“We, in particular, love the idea of gift-giving which lends to a boost in the economy.”

“We all realized that we had oral interviews on cassette tapes (and) if we don’t hurry up and reformat them, we’re going to lose the information.” -Carol Waggoner-Angleton

Paintings, historical monuments and fossils are all things that come to mind when preservation is the topic, but cassette tapes, who would have thought?

Reese Library, Paine College’s Collins-Callaway Library, and the Augusta-Richmond Public Library joined forces to receive a $2,000 audiotape preservation grant from the Georgia Humanities Commission, which will allow for a selection of tapes from the three libraries to become digitized, according to Carol Waggoner-Angleton, the Special Collections assistant at Reese Library.

“We all realized we had oral interviews on cassette tapes (and) if we don’t hurry up and reformat them, we’re going to lose the information,” Waggoner-Angleton said. “So we went looking for some funding to have them reformatted to mp3 files that could easily be maintained over (a) long term and would be easier for people to research with.”

One of the reasons there is a need to digitize the tapes is because with cassette tapes, they need to be played on the machines they were created on, Waggoner-Angleton said. If they are played on different machines, then the old tapes have a greater chance of being destroyed.

“Every machine runs at a slightly different speed and when you are playing old and brittle tapes, if you do it on a machine other than the machine they were created on, they are more likely to break,” Waggoner-Angleton said.

Also by digitizing the tapes, listeners can hear the voices of the people speaking and the influxuations in their voices, therefore achieving a better understanding of what the person is saying. If people only had the manuscript, they would not be able to determine the speaker’s tone and know if the speaker was kidding or being serious, Waggoner-Angleton said.

But not all the tapes in the collections at the three libraries will be digitized, only a select few will be sent out due to the amount of money received by the grant, Waggoner-Angleton said. The tapes selected from each library were chosen for various reasons and the 10 tapes chosen from Reese Library are from the Eugenia Fulcher Collection.

“The Eugenia Fulcher collection is a series of oral interviews that she did for her doctorate dissertation interviewing teachers who taught in one-room school houses, elementary school houses, in Burke County before the end of school segregation,” Waggoner-Angleton said. “We took a small subset of this (and) are looking at someone called the Jean’s Teachers. These were like supervising teachers for a district and they were funded by a philanthropical group who was trying to provide more educational opportunities for rural African-Americans.”

For Lyn Dennison, the library director of the Collins-Callaway Library, the choice of which tapes to get digitized came down to what was interesting about the history of the school.

“We have a lot of student interviews with past graduates,” Dennison said. “This apparently was a project that took place in the late 1970s and they contacted graduates from the 1930s and ‘40s. Those people recalled some of their times here at Paine College, so that is kind of interesting to hear how things have changed there.”

As for Dorothy Demarest, the reference librarian at the Augusta-Richmond Public Library, the decision was not only because of interest, but more importantly, which tapes had a greater need to be saved.

“In the 1970s they got some money here to do some oral history,” Demarest said. “They asked various people around town to do the oral history and we saved them all the time, but they’re on little cassette tapes and a lot of them have deteriorated. I tried to transfer them myself, but there’s a lot of background noise and they need to be cleaned up. So what we want to do with this is digitize them and clean them up. One of them I picked because we don’t even have anything that will play it, it’s a reel-to-reel and it’s disintegrating so badly that if somebody professional doesn’t fix it up, it will be lost.”

Once all three libraries complete the process of preserving the tapes, the staff plans on having separate events to announce to the public the new digital items are available to listen to, according to Waggoner-Angleton. The dates for these events have yet to be determined, but if everything works outs accordingly, the events should begin by June or July with the Augusta-Richmond Public Library. Then a few months later, around November, the other two libraries will have presentations to announce their newest additions to their collections.

The Augusta State men’s golf team is entering its spring season attempting to do something that no team has done in Division I golf in more than 46 years: win a third consecutive national championship.

Augusta State became the first team to win back-to-back titles with their victory over the University of Georgia at the conclusion of the 2011 season since the University of Houston accomplished the feat in their 1984 and 1985 seasons, respectively. Houston was also the last team to win more than two in a row, with four consecutive titles in 1964, 1965, 1966 and 1967.  Senior Taylor Floyd said getting back to the postseason is still a work in progress.

“Obviously a trip back to postseason would be our No. 1 priority, just trying to make it back to the national championship again,” he said. “I know we have the talent to do it, but we have a lot of young guys in the lineup. We kind of struggled in the fall with finding a rhythm and getting the right five guys in there that we are comfortable with.”

