Andrew J. Lederer

my gym is in "real" brooklyn (as opposed to the manhattanish sections) and the women who work here (the cranky guy isn't here today, so i can do some post-workout posting -- yea!) remind me of young moms i knew when i was a kid (as well as girls i went to school with). they have the version of a brooklyn accent that well-spoken, comfortable,intelligent (but not scholarly) normal women often have. (i wish i could think of a celebrity to use as an example.)

i gotta say that they really turn me on. it's like i'm home when i'm around them, even though i never felt or was completely a part of this world. (though i did grow up in real brooklyn.)

as a matter of fact, i wanna marry the girl who's at the counter now. she's beautiful and the embodiment of the type i just described.

and she smiled radiantly when i went to the counter to make sure i wouldn't get yelled at for hanging out on the couch and "computing".