fitness

i saw an older korean guy in a tracksuit
jogging
pumping both arms
with a cigarette gripped in his mouth.

on that note, i joined a gym (again)
since it's too cold to do anything outside.
this gym, unlike the cheap crap one with ear-splitting dance club beats that i belonged to before,
is REALLY fancy.
actually, after i joined, i found out that when they opened, they only accepted high professionals like lawyers and pretty women like 60s era flight attendants. oh, and i got a foreigner discount(!?) myeong-kwan said the desk woman i got the membership from kept saying how pretty i was in a "wow i can't believe YOU are with HER" kind of way (ew) and that they want foreign women so korean men will want to come :( i said that being racially fetsihized feels icky and he was like "well, a fetish implies that it's a minority..." i'm not sure if the gym has an outright policy on this rich and attractive thing now, but everyone there was beautiful and wearing really nice and expensive gym clothes. i felt like the fattest and the poorest but HEY! i'm white, so i must be better than everyone anyway! and in a "U BE STAR 2: HOLLYWOOD!" class i peeked in on at 11 (no jobs, ladies?), this large group of thin, young korean women were all doing complicated and quick hiphop dance moves totally in sync. it's just a really whacky place, but despite some weirdnesses, actually being there is very pleasant and their hours and class schedule and facilities are amazing! i had a great workout yesterday and i fell asleep by 12!