So I'm coming out of the locker room this morning, fiddling with my MP3 player. Talking myself out of getting another one, not that the one I have needs replacing. It's just that a small part of me is a slavish consumer. Like everyone else. Anyway, it's right about here that I had tuned into this conversation between a gym member and a personal trainer.
Member: "I want to be celebrity chick hot."
Personal Trainer (PT): "What does that mean to you?" I stop and act as though I'm picking out a magazine, while noticing that our budding celebrity is, well, portly.
Member: "You know, like everyone thinks the celebrity girls are hotties, you know? I want that."
PT: Searching for anything to say at this point. "Okay, but you understand that most are unhealthy looking, right?"
Member: Blank stare. "I don't care about health. It's about to be Summer and I want to look hot in about 6 weeks like the magazines say I can do."
This woman is firmly planted in her 40's.
PT: "Ads are not necessarily truthful, you know."
Member: Impatient stare.
PT: "Okay, well, we can get you started on a fat loss program."
Leaving the magazine collection without selecting anything,--surprise, surprise--I couldn't help but think this woman watches too much TV.
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