The fall season proved to be a challenging one for the young team, as it only finished in the top five in three events out of 11.

“We got off to a slow start (in the fall) but I think we finished on a good note,” said head coach Kevin McPherson.

“We finished fourth in Dallas and that was a good strong field so we kind of left the fall season with a good taste in our mouth. Hopefully we will just kind of ride that out going into the spring and (be) able to start back where we left off.”

The Jags lost all five starters from the 2011 national championship team with the departure of Patrick Reed, Carter Newman, Mitch Krywulycz and Henrik Norlander. Olle Bengtsson, who was also on the team, is in his first season as an assistant coach with the team. McPherson said Floyd, a vital player on the 2010 championship team, should prove to be the team’s natural leader entering the spring 2012 season.

“I’ve been saying since day one that Taylor Floyd would be our leader,” McPherson said. “He is a senior this year, and he was part of the starting five players in the 2010 national championship. He played a vital role in winning that first national championship. He has just been playing some solid golf now and he played well in the last event in Dallas.”

Some of the freshmen players have shown great improvement in their short time at Augusta State, McPherson said.

“One (player) that comes to mind right away is Robin Petterson,” he said. “As a freshman, he is a strong little player. He’s got his head on his shoulders right and knows what he wants to do. It’s kind of like a learning curve for him. After the first semester, we sat down and had a little evaluation, and he kind of got the cobwebs out. I think he has gained a  little bit of experience with playing in every event that we’ve played in the fall semester and I think he is going to be a great solid player for us, not only in this semester coming up but in every year to come.”

Though he has been ruled ineligible by the NCAA for the 2012 season, Jack Heasman looks to get the most out of his first year with the Jags.

“I sort of see that as an advantage in some ways,” he said. “It would be nice to be competing, but, for me personally, it’s a nice bit of time for myself that I can really put to my advantage. Specifically, I just have to work on my consistency and my short game. I mean, at this level, the short game is really the difference between winning and losing.”

Heasman said the team should focus on smaller goals rather than tackling the big ones first.

“I think the guys will make it to regionals and, from there, it will be their golf that gets them to nationals,” he said. “I think going to regionals is a realistic goal. I think it will be an achievement just to get there this year. Patience and confidence is what they need to have this year. They have to be patient with putting the new team together, and they need to be confident in what they have.”

The Jags returned to action at the San Diego/TaylorMade Collegiate in Chula Vista, Calif., on Feb. 13.

“Women will come in with their heads hanging down and I just talk with them and make them feel comfortable. People always thank me for that.” 

Fuzzy handcuffs, lubricants, lingerie, and massagers are just a few items stocked up on the shelves at Lucy’s Love Shop.

The shop, a classy, local lingerie boutique, opened its doors to enhance couple’s romance, piquing their interest every Valentine’s Day in Augusta.  The owner, Shelly Ballington, has opened four locations in South Carolina and has now opened Georgia’s first Lucy’s Love Shop off of Washington Road behind California Dreaming.

Often times, customers will walk into the store and ask question, “Who is Lucy?”

Judy Clary, store manager of the Augusta location, giggles and responds with, “There is no Lucy. It’s something that only women have.”

Clary said the store’s shelves will be wiped out in February, which is the busiest month of the year. For this special holiday, Clary and her staff design different homemade gift baskets.  Each basket is created with different themes and price ranges. Lucy’s Love Shop even offers a signature line of products; a Lucy-line consisting of  massagers, oils, soaps, shoes, bags and more.

“Every basket is different,” Clary said. “I have a ‘sex in the shower’ basket. I even have a ‘Karma Sutra’ basket. We even have different toy baskets. From the rose petals to the lingerie, we have everything.”

Many regular and even new customers swarm the store on this holiday. Lucy’s Love Shop prepares for the busiest holiday by stocking up their hottest items.

“We get so busy on Valentine’s Day that I have two employees behind the counter, one putting stuff out, one in the back making baskets and one out buying different things we might need.” Clary said.

Lucy’s Love Shop is not necessarily targeting a new customer base. Adult novelty users have other options in Augusta to make their purchases.  Clary said their rival adult shop in Augusta, X-Mart, is considered a sex shop that caters to mostly men, while Lucy’s Love Shop is a lingerie boutique that caters to everyone. With an attempt to appeal to everyone, Lucy’s said she thrives and lives for creating a comfortable atmosphere for her customers.

