It's devastating that this happened in general, but the fact that it happened in public - and at a Kmart no less - just made it worse.

Last night, some friends and I decided to make a random trip to Kmart. Not really needing anything inparticular but excited for the opportunity for some retail therapy, I decided to come along. While perusing the shelves, I came across their weight/workout/exercise equipment section. At the moment I am trying to piece together a workout facility in my basement - convinced that I will never get off my ass to go the gym. So I decided to get some free weights, a yoga mat, and some exercise bands - nothing too ridiculous but just some fabulous accessories. I finished shopping - adding to my cart a random assortment of food products, toiletries, and household goods - and proceeded to check out. The cashier - though nice is forever on my shit list - begins to scan my items and about halfway through looks at my exercise equipment and goes;

"New Years Resolution huh" with an all-knowing smile.

Ummmm squeeze me? Can I help you? What are you trying to say? That just because I am a plus-sized girl and I happen to be buying gym equipment that I obviously made a New Years Resolution to myself to lose weight. Here I am the ambitious fat girl buying random exercise equipment in some vain hope to make 2011 the year that I get in shape. In the immortal words of the one Miss Tyra Banks "Bitch you don't know me, you don't know where I come from". I don't care who you are, you just don't say those things. Even if I had a plethora of weight loss supplements and an Idiot's Guide to Losing Weight stacked next to an O Magazine with the headline "How to keep those New Year's Resolutions", YOU STILL DON'T SAY THAT SHIT.  

Now at this point, all of the industrious Kmart employees somehow gravitated to this one checkout station so that everyone could bear witness to the comment. I, of course, had to play it off as if I had no idea what she is talking about. Excuse me honey it is JANUARY 11TH this is obviously not a New Years Resolution or I would have come in here A WEEK AGO to buy the equipment.  With that being said ... I'm excited for my new gym equipment and hope that 2011 is the year that I finally get in shape ;)

This past weekend I sat down with fellow Utility Players Ian Sorensen and Amanda Alvey as we discussed our New Years Resolutions - or in some cases our lack thereof. In my typical fashion I went on a long-winded but delicious diatribe about the ridiculousness of creating New Years Resolutions. We generate a lengthy list of goals and ambitions for ourselves for the upcoming year and valiantly attempt to achieve said goals. More often than not we fail miserably, feel bad about ourselves, and then have to spend the rest of the year justifying to ourselves and those around us why we did not follow through on our New Years Resolutions. Why do I want to put myself through that horribly disappointing experience? Sure I could say that I am going to lose weight, eat better, become famous, live forever, give up my vices, read more, watch less TV, blah blah blah blah blah. However to be honest these are my goals everyday of my life and not solely reserved for New Years. If I do decide to make any resolutions I will be probably keep said resolutions to myself as to have others place expectations upon me, but for the sake of social propriety I plan on reading more, loosing weight, and travel more. :) Enjoy the podcast!!