Almost every weeknight my friends and I go the LA fitness in Scottsdale to play basketball. This night was no different. Tonight it was me, and two of my other friends who are look as athletic as John Goodman. One is about five foot six inches and weighs two hundred and fifty pounds. For man his size he moves pretty well, like a gazelle, well a gazelle with a broken leg who suffers from yellow fever. The other is six feet two inches and maybe weighs one hundred and fifty pounds after a big meal. He lacks hand eye coordination and he looks like he is running valet with the way he goes up and down the court. I am the most athletic of us three but the skill of basketball is beyond me. I have an easier time off the court scoring than I do on the court, and that doesn't say much about my personal life.
We call next game when we get there. The people there are skilled considering its a pick up basketball game. They hit the open jumpers, don't miss lay ups, and can handle the ball well. We were in trouble. We pick up two other players who probably couldn't even make the Special Olympic's basketball team and begin the game. The score was eleven to one after the first five minutes. Our only basket was the result of a prayer that was answered. I guess God really likes basketball, or feels really sorry for us.
The last time I was embarrassed this badly involved me, full frontal nudity, and a senior football player. Being on the freshman football team I was subject to much hazing. That day was a cold day, very cold, so everything was going against me. As soon as I walked outside with my food I saw a shadow behind me and then felt a very cool breeze. Unfortunately both my hands were occupied holding the tray of food. So not only did I loose four dollars of lunch because I dropped the tray, my ass was put on display for the entire school.
Although this game wasn't as embarrassing as getting depantsed it was a little more shameful. The only double double I was getting that night was at In and Out when we all left.
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Haha! Ali, that was awesome post.
ReplyDeleteA little sad... but you definitely have a sense of humor so you don't seem to shattered by any of it.
I really liked how you set up the scene and described your two friends. By giving details of their physique, you were able to illustrate their lack of talent.
You had a good transition into your flashback and it was no problem following the scene at all.
I definitely loved the last line of your post! Great job
This was quite the post-
ReplyDeleteYour friends are hilarious- wish you would post a picture with your post so we could see what they look like! … but you described them very well! The yellow fever and the gazelle descriptions were great. Very easy to follow-
Happy rough drafting!
Mimi