When I go to my gym, I always stare down because I want to focus on my workout and not look into the eyes of anybody. I turn on the iPod and get into a groove. My gym is very gay and the one thing this gym is notorious for is that it's a staring contest: homo or hetero. Lots of hard bodies and good looking people. I just workout and don't converse with anyone. Today I was startled because someone started talking to me. Interestingly, it wasn't a guy but an older Asian lady, probably in her late 30s or early 40s -- I'm guessing the latter. I thought she wanted to use the machine I was on but she kept talking to me. I was so startled because 1) I never talk to anyone and 2) if she was hitting on me then I was pretty clueless. I kept taking my headphones off and on because I was trying to listen to her question and then get back to the music, but she kept talking, so my hands were toggling with the earphones. After a few minutes of responding with very short responses, the awkwardness eased up and I asked a question, "do you workout a lot here?" Soon as I said that, I was thinking "DOH! That was a pretty pathetic question." The red warning lights went off in my head -- "Retreat! Retreat! Retreat!" So I quickly said to her that I was going to resume my workout because I needed to get downstairs before they turn off the shake machine; true by the way. Note to self: turn volume up higher when working out.
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