Thug-ercise
Fri, January 30, 2009 at 11:15 AM Last week I joined the local Y. But in my opinion the place should be called the “Why”. . .
Why am I here? Why, exactly, do I need to be healthy? Why am I so gawd awful sweaty? Why is the guy next to me working out so freakin’ hard? Why do I feel like I’m having a bad hair day AND a heart attack?
To make matters worse I was completely unprepared for the horrid experience of getting my picture taken for the stupid membership card. GAH! 
It was so much worse than any DMV photo I’ve ever had taken. I was rockin’ it with no makeup, ratty hair, baseball cap, lumpy coat, head cocked to one side, lip snarl, and a vacant look in my slits for eyes. I pretty much made love to the camera like this gangsta girl, except I was lookin’ 1000 times more ridiculous doin’ the thug thing.
Why, I ask ya, do they even bother? I’m never going to admit it’s me in the real picture. In fact that membership card may or may not have already met an untimely demise; snipped into tiny bits, burned to ashes, and buried in a remote location. On the up side, I’m counting going to such extremes as a full workout.
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Reader Comments (11)
i'm surprised...
i definitely thought "thugger-size" would have had something to do with mugging some random old lady at the ATM and then sprinting to the next.
All of these are reasons I don't join the gym... not to mention the fact that I'm broke.
I thought thuggersize was what a criminal gets when he runs from the law
They take your picture for your membership card? Is there like, some major increase in gym identity theft I don't know about? Don't most people AVOID the gym? Besides, that's just cruel and unusual punishment. Who goes the gym looking pretty??
You look damn good as a Gansta, Girl!
At least that photo has some color to it.
I just had my picture made for a contractor badge for a local recreation center. It was with one of the handheld eyeball cameras. I looked at the results and scared myself. I think I may been zombified.
You should see my driver's license. It is by far worse than any passport foto I have ever taken. Even worse than 3rd grade class picture. And I'm stuck with it for four more years. UGH!
Thanks for the stumble!
Picture please! I'll match your gym pic vs my DMV pic where I look like someone is molesting me from behind. True story.
Just think..
If you work out enough, you won't even come close to resembling your photo, and then you can start pulling the serious pranks...
Switch locks on lockers, let the air out of the balls in the gym, maybe even pee in the pool when nobody's looking!
The possibilities are just about endless!
That is, if you're truly going to do the whole "gangsta workout" route, that is....
When I got my mug shot at the Y, the woman accused me of being 'too happy'.
Yes...too happy to be at the gym. wtf? I guess I should have thrown up a gang sign.
As Joe always says, this post is worthless without the photo! :D
Wow, talk about getting a person at their very least photogenic moment...
Tragic.