“I can tell when it’s a customer’s first time in the shop.” Clary said. “Women will come in with their heads hanging down and I just talk with them and make them feel comfortable. People always thank me for that.”

Clary and her staff allow for their newcomers to leave with a special item, such as a sample pack, to ease any concern and build confidence about openly discussing sex. For her regular costumers, Clary stocks the wildest items.

Picking and choosing what is wild out of all the items in the store can be difficult. Clary said determining what she stocks depends on the likes of the patron.

“The wildest product to me would be shock therapy. But that’s not even that wild.”  Clary said.

Lucy’s has regular customers in all age ranges, the oldest one is 89 years old and regularly visits the boutique.

“We get all kinds of people,” Clary said. “It’s part of life, and it’s never going away. All they will do is come out with better toys.”

Augusta State’s baseball program, generally speaking, has rarely done much to capture the attention of the student population and alumni.

There have been pockets of success, such as in 2004 when the Diamond Jaguars finished 38-18 and spent much of the season ranked in the top 20, but overall, the hardball team has not been able to maintain anything approaching the consistent excellence of Augusta State’s men’s golf and basketball programs.

But that could be about to change.

As he settles into his third season heading up the baseball team, Chris Cooper has the Jaguars poised for a breakthrough into the Peach Belt’s upper crust.

Whether 2012 will be the year the Jaguars take the next step and earn an NCAA Tournament bid remains to be seen. Early returns have been mixed. The team opened its season by taking two of three games from Carson-Newman and then splitting four road games with Paine and West Georgia.

But even if this isn’t the year that the Jags put it all together, that season will not be far in coming. Cooper is still growing as a coach, and considering the progress he’s already been able to make since going 16-31 in his first season, that portends very good things for the Jaguar program in the days ahead.

Heading into the 2011 campaign, a fan asked Cooper if he thought his team could reach the .500 mark. Though his team was picked by the media to finish dead last in the Peach Belt, Cooper responded that he had much higher hopes than just breaking even.

It was that kind of confidence that allowed Augusta State to surprise everyone by coming within a single victory of winning the Peach Belt Tournament last spring. The Jags were not the most talented team in the conference last year, but you could make a good argument that they were the scrappiest.

Cooper’s work building the Augusta State program is far from done. The Jags struggled offensively last year, and the hitting in the early part of the season has again been sporadic. Cooper, who anchored the Jaguars lineup as a first basemen a decade ago, knows he has to get some more pop in his batting order.

But one of the things that has been most impressive about Cooper has been the willingness he has shown to adapt to his personnel. Though he was a prolific power hitter in college, Cooper employed a run-heavy, small-ball attack that helped the Jags win several games last year that they, frankly, had little business winning. The mark of a good coach is the ability to adjust to the talent he has at his disposal rather than trying to make his players fit into his philosophy. Instead of waiting around on the three-run homer that likely is not going to come, Cooper has demonstrated he is not afraid to be aggressive and force the issue.

More to the point, despite the fact that he was a slugger himself, Cooper understands that a team has to be able pitch at an elite level to compete for championships, and he has assembled what has to rank as one of the finest staffs in Augusta State history. Scott Shipman, who joined the program the same year Cooper took over, was named a preseason All American and gives the Jags an excellent chance to win every time he steps on the hill. Josh Barks, Dylan Wall and Kip Custer have all impressed in early-season starts, and hard-throwing closer Wilson Taylor anchors a deep bullpen.

Though Augusta State is still a work in progress, once Cooper is able to put together a lineup that can match the talent and depth of his outstanding pitching staff, there will be no limit to what the Jaguars program will be able to accomplish.

“Everyone has a few butterflies before going on stage,” Reed said. “They will go away soon after and the show will go on.” 

Here is the scenario: an unhappy girl, a handsome prince and a fairy godmother; simply put, its Cinderella and it’s coming to campus.

The story of Cinderella has warmed the hearts of many for decades. At some point in life most have come across some form  of this age-old tale. Patricia Myers, director and conductor as well as a lecturer in music, came together with Augusta State’s Opera Ensemble and Music Department to put an entertaining twist on the story. The ensemble performed its take on the Rodgers and Hammerstein’s version of Cinderella last weekend at the Maxwell Performing Arts Theatre.

“This is the original version, produced in the 1950s, then again remade in the 1960s,” Myers said. “By the 1990s there was a televised version starring Brandy and Whitney Houston, to name a few.”

