of many delinquent thoughts.

As usual, I have been called out for my lack of blog.  So here I am to right the wrongs of my said lack.  I have recently downloaded the mobile app for Blogger and I will try to post more often.  For now I will attempt to shake my head around and pour out some of the thoughts that have been rattling around in there.

Bro's
I was at the gym the other day (of course all the good stories come from the gym) and I was running on the treadmill, minding my own business, reading my latest Dr. Who book when I looked up and saw something that made think.

Ok, here is the set up:

Guy 1 (white ((I am not racist, just clarifying)) : Walks up to another guy that he knows apparently.

Guy 2 (white ((still not racist)): 'Hey bro' (I am not close enough to hear what he says and Nicki Minaj is screaming about starships in my ears, so I likely wouldn't have heard what was said anyhow.)

Guy 1: Puts out his fist to get a "bro 5"

Guy 2: Goes for a fist bump

Me: *Gasp!*

Guy 1 & 2 : Have a collision of brotastic  awkwardness.

Guy 1 & 2: Quickly remove their hands as what just happened made them both nervous.

Guy 1 & 2: Say bye and walk away from each other, likely feeling like they will be getting a nasty letter from the bro comity on their poor performance.

Is there no real protocol for this?  I would feel like if I were a bro, I would need to learn the proper ways to successfully pull of a "bro hand greeting interaction."  I mean is there like a wink that you are supposed to give for fist bump, and like a slight shuffle to the right for a bro 5?  I would guess that white guys aren't as good as African American guys because they seem to get it better more frequently...although not always.  The other day a guy went for a hand slap and then slide to the finger tips...everything was going great until the other guy did a snap and explosion!!  The first guy was totally embarrassed because it looked like he had no idea they were on a snap and explosion friendship level.  My heart really went out to him.  I think there should be some type of manual for this; at the very least a pamphlet with do's and don'ts.  I am not saying that I would like to start bro-ing it up with guys from the gym, I am way too much of a germ-a-phobe for that. I would have to end my bro 5, finger slide with a squirt of purell.

Newest nerd shirt

So my newest nerd shirt came from here and I am in love!!  It is a timeline of popular spaceships from random nerdiness.  There is the TARDIS from Dr. Who, the Millennium Falcon from Star Wars, the ship from Battlestar Galactica, real spaceships Soyuz and Columbia, the ship from 2001 A space Odyssey, the Starship Enterprise from Star Trek, and of course the TARDIS again.  Of the ships from nerd shows, I have watched all and was thrilled to see them represented in such a way.  NERDS FOREVER!!

Exercise
I have gone the extra step (pun intended) of not holding onto the machines when I am doing any cardio at the gym.  Eliptical, stair machine, butt machine (I don't know the name, just that my butt is on fire when I get off of it, hence butt machine) and running of course.  Right after I finish keying everything into the machine and start going, I put my hands on my hips and get ready for the heat!  It sounds silly that simply not holding on to the handles would make that much of a difference, but let me assure you, it does!  Try it out next time you go, your core is really put to the test and you sweat like a pig in heat!


I have more stories, most recently, camping...that will be a long post, in order to accurately portray how much.....fun it was.

Until next time and shit.