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Paging Kabuki... Do you Remember those days?
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Not only do I remember those days, but I remember the glory days of the man above me, Mr. Polynikes setting everyone straight on what's true or not (or manly or not) about running.
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Thought if everyone was smoking and drinking, We could not train as hard to make us more manly. Just my oppinion.
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And it's a female opinion.
It's funny because I've only gotten grittier as I've gotten older. I often sport a black shirt with only white letters on it at the Gym that says "Shut up and Train." You can see it here in this photo with myself and a Heavyweight I sparred (and it sucked, I fully now understand why there's weight divisions in Boxing):
One of my co-workers recently got arrested and had to spend 2 nights in jail. He lied to our boss and told him he spent 4 nights in jail. He did this to have 2 extra days off he said because he "wasn't ready" to come back to work. I couldn't help but scold him after because one of the times I've been arrested I had to walk home the morning of my release, shower, change, and walk to work. I said something to the tune of:
"What did you need to convalesce over it? What kind of pussy shit is that? You were in jail, you got 2 good days of sleep and you needed a break from a break? If anything, going to jail doesn't make you a fragile moron, crying about it for two days after does."
This is a kid who also quit Boxing on his second day, though. So it's likely the information was lost. Toughness, determination, willingness to endure pain to attain one's goals. Without sufficient right-of-passage rituals in our modern society, and without sufficient mature males setting the example, we can look forward to countless generations of females with penises.