silly rabbit, trix are for kids...
I left Baileys a few hours ago. Every time I leave there I think about what a magnificent sitcom the store would make. There is a limitless number of faces passing through those doors every week. So many different unique personalities. The possibilities are endless. The characters are incredibly interesting. I mean where else are people named: Shit-eyes, Du Rag, Satan Boy, Tank Ass, Jungle Boy, Jewish Matt, Fat Kyle, Shady, or even The Mexican?
In the last four years I've witnessed so much there. Between in-store politics, friendships, feuds, comical moments, and some bittersweet happenings, the story material is so vast. Perhaps I've lingered there for far too long.
Every now and then, someone asks me why I run those friggin' tournaments or if I ever get tired of it. The answer is honestly...no. As silly as it sounds I love doing it.
I feel like I have some higher sense of purpose. I help keep kids off the streets and out of trouble...at least for a little while. I might be exaggerating the importance of it all, but it makes me happy to think I can influence somebody. That maybe just one of those kids looks up to me or heaven forbid I could be a ...... role model.
They come to the store because they want to have fun, not just to play some stupid card game. Winning and losing isn't important to them (except maybe for Robbie) just being around each other is enough. I'm apart of that...that's something to be proud of. Isn't it?
Who knows...one day someone might remember my minuscule presence in their life and think fondly of it. That is a measure of possibility worth striving for. Maybe the good I do today will pay dividends tomorrow.
I'm rambling now. I'm just a big kid that doesn't know how to grow up. Pathetic isn't it...
In the last four years I've witnessed so much there. Between in-store politics, friendships, feuds, comical moments, and some bittersweet happenings, the story material is so vast. Perhaps I've lingered there for far too long.
Every now and then, someone asks me why I run those friggin' tournaments or if I ever get tired of it. The answer is honestly...no. As silly as it sounds I love doing it.
I feel like I have some higher sense of purpose. I help keep kids off the streets and out of trouble...at least for a little while. I might be exaggerating the importance of it all, but it makes me happy to think I can influence somebody. That maybe just one of those kids looks up to me or heaven forbid I could be a ...... role model.
They come to the store because they want to have fun, not just to play some stupid card game. Winning and losing isn't important to them (except maybe for Robbie) just being around each other is enough. I'm apart of that...that's something to be proud of. Isn't it?
Who knows...one day someone might remember my minuscule presence in their life and think fondly of it. That is a measure of possibility worth striving for. Maybe the good I do today will pay dividends tomorrow.
I'm rambling now. I'm just a big kid that doesn't know how to grow up. Pathetic isn't it...