"Future Love"-Varsity Fanclub

I recently joined a gym. Before that, I had never belonged to one, and had possibly never set foot in one. The whole idea seemed "so corporate." Then when I got a 9 to 5 job and became exactly that corporate, I realized that if I sat in front of a computer all day without exercising I was going to start looking like a capybara.

So, I had to change my attitude about gyms. This meant going to the sports clothing store (where I went up to the desk and asked the lady, "Can you explain to me....all of this?") and bought perky exercise shorts, and shorts to wear under THOSE shorts so that people can't see my underwear when I jump up and down, etc. It all seemed kind of excessive and silly, but I figured that if I was going to give it a try, I ought to really see what this stuff was all about.

Then I actually went on one of those machines and I realized what it was all about: endorphins. Once people are exercising, they don't give a shit about whether they are wearing a pair of $50 spandex underpants. They don't give a shit about terrorism. They are riding on a magical opium cloud. Did you know that endorphin stands for "endogenous morphine," which means, "morphine produced naturally in the body"? Well, it does, and that is what it is. CRAZY.

What this means is that when I watch the music video channel at the gym on my own personal TV set, I am watching music videos ON DRUGS. When I came upon "Future Love" by Varsity Fanclub, I had this sensation like I was being lifted from my body, caressed by angels, and then gently lowered back to earth. I literally thought, "Thank god, boy bands are back."

Then I came home and bought the song on iTunes. I spent a dollar on it. In fact, I spent a dollar each on like ten other songs that I also heard at the gym. This is ten dollars that I could have spent on food, or medical care.

Luckily, even when the endorphins have worn off, my terrible taste has not. That lasts forever. And that's why this song still does it for me, every single time.



let the angels sing