Larry: "Who?"
Me: "Steven, the Special Ed. 7th grader, Brian, the sixth grader, and Isiah, some new kid who's in some grade. -waves hand- I dunno-- ... it's not important, anyways ..."
Larry: "Okayyy ..."
Me: "Anyway ... alright, so everytime I would score a basket? Her head was turned. Everytime she looked my way I was standing idly at the side, waiting for the ball. The other 3/4 of the time, the three of them had the ball and were standing behind the basketball pole talking about some sh*t that wasn't relevant at all. I watched her as she marked our 'F's for the day on her clipboard. Everytime she did look and I had the ball? I missed the shot ..."
Larry: "But you were still dressed out! And participating!"
Me: "I know, but missing 200 shots during the 45 minute period doesn't leave much of an impression ..."
Larry: "True."
Me: "... --so, ... I ended up having the ball at the end and passed her to put it in the gym cart, right? As I walk by, she calls my name. I almost wince, turning around to her. Then she comes out with, 'Next time I'll look at placing you in a more productive team. By the looks of it, it seems that you would've done something had you had the opportunity to work with a functional team.' I nodded with a smile, put the ball in the basket, and ran off to the locker room to change, again. -- ... but in the end, it was all good."
Larry: "-shocked- What the hell? That was absolutely freakin' pointless. If it's 'all good' by the end, what was the point in telling me all of that?"
Me: "-laughing- I dunno ..."
Larry: "Look, ... that's about the same as you telling me that you were walking along and you got arrested for something you didn't do. The cops throw you in jail, but 10 hours later they come to your cell, unlock your door and tell you your crime was that you stole a balloon. But it was a mistake on their part because they forgot today was 'National Free Balloon Day' ... 'so it was all good in the end' ..."
Me: "-still laughing- ..."
... and then ...
Timmy: "Can I get $2 from either of you guys?"
Me: "Do you have a 5, Larry?"
Larry: "Yeah."
Me: "-gets out wallet- I'll give you 5 ones and you can give me the five so you can give two of the ones to Timmy."
Timmy: "What the f*ck? Why don't you just give the money?"
Me: "Because then I won't be the one to give you money; it'll be Larry who's losing out."
... shortly after the transaction, whilst Larry and I wait outside Jack in the Box for Timmy to return ...
Me: "So why are we waiting?"
Larry: "I dunno ... it's not like he's magically gonna pay me back right now."
Me: "How do you know?"
Larry: "Look, he went in with my money. Where is he gonna get the money to pay me back right now? He's not ... well, it's not like he's going to summon some magical rainbow and run along it to the end where he'll find a pot of gold, A.K.A. his 'bank account', within the time period he runs inside and back out."
Me: "True, true."
... and, also ...
-in San Filippo's class-
Daniel: "Alright ... -enthusiastic, hearing the office called for him- ..."
-heads for the door, San Filippo's back turned to him-
-blows a kiss to the class, waves, ducks out, ducks back in, and flips off San Filippo, jogging out the door-
-class starts to laugh-
San Filippo: -wheels around- What's so funny? -serious-
xDD
And, in other news ...
- Here's the link to Shadow's, Maine's, and Kaiser's profiles to our role-play, Fated Souls on Gaia. Check them out, and make sure to thank Maricia for them. ;-)
- I'll be uploading a video of me getting stuck and lagging on a Wind Rider (Horde) on WoW to YouTube sometime soon. Be on the lookout. I'll post it here as soon as. xDD
--"Reaper"
