Chuck lives
Mar. 14th, 2006 01:47 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
redhedlvr2So there I was, struttin’ my stuff on the treadmill at o-dark-hundred at the gym. As I input the usual stuff that is required before you just start walking, you know, speed, incline…weight, I gave serious consideration as to what I would think about during my workout to avoid thinking about work.
Break from topic #1. Whoever said that working out reduced your stress level was heavily into BULL SHIT! I mean, ya stand there, walking your life away going nowhere fast, and all you can do is think. And usually the topic is whatever is bugging you most at the time. And in this case, for me, it’s work.
So, I get all those pesky numbers programmed in and away I go. As I clomp away and really put some effort into walking a relatively straight line to avoid staggering about ‘cause I’m not truly awake yet, I check out the bank of TV monitors the gym has thoughtfully provided for my viewing/work out pleasure. They have usual offerings. News which means rapes, fires and murders. Fishing gone wild. Slice and dice o-matic. And so on. All without sound, of course.
Then, on monitor number 4, who do I spy? Why, it’s Chuck Norris! Goddess preserve me! There to save me from the treadmill to nowhere of my own thoughts, star of such unforgettable film gems as Breaker, Breaker; Missing in Action, (1, 2 and 3); Texas Walker, and last but certainly not least…Barrens general chat. Yee ha, a whole new topic to mull over as I wear out my sneakers.
Who the hell started that Chuck Norris thing anyway? I mean, I’ve played on a lot of servers and gotten a lot of characters through those awkward teen levels and I have to say that it’s always the same. Some turkey just shouts out CHUCK NORRIS and we’re off. I usually play Horde characters so I can’t say for certain that the Alliance has this same little quirk but it never goes away. Perhaps it’s a preprogrammed response when nobody is shouting out about fucking n00bs or whatnot. And of course, turning off my general chat filter is just not an option. I may not be participating in the nonsense, but some of it can be very amusing.
Break from topic #2. For myself, I have never seen ol’ Chuck in anything. Woops, big lie there. I did see Breaker Breaker way back in 1978. It was the only movie playing at Camp Humphry the first weekend I got to Korea and I was bored to tears having just gotten there and had to have something to do, so it’s really not my fault. I do have to admit to seeing many Steven Seagal movies. I am also a closet Jean-Claude Vandamme fan. But my heart will always belong to Sylvester Stalone. And I mean Rambo 3 here. Ooo yeah, that scene where he’s doing that stick fighting thing at the very beginning of the movie, brrrrr! Gotta love gratuitous violence and half naked men. Way off topic here.
Anyway, back to Chuck. So he’s hawking some new and improved way to get that old bod into shape and I’m coming to the end of my 30 minute walk to nowhere with out even once thinking about work and the insanity there. So, thanks Chuck. Ya saved me from myself for sure.
Is that Erik Estrada on monitor #5?
Break from topic #1. Whoever said that working out reduced your stress level was heavily into BULL SHIT! I mean, ya stand there, walking your life away going nowhere fast, and all you can do is think. And usually the topic is whatever is bugging you most at the time. And in this case, for me, it’s work.
So, I get all those pesky numbers programmed in and away I go. As I clomp away and really put some effort into walking a relatively straight line to avoid staggering about ‘cause I’m not truly awake yet, I check out the bank of TV monitors the gym has thoughtfully provided for my viewing/work out pleasure. They have usual offerings. News which means rapes, fires and murders. Fishing gone wild. Slice and dice o-matic. And so on. All without sound, of course.
Then, on monitor number 4, who do I spy? Why, it’s Chuck Norris! Goddess preserve me! There to save me from the treadmill to nowhere of my own thoughts, star of such unforgettable film gems as Breaker, Breaker; Missing in Action, (1, 2 and 3); Texas Walker, and last but certainly not least…Barrens general chat. Yee ha, a whole new topic to mull over as I wear out my sneakers.
Who the hell started that Chuck Norris thing anyway? I mean, I’ve played on a lot of servers and gotten a lot of characters through those awkward teen levels and I have to say that it’s always the same. Some turkey just shouts out CHUCK NORRIS and we’re off. I usually play Horde characters so I can’t say for certain that the Alliance has this same little quirk but it never goes away. Perhaps it’s a preprogrammed response when nobody is shouting out about fucking n00bs or whatnot. And of course, turning off my general chat filter is just not an option. I may not be participating in the nonsense, but some of it can be very amusing.
Break from topic #2. For myself, I have never seen ol’ Chuck in anything. Woops, big lie there. I did see Breaker Breaker way back in 1978. It was the only movie playing at Camp Humphry the first weekend I got to Korea and I was bored to tears having just gotten there and had to have something to do, so it’s really not my fault. I do have to admit to seeing many Steven Seagal movies. I am also a closet Jean-Claude Vandamme fan. But my heart will always belong to Sylvester Stalone. And I mean Rambo 3 here. Ooo yeah, that scene where he’s doing that stick fighting thing at the very beginning of the movie, brrrrr! Gotta love gratuitous violence and half naked men. Way off topic here.
Anyway, back to Chuck. So he’s hawking some new and improved way to get that old bod into shape and I’m coming to the end of my 30 minute walk to nowhere with out even once thinking about work and the insanity there. So, thanks Chuck. Ya saved me from myself for sure.
Is that Erik Estrada on monitor #5?
