“whats in there, a cannonball?”
::primus::

i work out at the rec center on 54th. greatest deal on earth 75 bucks for a year. including pool access. the gym pulls a very interesting crowd, because of its great price despite its upper east side setting. everytime i go i have a uniquely interesting social experience or i witness something unusual which i have come to realize is to be expected in nyc. one character is primus, the biggest, blackest, jacked body-builder turned person trainer u have ever seen. he trains with little old men and smokin chicks all the same. entering the weight room with his customary “oooohhh yeaaaa”, a call, returned by other daily gym goers “ohhhh yeaa”. to help put things in a better perspective, u know the huge locks that people us to lock up there bikes or motorcylces. i think i saw him wearing one of those like a belt the other day over his sweat suit. i first met primus early on in my time at the gym. i was pumpin at the the bench press w/o a spot when i nearly dropped the bar on my chest after too many reps. a couple of people ran over and over dramaticized my slight struggle with the bechpress bar and helped lift the bar to its holding place. with my headphones on i saw primus yelling something at me, i unplugged my ears and heard primus saying something along the lines of. “u gotta call me ova, im here to help man, when ever u need a spot shout at me dawg!” his tone was not angery at all it was a friendly ‘im here to help’ since then i give primus the customary ‘daps’ and head nod at the gym. this reminds me of my old days back at classical high school. freshman yr i was a tiny little kid so it was natural for the biggest thuggest kid in school befreiened me. kenny studmier. he gave em the nick name of “playboy” and always invited me to sit as his table, just to be nice, or perhaps he did it to pick up chicks. he also always cut the lunch line and brought me with him which was always prerry cool. if i was ever in the lunch line he would pull me up to the front. normally the principal woud try and catch line cutter however if they ever approahce kenny abuot cutting or about binring me to the front he would laugh it off. back to the topic, primus is just one of the many intersting characters i have come to recognize at the rec center.