E-MAIL FROM SALT LAKE CITY.Byline: Steve Dilbeck Subject: Dilbeck from the Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City Date: Feb. 13, 2002 From: Steve Dilbeck To: The Daily News Readers I was aching, OK? Hiking hiking Walking, often among hills or mountains, as recreational sport. It represents an activity in its own right and also figures in backpacking, camping, hunting, mountaineering, and orienteering. up mountains, climbing more steps than in the Empire State building, chasing lugers. And I'd been walking by it in the Main Press Center corridor every day - four, five times a day. So I cracked. I gave in. I am here to confess confess v. in criminal law, to voluntarily state that one is guilty of a criminal offense. This admission may be made to a law enforcement officer or in court either prior to or upon arrest, or after the person is charged with a specific crime. . I had a free massage. Right, so you're thinking what a life. Like going to the Winter Games
But it's the only perk perk 1 v. perked, perk·ing, perks v.intr. 1. To stick up or jut out: dogs' ears that perk. 2. To carry oneself in a lively and jaunty manner. available, one you earn. You gotta got·ta Informal Contraction of got to: I gotta go home. trust me on this. It's not a full-body massage, but one of those 15-minute jobs where you stick your face into a cushion and they work over your back. If it makes you feel any better, my new friend, Derek, made it hurt, too. Did that thing where they stick their elbow in your back and try to bore a hole through you to see if you'll tear up. Fear not Valley types: I did you proud. Then they jiggle your arm around, do a little behind the neck. All right out in a hallway while all your peers walk by. It would be embarrassing if they knew whose face was buried in that cushion. I'd go on, but Derek is expecting me. CAPTION(S): Box: e-mail from Salt Lake City (see text) |
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