Comments on: Weight

By: Sarah

Sarah — Fri, 22 Dec 2006 19:38:46 +0000

Oh, yeah, and the used dumbbells ad. That cracked me up.

By: Sarah

Sarah — Fri, 22 Dec 2006 19:38:10 +0000

Oh no, how sad. I hope those weren’t 8-pounders he couldn’t lift. Nice one, though it’s a bit different from your usual pieces.

So much sweating in this week’s stories…something about the mere sight of dumbbells, I guess.

By: Chris

Chris — Fri, 22 Dec 2006 14:59:20 +0000

I like how you created the world of the gym and used some visuals repetitively, which sort of reflects the monotony of a gym. Nice.

In all the gyms I’ve been in, there is always a massive bloke who’s shorter than me who wants to teach me the “right” way to lift weights: “Nah, man. Put your back into it…”

By: David

David — Tue, 19 Dec 2006 20:57:06 +0000

The sadness is at the lack of achievement … because how do you know that you’re doing anything, if you’re not going anywhere, lifting anything concrete? How can you tell that you’re working out, besides the fact that you sweat, if you can’t see something move? Sad, sad.

By: Valsha

Valsha — Sat, 16 Dec 2006 23:28:33 +0000

Excellent!

I’ve had those kinds of gym membership too …

By: TadMack

TadMack — Sat, 16 Dec 2006 22:18:58 +0000

Oh, OUCH, that’s too close to home. I’ve blown off the gym for the second week in a row now… must…get…back…eventually… Nicely done!

By: Elimare

Elimare — Sat, 16 Dec 2006 21:47:43 +0000

Love the description of the ’ski jaunts to nowhere’ etc.

By: Isobel

Isobel — Sat, 16 Dec 2006 21:13:11 +0000

Ahh, I can relate to that. The unused gym membership that I can’t bring myself to cancel, the curiosity about the things that the ‘proper’ gym users know how to do, and the embarrassment that would ensue if I tried them and was caught.