The competitive hunger
We won our softball game Sunday against the team that gave me the black eye and it was like sweet vengeance.
I had two base hits, scored 2 runs and had assists on numerous plays at 2nd. As competitive as it is I still have the best time just talking with people and playing the game. I play second base and I get to trash talk to everyone who crosses my bag. Whoever plays shortstop and I are like partners in crime. Doing what it takes to get the job done.
I have learned that there are some advantages to having a big black eye.
a). People stay the fuck out of your business.
b). Runners turn back around and run their ass back to first when they see me holding the ball in the baseline.
c). I made more tips valeting Friday night then I may have ever made before. People would pull up in their cars with this fear in their eyes like, “Just give her the money and park wherever she says.”
d). The people who think I’m going to get beat up and raped working the parking lot by myself suddenly have the new impression that I can hold my own, which is a godsend because I've always resented the people who are scared I’m going to get hurt but they don’t think anything about the guy who works the lot by himself across the street. The black eye makes people scared of me. I could be smiling and acting dainty but somehow having a nice shiner on top of that gives off this total “don’t mess with me” vibe. I have grown to appreciate it.
Jess and Hannah and I are going to the Braves game tonight. One of the guys on my team gets free Braves tickets at his office that he’s supposed to use for schmoozing his clients but instead he just gave them to us. I love baseball season. Scu says that loving softball is some kind of weird proof that I’m a masochist because you have war scars associated with playing the game. I just love the networking, the socializing and the excuse for regular physical activity. I’ve made new friends, I have new parties to go to and it brings out a competitive side of me that I don’t get to see very often. It’s like playing softball makes me strive to be better.
I had two base hits, scored 2 runs and had assists on numerous plays at 2nd. As competitive as it is I still have the best time just talking with people and playing the game. I play second base and I get to trash talk to everyone who crosses my bag. Whoever plays shortstop and I are like partners in crime. Doing what it takes to get the job done.
I have learned that there are some advantages to having a big black eye.
a). People stay the fuck out of your business.
b). Runners turn back around and run their ass back to first when they see me holding the ball in the baseline.
c). I made more tips valeting Friday night then I may have ever made before. People would pull up in their cars with this fear in their eyes like, “Just give her the money and park wherever she says.”
d). The people who think I’m going to get beat up and raped working the parking lot by myself suddenly have the new impression that I can hold my own, which is a godsend because I've always resented the people who are scared I’m going to get hurt but they don’t think anything about the guy who works the lot by himself across the street. The black eye makes people scared of me. I could be smiling and acting dainty but somehow having a nice shiner on top of that gives off this total “don’t mess with me” vibe. I have grown to appreciate it.
Jess and Hannah and I are going to the Braves game tonight. One of the guys on my team gets free Braves tickets at his office that he’s supposed to use for schmoozing his clients but instead he just gave them to us. I love baseball season. Scu says that loving softball is some kind of weird proof that I’m a masochist because you have war scars associated with playing the game. I just love the networking, the socializing and the excuse for regular physical activity. I’ve made new friends, I have new parties to go to and it brings out a competitive side of me that I don’t get to see very often. It’s like playing softball makes me strive to be better.