Hey all,
I don't post much, but I lurk with the best of them. Before I go any further, I just want to give
BIG PROPS to Time and KalAMP and company for finally giving me a place for my hobby that I felt comfortable contributing to. I've been mongering alone in the wilderness for years. It feels good to have a home - Let the flames begin now...
OK. If one reads my reviews, you must know that I can't help but note - with pithy attempts at humor - the odd thing or three. My jaundiced eye can't help but catalog the strange. I'm helpless to prevent my nature. These observations have occurred repeatedly to the point where I feel compelled to share some of them.
So, is it just me or is there some amazing new strain of athletes foot that I'm tracking out of these massage shops? I tend to shower before a session and while, I am diligent about drying my tootsies afterwards, I'm getting some serious commercial-grade flaming toe action a few days later. I'm certain that
AMPs are the source of my affliction as my gym- going days are behind me and I can vouch for the operating room sterility of my home shower. In addition, this fungus laughs - audibly - at the standard over the counter creams and powders I have tried. Perhaps foot soldiers know the pain of which I speak, but this stuff is pure evil. It is only a combination of some New Age and back country cures that has seen this stuff is even held in check. ( And may I put a quick prayer out there that this be the only bug I bring home that I can't make go away...can I have an AMEN? ) I'm just curious if anyone else suffers as I do and if they have any fixes.
Also, is it just me or am I the only one who notices that we're our own worst enemy? Specifically when entering and exiting a shop. Too often I see a guy outside a parlor looking and acting like
he's doing something illegal: Eyes darting left and right, hesitating, nervous, loitering, sun glasses and hats, etc, etc. Two words of advice folks:
OWN IT.
There are three kinds of people looking at you when you roll up to these places:
1. Those that think "That guy's going into a whore house."
2. Those that think "I think that guy's going into a whore house." and
3. Those that think "Why is that guy acting all funny? OH!
He's going into that massage place. It MUST be a whore house!"
There's a fourth kind of person: Folks that barely notice you as they drive/walk by because they're late picking up their kids or catching the bus and wouldn't give you a half-second's notice if you weren't acting like a bank robber.
So please, for all of our sake:
CHILL. A regular guy doing regular stuff isn't as likely to get the neighboring businesses all in a tuffle OR draw the attention of their kid's soccer coach as they drive by.
That's all I've got for now. Be careful out there.