Archive for May, 2008

22
May

Do not pass go……just leave, please

When it comes to girls, you have two sides of the spectrum.

On one side you have girls who will be there for you no matter what and to top it off, have something going for them (i.e. school or job)

The other side is girls who take your kindness the wrong way and believe that you want to go with them.

In the past few days, I’ve managed to be on both sides.

Monday was supposed to be the day in which the girl who I met down at the Conference USA tournament in March was going to head to the Starbucks on Poplar Avenue near my house and talk for a brief spell.

That is, until I headed back in the direction towards home and received a text message in which I found out that she was in a minor accident and couldn’t make it.

While this was going on, on the other end of the spectrum, a girl that I started talking to in April began to take what I had thought was a good friendship to a different level when she began to call me a lot and wondering why I hadn’t returned her phone calls while I was on the other end talking to my wayward cousins in Milwaukee.

Instead of what seemed to be what I thought on my behalf a friendship, turned out to be in her mind to be a relationship.

A one-sided relationship.

While with the girl that I talked to back in March knew for a fact that we were friends like myself, the girl I started talking to in April wasn’t seeing it that way.

And after telling me her sad story, which it was indeed, calling my phone at all times of the night while I was sleep, I finally decided to the next best thing to keep my sanity which was to get rid of her and move on with my life.

Obviously, after doing that, and remembering what I said to a friend back in March, I believe wholeheartedly I’m going to be single for a while.

That is, until the right one finally does come my way.

21
May

Hump Day Droolfest 5.21.08



20
May

Redbirds are in first place……..and no one seems to care

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For the last seven and a half years, I’ve watched the paint rust on summer at the corner of South Third and Union as the Redbirds bred some of the stars you see today in St. Louis and bullshitted on the field as far as their record was concerned.

While I know that sounds like sour grapes, the Redbirds hadn’t played too many meaningful games in the month of September, let the month of August since Albert Pujols hit a game-winning blast to win the city’s first baseball championship since 1990 back in 2000.

Save for 2005, when the Redbirds, Omaha, and Nashville were fighting for the pennant, only to be sideswiped by Hurricane Katrina, the Redbirds haven’t been anywhere close to being pennant contenders.

Until now.

At the end of Sunday, the Redbirds are in first place by a single game over the Iowa Cubs in the American Northern Division, giving me a chance to relish a rare pennant race in Memphis over the summer break.

Yeah I know, 22-22 isn’t something to throw a parade about, but for the shit I’ve had to watch for the last seven years, maybe it’s not that early to think about the postseason.

Then again, we have three months to go in the season.

19
May

Monday Droolfest 5.19.08



18
May

“All that matters is that you had a good time”

A week from tomorrow, I will make the journey from peaceful Chicksaw Gardens and back to the rowdiness of my Springdale neighborhood, which is where unfortunately, I lived at until moving to Chickasaw Gardens at the beginning of the year for the summer.

While most of my friends have already packed up and said their last goodbyes this weekend, I decided to stay until the checkout date, which ironically, would be Memorial Day.

The reason for me staying until the end was because for the last five months, basically this entire year in North Highland Park, has been a wonderful experience for me.

Of course, just like any experience, there’s been triumph and tragedy.

Triumph was watching the softball team make a nice run in the TransSouth Conference tournament.

Tragedy was seeing one of my friends’ injured up close and personal in Nashville and then fighting so hard to keep the basketball season going in North Highland Park.

The reality of what was to happen after Friday was when I went to Senses, which is across the parking lot from my apartment.

During a singalong of “Let’s Stay Together”, I found myself tearing up while singing off-key with my friends, knowing that this was to be our last time together for a minute.

While I know for a fact that we’ll be at it again in August, however expensive it may be to go to Crichton, I know for a fact the remaining year and a half I have in North Highland Park will never be anything like this.

Who would have thought that in a span of twenty-four hours I would get my crush’s number and then on the final day of the semester, finally beat one of the best pool players in North Highland Park?

Who would have thunk it?

Whatever opportunities may come in 2008-09, as I make the transition to junior, I wanted to give one more toast to 2007-08.

And now that these acts been written, it’s time to enjoy my summer.




About Southern Girls and Sports

Southern Girls and Sports is a look at not only sports here in the South, but also a place where I can write about my adventures around the South and also about my second love:hot chicks. I don't try to be a journalist, I tried to be one for three years but didn't work out because my editor was a shithead. I try to be one of the guys you see stumbling across Poplar Avenue at 6 in the morning drunk or better than yet, a guy that loves sports. You can also read some of my intelligent work on The Nasty Boys' Sports Blog and other places around the internet.

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