Some Things I Don’t Understand
August 6, 2008
1. The Running Skirt
This is becoming increasingly popular and more and more seem to be popping up at each road race I do. Why? From my perspective, it’s wasteful and impractical. There are shorts underneath so the extra flap is superfluous. I’ve never found myself wanting running attire that limits my movement. Maybe I’m weird in that respect. And while I’m all for being feminine, I think I can deal with wearing pants/shorts for the hour or so I’m running.
2. Geometry
Math is, admittedly, not my strongest subject. I’m a world-class bullshitter with a talent for words (are you getting why I was a history major now?). That being said, I like math. Algebra and statistics make sense to me. They can also be kinda relaxing. Not so with geometry. I just don’t get it. I kinda hate it. And I’ve yet to find a real-world application for it. I’m sure they exist but I haven’t dusted of my protractor or compass since sophomore year of high school.
3. Sausage
Sausage has the distinction of being the one item on this list that I don’t WANT to understand. I don’t know what it is. I don’t want to devote anytime to thinking about it. I don’t get how sausage can exist in thousands of forms from many different animals, but I’m okay with that. How sausage can be “home-made” is a mystery to me. A mystery to be left unsolved. I choose not to think about sausage and I definitely choose not to eat sausage.
So go on, tell me what you don’t understand.
geometry comes in handy with sport, whether it be cricket (my sport) or baseball, netball, soccer, etc. etc. maybe the detailed accuracy is not so important there, but think about it in launching and sending a space probe into the universe. a couple of degrees matters. more than 95% of maths that is done has application. the world would not exist without it!
ahhh… but the running skirts DON’T limit your movement – they are made of the same fabric as the shorts and so move with your body in the same way.
Also – since when do you ever spend only an hour in your running gear? I seem to spend half my day in it by the time I finish all my errands… and I feel a far sight more decent going to school in my skirt than a pair of creeping shorts wiht my rear butt cheeks hanging out.