Sat 9/18/04 9:30a Culver City

First, a couple of people complained to me, while I was setting up, how unfair the sign-up system was - how there must be a better, more organized way to let 70+ people into the aerobics room, fighting for boards, fighting for space, than the system I already have in place. Not that they could come up with one.

Then, another couple of people at the near corner of the room decided to keep on talking while I was doing the pre-class intro. They managed to carry on the conversation into the warm up. By that time I was past furious. Smoke was coming out of my head, if that was not obvious.

For the grand finale, a regular of many years who works for the PD, decided to take the class after pulling a night shift. He had no sleep, no food, and he promptly fainted in class. Not knowing what was going on at the time, for a few seconds I thought I was looking at a dead person. He woke up and seemed to be fine, but that was about as much as I could take.