Evanston Athletic Club has, like any respectable athletic club, televisions mounted to the front of their cardio machines. Although their lack of a DVR that would allow me to watch my choice of programming is a serious design flaw, they do have cable, and I can usually find something to watch for 45 minutes. In fact, I’ve developed a playlist of sorts of “work out” shows, i.e. shows that I would never choose to waste my time watching at home, but that somehow become incredibly appealing once I’m stuck on an ellipital machine. Ooh. Ooh. Is this the season where Chandler and Monica are married? Hmmm…they really do look “Ten Years Younger”! Oh, Chris Matthews, you’re so happy with yourself!
I have learned, however, that there are certain things you cannot watch while working out:
1. “The Godfather”- depressing tragic hero + bloody ass kicking + increased heart rate + vague smell of someone else’s sweat = nausea.
2. Anything on “E!”*- schadenfreude + public embarassment when the person next to you sees that you’re watching it + the strong stench of the guy next to you ripping a big one = nausea
*Note: You may be able to get away with watching “The Soup” because “Hey, I’m mocking this vapid, celebrity-worshipping culture! Really!”
3. HGTV – Actually, there’s never really a reason to watch HGTV. “Whoa! That guy built his house in the shape of a Smurf mushroom cottage! That’s weird…I’m bored…”
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you’ve obviously never seen the HGTV tree house specials.
what’s the difference between HGTV and yosef’s interest in unusual (and somewhat annoying) office interiors?
the difference is that HGTV does generally suck, while seeing how other offices match up against Google is interesting. my only complaint was that she was too hard on HGTV because if i wanted to plan on how to make my treetop office, i’d need more than just awesome offices to get ideas from, i’d also need awesome tree-houses.
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