May 25, 2005

Personal:

Self-illusions

    By Jack Grant

I emailed to my Mom at her insistence a photo that I took of myself in Paris this last Sunday using the remote control of my fancy digital snapshot camera (the remote is one of the main reasons I got this particular model of camera).

Unfortunately, in the photo I look like the fat, 40 year-old man that I am.

I hate it when that happens... It's nice to have some self-illusions maintained.

Oh, well.

Time to get serious about exercising again, even if it's more difficult to weight train here in France.

Damn, I hate sweating.

Posted by Jack Grant at 21:19 on 25 May 2005
Comments

Jack,
Not unlike getting your photo taken for a drivers license or passport. They are always BAD and you are sure it just can NOT be you! I always end up looking like I have a grimace on my face in any photo, so those for official purposes are always the worst. Sweating sucks too...living in Texas makes you hate it because you never, ever want to be outside in the heat impacts of a city's greenhouse effect. It tends to triple your misery. Ask those French folks to give you an injection of their slim genes!

Posted by: Sinequanon at May 26, 2005 02:40 AM

My husband hates sweating too... as does my eldest son. I don't like sweating outside doing yardwork, but I like going to the gym or working out to sweat. I like the physical exertion. Plus, I like the endorphin rush I get when I run.

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