" One weapons store was located next to a ballet school that also sold powdered vitamin drinks, the kind used by bodybuilders. In the window were tutus, enormous cans of whey protein, and pictures of tanned, overdeveloped men who grimaced and looked, in Hugh’s words, as if they were being roasted alive in a hot oven. "

― David Sedaris , A Carnival of Snackery: Diaries 2003-2020