The process of this production began about a year ago. Myers said she knew she wanted to do the production and even thought about it over the summer vacation. She then began to see people she believed would fit well into certain roles and in October she had an open audition.

“We cast to fit roles, and looked for balance among amateur and professional experience to give everyone a chance to shine,” Myers said. “We have a mixed ethic group in the show as well.”

About 90 percent of the actors and orchestra are Augusta State students. Myers said she found it very important to showcase the talents of the college. Katie Blanchard, a senior accounting major, portrayed the role of Cinderella. This was her seventh stage play but not her first starring role on stage.

“I’m a shy person, I get jitters, I get nervous,” Blanchard said.

She said even though she has jitters at times, her role was not a difficult one to relate with no matter what age, gender or ethnicity.

“Everyone can identify with her story and her struggle,” Blanchard said.

Tom Reed, sophomore music major, played the role of the prince. Reed has been in many productions, including Beauty and the Beast, but this is his first college performance. He describes his character as ‘real royal’ and one who catches on slower than others in the play. His preparation for this role began in December after his casting.

“At times it has been difficult, but we have an exceptional staff and it has been a blast working with them,” said Reed.

Reed said he is enthused for his role in the stage play and said the cast and crew are wonderful and they all have worked together to help each other.

“Everyone has a few butterflies before going on stage,” Reed said. “They will go away soon after and the show will go on.”

Jessica Bailey, a senior biology major, took on the role as stage director. She said she was so pleased with the way the students came together to make the play what it was and could not ask for a better cast.

“This is going to be a great show with a great cast,” Bailey said.

The opera ensemble and music department have worked diligently, around the clock to make this a memorable performance for the audience. They have chosen to place a modern take on the production and make it their own hoping to not take anything away from what Rodgers and Hammerstein originally wrote and produced.

“This has been one of the easiest casts to work with, I have enjoyed every minute of this production,” Myers said. “I encourage everyone to come out and support our ASU students.”

Before the glitz and glamour of homecoming week can begin, there is a slew of people working behind the scenes to ensure that everything goes well throughout the week.

The preparations for homecoming week start at the beginning of the fall semester, said Jessica Haskins, the assistant director for programs in the office of student activities and the homecoming chair.  The events that occur during homecoming week are planned by the 18 member homecoming committee, which contains faculty and staff, as well as students, including the Mr. and Ms. ASU from the previous year. One of the first priorities of the homecoming committee is to figure out what the theme of the week is going to be, and this year it was “Augusta State Celebrates the Hero Within. After” choosing the theme, the committee then decides what events they want to take place during the week, whether they are new or old.

“(There are) some traditional events that we do,” Haskins said. “We do lip-synch every year, so lip-synch is always on the agenda. We do a meet-and-greet interview with the candidates every year, we have a kick-off every year. So some things that are traditional are done every year and then we fill in the gaps (for) the rest of the week, after we have all the traditional things on there that go along with the theme. We always have community services events somehow in the week.”

After picking out the events for the week, the committee creates packets for the Pass the Paw candidates who compete to win a $200 check, as well as packets for the potential Mr. and Ms. ASU candidates, Haskins said.

At the events, many of the candidates are in attendance in order to gain participation points. The participation in events consists of 40 percent of the candidate’s score, while the rest of the score is comprised of 30 percent of the student body vote and 30 percent from their meet-and-greet, interview judging.

Participation in the events throughout the week can be especially nerve-wracking for the candidates and preparing for what is to come can also be equally jarring. But to prepare for homecoming week, Sasha Martin, a junior pre-dental major and Ms. ASU 2011, had a game plan to help calm her nerves and get ready for what the week brought.

“I went out and went shopping (because) you have to feel good to feel confident,” Martin said. “I had to prepare an “A” like everybody else did this year (and) we had to make a mocktail. (The preparation) just had to do with my emotions and trying to cope with the stress of the week, because it is a lot going on, you have to deal with a lot of different things.”

Preparing for the events as a candidate is one thing, but as Ms. ASU 2011, Martin was part of the homecoming committee for 2012 and was heavily involved in the planning for this year, especially with certain events.

“We actually put together one of the events, we were sitting there and had this carnival idea that we were going to have these kids come and enjoy a carnival that the students did,” Martin said. “But we decided that in return, an epiphany came to me and I thought ‘Why don’t we just donate a bunch of food too, there’s an after school program where people come and they donate food to children that are less fortunate?’ But we decided Golden Harvest Food Bank would be more of an interesting prospect.”

