Hollywood Gyms

I go to a gym in Studio City. Gyms are little strange to begin with, but in Los Angeles it's kind of funny.

Most of the people at the gym are in "the Business". All of them are still striving like me, but if you are in the gym at 10 am on a Wednesday you are unemployed in "the Business". At least that day. Tomorrow might be different. The people at the gym at 10 am are still working to accomplish the dream that brought us all here. They don't have it yet... but they have hope.

There are lots of actors there. I have overheard guys talking about their roles in this or that. For example: "I had a gig as an ambulance driver in "Cursed". No lines, but a cool death scene." Dude, you were a featured extra, but you are spinning the tale. Let's be real.

Singers: They have their ipods in their ears and they are singing along full voice, to themselves. Their own music. And they will have a friend put the ipod buds in their ears and listen to this track or that track. Kinda narcissistic. But pretty funny.

Men out number women 10 to 1. And the women get chatted up constantly. It's always fun to watch guys try hard and get shot down.

At my gym I have seen movie stars - both present and past, TV stars, singers, star fuckers and porn stars. And I dont' bug any of them. I go to work out until something hurts, then I go home. Though, none of the famous seem to really break a sweat. Maybe they have their assistants work out for them.