I have a pretty busy lifestyle. Apart from eating stale doughnuts, and drinking tequila, my business ventures keeps me pretty busy during the day. This includes answering emails, processing orders, updating my websites, delivering packages and, of course, my daily exercise regimen at “Fitness Hole” (a.k.a. “Fitness World”).

I’ve been a member of Fitness World for the past four years. It’s a pretty interesting place to exercise due to the many locations and different type of people at a each location.

I usually work out at the Langley location. It’s quite spacious and well built to allow natural light into the building. For those of you who don’t know, The city of Langley is a fast growing city in Southwest, British Columbia, Canada (a victim of urban sprawl and a hot real estate market). Mind you, this area was once synonomous with rednecks, blue collar workers and uneducated hillbillies. In some areas, I feel this stereotype remains true; nevertheless, I’ll leave the real answer to some brainiac statistician.

It’s hard not to notice other people when I workout. Like I said before, each Fitness World location has a unique set of people, which represents a typical surrounding community or popular demographic.

As we all know, any popular gym is a cest pool of overbloated masculinity or machoism. The Fitness World - Langley Location is really no different. In fact, I typically see the following everytime I work out:

1. Someone with a nuclear glow tan staring at the mirror (for more than 5 minutes)
2. 1 out of 5 guys wearing a Fire Department, Police Department, Union or Social Services T-shirt
3. Fat men (who think they are buff) drinking a protein shake
4. 3 out of 5 IDIOTS (you know who you are) who don’t wipe down their machines after use
5. An overabundance of men with basically the same tattoos

The fifth point is something I find way too funny. Perhaps I am getting old or not man enough to stick ink-filled needles into my arm. Maybe I’m not a big enough fan boy or shill that watches popular trends on TV. In fact, I am debating whether I should take more time out of my day to watch those motorcycle building shows or start plastering “West Coast Chopper” stickers all over my pimped out black Cadillac Escalade.

Let’s take a look at the tattoo of a popular WWE Wrestler “Randy Orton”.

Does the thorny tattoo on his left bicep look familiar? Of course it does! I see many guys (at the Langley Fitneess World) wearing some derivative of this design. Yes, I know tattoos are supposed to reflect some personal meaning, symbolism, or whatever an artist can pen into skin. But whatever happened to orginality? Did these men put on a “Stupid” cap when they finalized a design on their tattoos? Or do they simply watch too much TV and music videos?

If I ever decide to get a tattoo, it would be very unique and different from what I see on a daily basis. My design will (obviously) steer away from thorns, hearts, skulls, “I Love Guido” or “Fan Boy” Trends.

Oh well, if people want to express themselves by copying others. It’s fine by me.

However, if you ever decide to get a tattoo, I do have a word of advice

“There is something in your head called a brain. If you use it properly, it can conjure up some pretty interesting ideas.”

But if you end up settling for a popular design, go ahead. Do it! Truly, you are about as interesting as watching a slug move slowly across a large rock.