it's still drizzling today and that's quite alright. It's a refreshing change to need to wear a sweater instead of sweating it out in a tee.
some recently acquired music includes moonlight sonata, which absolutely transports me. i heard it played during an episode of star trek: tng of all places. my bus arrived a few minutes early to my stop. when i saw it stopped at the next i just accelerated and did my best flo jo to get to it. the music lent a surreal quality to the effort.
i got to the gym on time for my appointment with jessica, but for some reason i found myself asking for melissa. it is of no consequence. we go through the requisite questions and i find myself regretting the whole venture. at the end of it all, memberships are proposed and the numbers are fairly staggering for a gym of any quality. fitness world is the puppy mill of fitness. they ask a $608 "joining fee", an obscene amount considering what they offer. what does a joining fee get you after all? i shouldn't hold it against her but jessica's spelling is atrocious and her assessment of my situation tells me that she likely knows less about fitness than i've forgotten. i shouldn't hold her age against her, but she is likely all of 25 if a day. her knowledge of exercise outside of the gym atmosphere is tenuous at best and she scoffs at the benefit. all exercise is good for you. now if you want serious results, that's another story. then she's preaching ot the converted, but not at that price. i am a little deflated, whatever happened to pay as you go? it's not that i am totally averse to committment, but 2 years is a long time when you don't know what the future holds.
i walk the 10 blocks or so down commercial slowly on my way to the library and inhale deeply the perfume of the lilacs that line the street. there's a spatter of threatening rain. i notice casualties, shops have closed or are "renovating". it could be normal attrition or a sign of the times. who's to say for sure. a lot of problems are being blamed on the economy, which could be seen as a scapegoat in what might otherwise be the natural order of things. if a company is poorly managed or its timing off, there's a good chance it will fail anyway. still it is sad to see. someone's life was invested in those failures.
i open the cover and scan the inside jacket. i am instantly drawn to leap into the first chapter. the weight of numbers looks to be a compelling read.
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