36. Old guys rule

So last night I head out to Riverside to hang out with a really old friend of mine. We do the usual stuff...eat, drink and basically chill out. It was really nice to actually go out and...well...take a break from all the crap that's happened lately...no need to get into that. In response to my last blog about old men in gyms his response was, "well dude, old guys also walk around because well...they don't give a damn either..." I mean i hear him..i'm sure no one is going to up to them and say, "hey pops put the elephant trunk away ya know.."So anyways...we get up this morning and go to the driving range...now mind you, i've never ever done that before and thought...psh...no problem. Golf is hard.Dammit..I could barely get the ball spitting distance let alone 200 yards like my bud..well anyways...in the end this old man walks up..sets his feet...tests his stick and slams the hell outta it...holy crap I mean one after the other it was simply perfect....SIMPLY PERFECT! So he looks over at my me and my bud and says, "let me give you some tips."HA! this guy starts telling us how we're too stiff...to stuck...trying to over power it...trying to muscle it too much and all kinds of stuff...we're not relaxing enough, we're comparing oursevles to others, we're trying to outswing the neighbor...in the end he destroyed our hopes of golf...the sense I got?Learn to work your stick and you'll hit it far...hehe...damn old men using their sticks well.Old Guys Rule

35. Letting it all hang out

Allow me to give some credit to a co-worker of mine that helped me formulate this thought.So...I've spent soooo much time in the gym lately...running, weights, taking up basketball, swimming...well really anything. I've found it to be the only way to deal with stuff going on. Anyways, as i've spent more time there I came to an interesting observation. As I shower and change back into regular clothes I find myself walking from the shower to my locker in the gym wearing a towel. WHY? I mean i've been stripping and showering with hundreds of guys in the Marine Corps so why bother? Well I do it because although I may be used to it...others may not be. I have to respect their own privacy and their feelings as well (which in itself is a debatable thing...) Anyways...WHY THE HELL DO OLD, SAGGY MEN WALK AROUND NUDE?!?!!??!and it's not that they're doing it...but they're doing it because they walk around with the air of..."Check me out gents...i still got it"....i can only cringe sometimes...man...I mean they're in great shape and hey more power to them since I can only pray i can look good walking around naked at age 98...haha...Man do they got balls.....hahahahahah literally.