One of the events that Martin really enjoyed planning and participating in was the bonfire.

“The bonfire was something we were really excited about because we wanted it to be something for the ASU students, even the organizations could get involved because that’s what it’s about,” Martin said. “It’s about everybody coming out and enjoying homecoming week. ASU is about to become something completely different, so it’s good to show that we have a sense of pride and go out with a hoorah.”

All of the behind-the-scenes work that Martin was involved in this year taught her something she had not realized about homecoming before.

“A lot more goes into it than meets the eye,” Martin said. “Last year I thought it was a lot just being a contestant and I thought that the fact that I have to do all these events (was hard), but actually being on the committee and being Ms. ASU is a huge responsibility, it’s a very big honor and whoever wears the crown that’s coming soon, she will bring honor to it. It’s all about holding your pride with dignity and representing the school and not varying from that at all.”

When all the hard work and planning pays off at the end and faculty and students can come together to celebrate ASU, Haskins said it is one of the things she looks forward to each year.

Tucked away on the corner of 10th and Ellis streets, Rooster’s Beak has established a name for itself with its unique style of food and its laid back atmosphere.

Rooster’s Beak breaks away from the prevalent, ordinary chain-restaurant environment in Augusta.  A dimly lit room, brick walls and bright-colorful paintings give the restaurant a more modern ambiance.  Walking into the Rooster’s Beak is like walking out of Augusta.  This restaurant is more along the lines of something that is seen in downtown Atlanta; a nice change of pace.

With its Italian-Mexican blend and decent size vegetarian options, Rooster’s Beak is a great place for any foodie. The variety of fresh ingredients and the different take on traditional Italian and Mexican food makes for a delightful dinner option.  The many taco variations maybe the most enticing menu option, but their constantly changing specials are also very alluring.

Do not go into Rooster’s Beak expecting anything remotely “normal” to eat.  The sauces, the seasonings, the ingredients and their preparation combined to make for an intriguing meal to say the least.  Different is not always bad in this case.

Even more different than Rooster’s Beak’s take on a main course is the ice cream – a beyond unique take on a classic- that is served.  In fact, the ice cream flavors may border on weird.  The flavor combinations include anything from root beer and peanut butter cup to Sweetwater and cherries.  The anything-but-ordinary ice cream menu is constantly changing and for a traditional ice cream lover, constantly disappointing.  The meal may be excellent, but the dessert is better left untouched.

On a positive note, the beer and alcohol menu is not dissapointing.  Their domestic beers in stock may be one of the best around.  For a beer lover, Rooster’s Beak could be considered heaven.  For those that prefer liquor, the options will not disappoint either.

Although the food and atmosphere both exceeded expectations, the service, however, was unsatisfying.  This would not be a good place to eat with any type of time restraint.  If you drink a lot or fast, expect to wait a while on refills.  Even though Rooster’s Beak is not a huge establishment, don’t expect to see your server often during dinner.

Overall, Rooster’s Beak is definitely worth the trip.  For anyone that likes to try different types of food and enjoys a good beer, Rooster’s Beak is the way to go.  This is not an establishment meant for picky-eaters and is not for people looking for a big variety.  The prices are reasonable and the food will leave you wanting to come back for more.  If you can stand some bad service and you aren’t in a hurry, you will not be disappointed with choosing Rooster’s Beak for your next meal.

A silence can be noted on the course as a player steps up to the tee box, takes aim and swings, all while hoping to not shank the ball.

This silence can only mean one thing, the spring 2012 golf season has arrived at Augusta State University and this past August the women’s golf team welcomed Kory Thompson, its new coach, who said she was excited to join the team.

“It was a good opportunity,” Thompson said. “The men are coming off of back-to-back national championships, so the level of support here for golf in general in the Augusta area is really good, so that was a main deciding factor. The women’s team has always had a good reputation and been good as well, so for me it was a good career move from where I was before.”

Even though she is new to the women’s team, Thompson said she is not planning on doing anything different to prepare for the season because with golf, there is not much to do different. But what the team is working on is improving its putting and the small things that have a big impact on its scores. To help improve its scores, the team is practicing and playing as much as it can.

“We play a lot because you have to learn the score, no matter what you have to get the ball in the hole,” Thompson said. “I think our main focus is usually short game and then just playing, just getting used to the pressure of going out and playing against your teammates. If it’s not that, it’s usually 70 to 80 percent short game.”

