Amanda: so this workout we did today was a crazy cardio video - i don't know if I liked it. some of the moves and jumps that woman was doing looked absolutely impossible. i know i definitely couldn't do them
Mark: yeah, they always put really super-fit people in those videos, but people aren't inspired by them as much as they are intimidated and discouraged, and then they just quit.
A: definitely not the intention, but usually the result.
(pause)
A: you know what would be a good idea? there should be a workout video that is just a person like you at the beginning - not a super fit person - but then as they go through the program and you do the workouts with them, they get more fit as they go, just like you
M: (taking off shirt) what, are you saying I'm not super fit?
A: no, I think you're very fit - I like you a lot
M: but you think I would be the perfect candidate to make an un-fit people workout video?
A: (realization dawns) no no no no! that's not what I meant at all! I was using the word 'you' in a general, plural way - not talking about you specifically!
M: (interrupting) nope. don't even try. I know exactly what you meant. and there's no way you're going to talk your way out of this one.
(M leaves to take a shower)
A: sigh.
***yes, I am unabashedly stealing this format from The Bloggess. because i have been in a writing rut, and because I just read her newest book, and because i'm sure she wont mind me plagiarizing an idea of hers and running with it on my own tiny personal blog for
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I have missed you. I am glad you are back--whatever the format.
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