“They” Sure are Smart

03 Jun 2010 1 Comment

by jessiecarter in GRAVITY Experiment Tags: 5K, dumbbells, gluteal, gravity, pounds, PowerBlock, ran, Roman lifts, treadmill, Tuscaloosa, Versabar, weight

GRAVITY Experiment Days #49 & #50

Yesterday’s weight:  144.o

Pounds lost / pounds to go:  6.5 / 8.5

Exercise:  Ran a 5K loop on the treadmill today in 26:50 – first time I ran the whole thing with no walking breaks; Roman lifts with heaviest Versabar we have, bicep curls with PowerBlock dumbbells, Get-Delt-With-It with 5# dumbbells, gluteal series with no weight

Since when did “they” become the experts?  You know who I’m talking about…they say this restaurant isn’t worth the money…they say this movie is really good…they say this is going to be the hottest toy this Christmas…they say this helps you lose weight.

To illustrate, take the recent flooding we had in our area.  There were rumors running rampant about roads closing, the city turning off the water, and dwindling supplies of the necessities.  It was nutso - local hysteria perpetuated by they.

One of the biggest rumors was the pending closing of an interstate bridge - my route home.  Around 10:00 in the morning, we were told we had 30 minutes to get home before they closed it.  When I crossed over it at 10:30, there were no signs of officials ready to divert hundreds of vehicles.  When I crossed over again at 11:00, there was still no they to be seen.  This didn’t stop a local radio show from announcing it was already closed and multiple Facebook users from saying I better get home.

I was even on the phone with a friend when I crossed over for the third time at 11:15.  I was told that wasn’t possible because they planned to shut it down at 11:00.  I guess me physically being on the open bridge was not enough.  They had more sway over firsthand knowledge from a trusted friend no less!

For all we know, they might be Aunt Bessie in Tuscaloosa.  Since when did Aunt Bessie get to have so much control over our lives?