The Weight Room

So, for my work study I work with the athletic department, part of that entails surpervising in the weight room. When it's not busy it's pretty awesome because I can sit and do my homework while getting paid. I just wanted to share some of the daily occurrences of the weight room when I work.
First, there is very loud music playing. It's supposed to be like pump up music for the lifters. Sometimes a slow song comes on and there is always someone who feels the need to comment on the pump-up-ness of the song. "Well, this is some real pump up music". Lifters like to sing along very loudly to some of the songs.
Second, the "words of encouragement" Sometimes it really is encouraging like "come on man! come on man! Do it! You got it!" other times they yell more negative things to still motivate the lifter but in a different way such as "Come on b**ch!" or "Let's f***ing go, do it!" Most of them don't sweat in fact they're not supposed to in order to keep a clean weight room.
Third, the lifters finding energy within themselves to do a particular task by groaning and/or yelling. I will be sitting here when suddenly an "ERAUHHH!" pierces through the room, this is a VERY common thing. I glance over to make sure no one is injured, they are not. They are just motivating themselves by yelling in order to lift the weights. People almost always lift in groups. This is especially important for spotting each other.
Fourth, many lifters feel the need to test their capacity of what amount is too heavy for them to lift, so often times they lift gianormous weights only to drop the wieghts and a large clang to ring throughout the room. When they drop them they aren't dropping them from standing height, they are setting them down loudly.
If you've ever seen any fight movies where the characters have to train in a gym it is kind of like that, the lifters even breath out intentionally on certain counts.
The amazing thing is that despite how loud it gets in the weight room I am able to block out most of the noises while doing my homework.
Why did I randomly decide to write about my work experience in the weight room? I am currently working right now of course. . always interesting,..
"Do it, man! Come on!"

Riding In Cars With ...People

I originally typed this on September 10, but didn’t post it until now…

So. I learned something about myself this summer. What I discovered is that I can only fall asleep in cars if I really trust the person who is driving. Now, I know this sounds silly, but when I think about it, it makes sense! It makes sense because when riding in a car which you are not driving, you are basically stating that you trust the person driving enough to give them control over your life. You are giving them control over destination, thus you must trust them to get you there safely without crashing. Therefore, I trust the person driving with my life to get me to my destination. Now, when I do not trust a driver, I tend to stay more alert in the car and not pay attention to the road/driving conditions around the car because I trust that they are doing an adequate job of this. Thusly, I may, if I so choose, fall asleep. So if I fall asleep in the car while you are driving, take it as a good sign that I have trust in you and not me insinuating that you’re boring and I don’t want to socialize or whatever so I fall asleep.

Think deeply.