SimplyComplexJen

I typically go to either the gym at lunch or yoga class. I realized today after running at the gym why I don't meet men at the gym.

1. What I wear.

I realize I have lots of cute work out clothes, running tanks, etc... and a lot of that I wear for races, but at the gym? running shorts and usually an old race tshirt. The other girls? totally color coordinated and ready to impress. I just want to run and do my weights.

2. My Makeup. Or lack of.

I usually wear 3 things during the week for make up: moisturizer, mascara, and chapstick. In the locker room, you'd think it was Saturday night at Blonde the way the girls are touching up their makeup. I sweat. I don't just glisten, I sweat when I work out because I'm running my arse off (literally). If I didn't take off my mascara before I ran, I'd look like a raccoon or Hlburi the morning after a bender in Vegas.

3. My Hair.

I put on a pony tail. If I didn't my curls would look like Medusa and the fro would ensue. It wouldn't be pretty when I went back to the office. If I didn't tame my hair in a pony tail, it would not be a pretty sight. What I have learned though is this puts me at a disadvantage to the other women. When I'm done with a "cute little set" on some circuit machine, I can't giggle and flip my hair. I like it out of my face and off my neck.... see the sweating comment above. Of course I know how to throw out that giggle and flip my hair, but again... I save that for the weekend when I have bothered to put on eyeshadow. I refuse to primp and tease and spray my hair prior to a workout. It's just not me.

4. My conversation skills.

Obviously I lack the ability (or willingness) to gush in the weight room things like, "OH myyyyyy. You add weight to that bar? You're sooooo strong. Do you work out evvvvvery day? (insert hair flip and giggle here)". I'm more likely to ask you about your tshirt and how you did in that race or whatever. Oh? I hate running with my ipod, I think it detracts from the experience, but I'll put it on even if I don't turn it on. Why? An IPOD works as chatty-kathy repellent.

5. My overall look.

I work out hard. With DD, I only get one free evening a week, so I have to make my workout at lunch efficient. I get red in the face... i don't know if it's German coloring or what... but I'm one of those people who do. If I managed to pull off items 1-3, it would be ruined by the 2mi mark on my daily run. Also, I am not about to put a push up bra UNDER my sports bra, so I have a little "extra". We all know sports bras push the girls down and granted I probably look more like a 12 yo boy than the girls the adidas ads, but I have to be comfy to run. This probably is out there on the TMI scale, but at least I can admit my problem.


So, after much thought on the treadmill today while running 3 miles, I decided..... the gym is probably NOT where I'm meeting someone. I mean, the gym is business, not social. For me, it's a bit like a gynecologist's office, but with fewer stirrups. Or maybe it's like the dentist's office, if I'm on the stair machine - I hate that thing with a passion. I love going to the gym and the post-workout high I get, but I'm doing it on MY terms!

(from iCasualties)

Iraqi Security Forces and Civilian Deaths Detail

Dec-08	63
Nov-08	317
Oct-08	288
Sep-08	366
Aug-08	311
Jul-08	419
Jun-08	450
May-08	506
Apr-08	744
Mar-08	980
Feb-08	674
Jan-08	554
Dec-07	548
Nov-07	560
Oct-07	679
Sep-07	848
Aug-07	1,674
Jul-07	1,690
Jun-07	1,345
May-07	1,980
Apr-07	1,821
Mar-07	2,977
Feb-07	3,014
Jan-07	1,802
Dec-06	1,752
Nov-06	1,864
Oct-06	1,539
Sep-06	3,539
Aug-06	2,966
Jul-06	1,280
Jun-06	870
May-06	1,119
Apr-06	1,009
Mar-06	1,092
Feb-06	846
Jan-06	779

Note: Iraqi deaths based on news reports . This is not a definitive count.

India has had these kind of incidents for years. What about the 2,500 who were taken off a train and murdered in 2002? Where were the headlines then?

Where is the international outrage?
The candle vigils?
Where is the mass outpouring of financial donations to help the survivors the families of the victims?

Or do we only do that with Wall Street Americans? Not poor Iraqi civilians and Rich that live a half a world away.

When for the sake of a bargain, you are willing to step over (and on) a lifeless body... these are problems of humanity that go beyond terrorists, defaulting mortgages, and our economic crisis. Humanity in that moment lost its soul.

This man was over 250 pounds, yet people in the search of a tv that is 50% off, decided that their wallet was more important than his life.

I am appalled beyond words.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/30/nyregion/30walmart.html?em

want to hear something funny??? some people from the very forum I ranted about took the time to tell me how pathetic my blog was and how pathetic it was I took 15 min to write it..... lol... when they probably spent more time emoting amongst themselves about =the damn blog... and the funny thing is, they can't see it's THAT behavior that inspired me in the first place... now THAT'S funny.

I was on the phone with a fellow boardie when this was being discussed and OMG... he was cracking up worse than I was....... people amuse me.

To the whiners on my favorite forum, which you have ruined:

You know who you are.... you are that politically correct person who looks for things to whine about. You have taken one of the most interesting forums to hang out on the net and turned it into a namby-pamby-romper-room full of perma-whiners.


You know what? Put your big girl panties on and DEAL WITH IT. For pete's sake!!!!

You know .... if you don't like it don't do it. Don't look at it. Don't watch it. Don't smell it. Just don't.... and whatever you do don't sit there and whine about it. Nobody wants to hear you.

Avoid things you know are going to make you complain. If someone is handicapped they are handicapped. If someone is a midget they are a midget. If they are a different religion, they are. You need to deal with it. Sometimes people are offensive, and you can either walk away or retort wittily back.... but whining makes you appear weak and frankly foolish.

All this PC crap has been pushed to the point of making me want to just
throw up on the next PC whiner that gets near me.


Why is it that people believe that they have to be politically correct? Other than the obvious reasons, like fear of losing one's job, being accused of slander (which by the way is a tough one to prove unless you have hard and fast evidence), impressing others, vying for political office or something just as superfluous in it's needlessness!

I realize that it's the catch-phrase of the decade, but that was the past decade; you remember, the sensitive nineties? How can the 90s have produced such great music and such a group of whiners?

Now I'm not condoning being mean to people and insulting them, even though I firmly believe that there's a time and place for that, but what I am saying is, if you believe one thing but say another, you're lying to the person you're talking to and you're lying to yourself. Sometimes it should be ok to say:


So next time you think about hitting that "report" button to the mods because you whittle feelings got hurt by the mean girl in class.... maybe you should step back and ask yourself why you allow some anonymous poster in a forum get your panties in such a wad.... me thinks you have bigger issues than being politically correct.

......and in case you're wondering, I would LOVE to post this on the forum, but I'd get spanked for TOS violations.....

Hellooooo out there (in my best Jerry Seinfeld impersonation). My blog is not dead, it just pretends to be. I’m a busy woman. I will calm down soon, just give me some space to work this out.