To assist it in dealing with the pressure, the eight-member team, which is only allowed to practice 20 hours a week, practices five days a week as a team and works out three mornings a week, Thompson said. But when they are not busy practicing with the team, many of the players practice on their own to help prepare them for the qualifying matches.

For every event it attends, the team can bring five players, and to determine the players who will participate, the team plays a qualifying match against each other, Thompson said. The players who end up playing are the ones with the five best scores.

While all of the players are working hard to qualify for matches, at least one of the players is working on her red-shirt this semester and that is Stephanie Bennett, a freshmen psychology major and the only new member of the women’s golf team. Bennett said she is looking forward to something particular about this season.

“The experience, because I’m trying to redshirt, so I’ll get one year of just being consumed with golf,” Bennett said. “Then I’ll have that year under my belt and I’ll still have four years to be eligible (to play golf).”

What redshirting means is that a player, who has five years of eligibility, can take a year off to where they do not participate in any of the tournaments, but still partake in practice to qualify for the matches and still have four years to participate in the tournaments, Bennett said.

But while Bennett is redshirting this semester, at least one of the other players has one thing on her mind and that is making it to nationals, said Marit Bjerke, a junior marketing major on the team.

“(Because) we did so bad at the end of last semester, we would like to do really well this semester so we can make it to regionals and hopefully to the nationals,” Bjerke said. “We made it to the regionals last year, (so) it would be nice to make it to nationals this year.”

This goal of making it to regionals and nationals is also shared by Thompson, who making it to nationals is the teams’ main goal this season. The journey to regionals and nationals began with the teams’ first tournament Feb. 12 in Florida.

“As humans, we all have our own individual and unique personalities. In the gym, as humans, we all unintentionally reveal a completely different side of our personalities.” 

Spoiler alert: I love going to the gym. If I had it my way, and lived in an alternate reality in which school and work didn’t exhaust all my time, I would be in the gym every day. Stretching, running, weight-lifting, and working on my hot bod; I love it all. Let’s just be real, I’m sexy and I know it.

Unfortunately, my wallet doesn’t allow me to have grand amenities like a gym membership. I therefore have no choice but to keep up my appearance at the gym in the JSAC.

No, this is not a rant about how lame the gym in the JSAC is; my apologies. The gym is clean, the lockers work, it generally doesn’t smell funny, and the students who work there do a pretty decent job of staying on top of it. My issue lies with the other gym attendees.

As humans, we all have our own individual and unique personalities. In the gym, as humans, we all unintentionally reveal a completely different side of our personalities. We’ve all witnessed them: the pacer, the creeper, the eye-baller and the pompous cad.

The pacer is the one I find the easiest to laugh at. The one guy who, while everyone else is working out and doing what makes the most sense to do in a gym, seems to be simply making laps around all the equipment. He’ll walk up to a machine, tamper with it then walk away, weaving between the other machines. The pacer will finally sit down, do a few hardcore exercises, and then begin to make his laps again.

What is he doing? That’s my question, because if he’s trying to keep his heart rate up, I don’t think becoming twinkle toes is going to do very much for him. Dear Mr. Pacer, stop trying to just look like you’re actually doing something, and actually do it. Otherwise, I would very much like it if you could remove your body mass from our quaint gym. Thank you.

The creeper has to be my least favorite. It’s that one guy who will spend his entire workout session staring at a girl, and he’s not staring because he’s insecure, like the eye-baller. The eye-baller stares because he wants to know at what speed your running, how many calories you’ve burned, how many pounds you’re lifting, or how many sets you’re doing.

The eye-baller is annoying but laughable, because we all know he’s the one who won’t continue to come to the gym for very much longer. The creeper is anything but laughable. He’s enough to make girls run out of a gym screaming with her hands wailing above her head. I think we all know why he’s staring and what all he’s staring at, so I’ll put that subject to rest.

The pompous cad is the most annoying, to me anyway. I saw one just the other day teaching his buddies how to properly do everything. He’ll come in the gym with two or three friends and spend the entire time telling them what to do and how to do it, without ever picking up a weight himself.

Why even wear gym shorts, sir? Just in case your homeboy needs an extra pair from all the squats you’re making him do? My favorite attribute of the cad is his uncanny way of giving girls side glances while he teaches his friends the ropes. I imagine the inside of his brain sounds a little bit like an LMFAO song. Of course, because he thinks he’s sexy and girls know it.