Caniprokis, you can't really be considered a jock. If you were a jock, you wouldnt have hung out with us.

I agree that kids should be forced (yes, forced) to play sport when little. If they hate it, they wont do it for long.

I think the jock mentality comes from parents.. so I do think I'd be able to keep my kids from boasting left and right about how great they are.

I had a brief stint on the high school swim team, it was fun.. and I wish I had done it all four years. Fucking work prevented that. Freshman year I didn't even know about the swim team. Sophomore year I joined (thanks to FlyingTim, who was on the swim team). I did it for a while, then near the end of the season I got frustrated since I wasnt very good. I also didn't like the swimmers for the most part. Junior year I joined again. My abilities improved a lot, and by mid summer before my Senior year I was in the best shape ever.

None of this helped my self confidence. And I was too much of a geek too. I was sick of swimming 3 hours a day, six days a week then working as a stock boy at a grocery store. I liked computers too much. So I went to work as a white collar employee at a biotech firm.

That sucked too in that I spent all my time working there because I loved it there. It still wasn't what I wanted. I think I now have what I want.. working for no one, not on a set schedule..

I still am working on my favorite methods. I don't like being physically out of shape. I don't like working long hours. I need a happy medium here.

Wilson is one of the most anti-jock people I know. I agree with him mostly. That won't stop me from going to the gym with Caniprokis. Working out regularly gives me energy that I like. I don't feel tired all the time.

Unfortunatly the doctor has kept me out of the gym this semester (fucking physical therapy was useless.. I'm done now). So I'll start going again in February. And all summer Canprokis and I will go. I will make him and he will make me.

I still wont run. Running is stupid. If you like to run, you'll probably die sooner than me. Have fun running.