“Reverse gravity has helped him get two outs that is the phrase of the night from Shooty Babbit, still trying to figure out what it is, we’re not ever gonna find out what it is but it sounded so good, I’m just not sure how it pertains to Cahill because Gravity would be moving downward and reverse would be moving upward and we don’t want his pitches to be doing that No, we want the sink action because we don’t want the rising action because if it rises it’s going to be straight, well let’s get 27 reverse gravity outs all on the ground.” Glen Kuiper and Ray Fosse on 9/21/10
I’m not sure what to say about this day the 21st of September because for all intents and purposes it was funny, serious, and filled with great conversation. It all started when I woke up this morning and took Paloma walking and it felt cold and it felt like I was freezing. Soon after, I headed to school to start my Psychology of gender class which just had a basic introduction with rules and what not but after a while it got kinda boring. Then it was to Women Studies where Ms. Cole discussed what women Studies was and after a while it made sense as to what she said. We had a few people asking questions and what not but I enjoyed it because we got some great opinions in the discussion. Eventually, JB treated me out to Panda Express which I found to be courteous of him since he’s usually not that nice to treat out his buddy to some food. After that, we headed back to school for my speech class where I surprised to see my old friend Arsh from work which was awesome because he and I are great friends as we’re always laughing about everything. After Alex Kramer explained the class, I headed out to hang with one of my best buddies Ricardo which was something that I had been looking foward to since the last time we met up. It’s something that I want to do every week because with me and him, it can’t be something that we feel we HAVE to do because then it gets compliacted. We met up at Peets Coffee over in Sunnyvale which was a nice beginning to what was sure to be another round in the saga of Ricardo and myself. However, what was a casual gettogether turned out to be one of the best experiences I’ve had in a while. We started off with the usual banter of baseball which is fun because it’s all about the playoff races right now with the NL being meshed with the Braves, Phillies, Padres, Giants, Rockies, and the Reds. Meanwhile the AL is cluttered with the Twins, Rangers, Yankees, and the Rays. After we got that out of the way and I let my emotions about work come out and how I might be thinking about a job change, we decided to go ahead and catch some of the games at Red Brick (again) which is something that is pleasant and certaintly not a waste of time. On the way there, I let Ricardo know once again that having parents in our lives gives us the opportunity to live in their home and they don’t have to accept us but they do anyway. We could leave if we wanted to but it would be difficult to do so if we had to support ourselves with money. I found it hilarious how me and Ricardo always seem to make something out of nothing with baseball because watching the Phillies/ Braves gives us an opportunity to really get engaged with two teams we’re not even fans of. Usually I would laugh about the Phillies but the truth is, they have a soild chance of winning the NL pennant again this year and even though Joe Blanton looks like he might eat a baseball every time, I still consider the Phillies the class of the NL. We also had a good laugh at our two favorite baseball announcers, Ray Fosse and Glen Kuiper and all the mistakes they make on the air but hey what can we do because they’re only human right. After we settled down and had our usual talk about baseball, we sat down and had one of the most eye opening conversations I’ve had because it for one it’s Ricardo and two I couldn’t have been happier it was anyone else. Usually, I don’t like to talk bad about people but recently I’ve had some internal feelings about how I feel about JB and the way that he is. That’s the way the conversation turned to at first which I loved because I got to hear his perspective and now that I think about it, it makes a hell of a lotta sense. The main points were this:
JB has that mentality like he’s still in high school(i.e. his dad still gives him rides to school even though he has a car, he brags about how he’s getting all these girls to text him even though he doesn’t like it and how he’s being made to feel important)
JB is very selfish, only cares about himself because he could care less about taking a class with me because it’s a free ride home and he doesn’t have to pay for his own books.
JB has the personality of a drug dealer. This one was scary to think of at first because it was hard to imagine JB being like that but after comapring him and drug dealers it made sense because he would call me like he was a brother and tell me he loved me.Of course the gullible person is always gonna come back for more because there never gonna want to stop getting it and I fell into that trap.
The more JB has gotten into shape(dropping from 230 to 170 almost) the more he’s gotten to believe to himself that he’s actually this guy that’s “hot”. Hence, when I hang with JB he says that girls are eyeing him yet what’s their purpose, maybe they’re just curious.
The idea behind JB needing me was always the true intention of why JB sticks with me. This I can believe to be true because over the past year or so I’ve done a lot for JB because I thought he was one of the good guys but the truth is, he just needed me there for his own purpose.
After that was all said and done, I had one of the best walk and talks that I’ve had with Ricardo around Target coleman which almost made me wanna just tell him what was the big deal with my perceived best friend JB. There I found out what Ricardo was: A guy that actually cares how he treats people, not just doing things cause it’s the right thing to do. Ricardo told me that night, I don’t need JB and I don’t need him and I could do great in trying to make friends anywhere else. We recounted once again what was said before but the main pints of this one were that:
What does JB mean when he says, “Your ass isn’t ready, this place needs us, They’re gonna miss us, and me and this guy don’t need to be here” The conclusion that he came to was that he’s trying to make himself feel better by saying all those things and he wants to feel important.
I believed everything that JB had said before because I saw nothing wrong with him, he was like a God to me but Ricardo kind of painted a picture of him as being this guy that draws you in with is words, kinda like a cult leader.
He would never feel comfortable when JB would make fun of me because it doesn’t seem like anything friends would do to each other.
I told him about the time that JB told me I was a better person than he was which prompted Ricardo to tell me that he sees something real in you.
JB loves the spotlight that’s why he’s always complaining about how all these girls text him but the truth is why does he respond? He’s trying to patch something up that wasn’t there before.
Anyway, long story short I was amazed at the depth of the conversation we had about JB because he has so many elements to him that it’s almost hard to tell if he’s playing with your emotions. After that I heard Ricardo’s story on this girl that he got to know a few years ago and how she always kept going back to this guy even though the guy would treat her bad. He kind of related that to the story of what’s going on with JB and how people tell others that without so and so you’re nothing which is like the whole drug dealer comaprsion. Once I heard that I was amazed to find out that she broke up with her boyfriend and she enjoyed her summer. We also talked about how before he would drink for fun and how he told a girl that if she didn’t have a boyfriend he would date her which surprise turned into him getting into trouble with this one girl before in high school. Eventually we winded it down with a good little talk about laziness which is something I hate seeing at school and at work because if people give just a little bit of effort they’ll get somewhere at least give them that. What I can conclude about that night was that I’ll never forget the encouragement and the friendship that was built from that because Ricardo and I might not see each other every day or even every week but when we do see each other, it’s something that we both want, always remember if something becomes a habit or routine then there’s something wrong or at least change it. Tuesdays are a day I cherish and I always look foward to spending time with a good friend and an even better man. Anyway, it’s getting late and I have school in the morning, so later, oh here’s something that’s awesome too:
And what the hell is Reverse gravity having to do with the way Cahill’s pitches sink huh?
Just Another Day... 