym tends to be a hang out for Meatheads and Bikers, a veritable melting pot of Connecticut's finest, mixed in with a smattering of females who look like their skin has been put through meat tenderizers, anything else is an aberation, or someone who wandered in by accident)

1) a girl was dressed in ugg boots while working out, and she spent the entire time on her sidekick IMing or texting or whatever the sidekick does while she worked out at a less than vigorous pace, at one point I noticed she was texting while doing the leg press

2) there was a woman next to me who was using the eliptical machine but had not actually started up the machine, so all the machine was showing was a heart, and she proceeded to touch the heart a couple of times for no reason, and she refused to follow the directions that are incredibly complex: "press start, then enter…"

3) there was a larger than average amount of attractive, under 50 year old women working out at the gym today, and while they looked really hot from afar, they were far from hot when I saw them face to face. final verdict B+

but thats just my opinion I could be wrong