Time to Face Facts

It has been revealed that my torso will be revealed onstage in Sleeping Ugly. As Servant Two, my shirt will be torn off by the nasty Princess Miserella. I have been joking about it already; that the audience will be in for a rare, blubbery treat. But truth be told, I'm not thrilled about it. I can comfortably mope around my home shirtless; to the dismay of the other half, but to show my spare tire to the general public...Hmm. Not excited about that! So, I've got a month to get into some semblance of shape. Today I ran/walked a mile on the treadmill, did 100 situps, and a meager 8 pushups. That's all I could manage. Sad. I've made a chart for the month before we leave for Florida. As long as I can increase each day, I'll consider it progress. We have that "beach body" workout, but the fact is that my left knee is shot. I truly should get it checked out, but I'm convinced it only has to do w/ my extra weight. It's probably more than that; although going back over my life; I can't really find any horrific incident that would have screwed up my knee so badly. I'm getting old before my time. No doubt, some lost pounds would certainly let up on the pain in the ass that my knee has become. Once again; one month to lose some poundage. Not only for the shirtless terror I'm about to face (not to mention the audience), but also; I'm doing a musical. I have to have a decent lung capacity to sing; dance, and as I've already found out; deal w/ the crazy costume changes I will have to endure. On top of my exposed flab; I also have to come to terms w/ the fact that I have the worst skin this side of Istanbul (that's what came to mind; no reason; forgive...). Well, if I'm all buff and fit, the skin won't be noticed, right? "Plus I'm a notary; so I've got that going for me too." ($1 for the person who can name that quote; where it's from and who said it). We have our first musical rehearsal this evening. As I sit here going over the music, I'm reminded how much I miss singing; in a choir or in a musical. It's been so long. I'm so, so excited. Perhaps the singing part will overpower the half naked thing. C'mon Klug; rationalize away your obesity. There; done and done.