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September 6, 2002
sharing, giving, tricking, bucking
Feelin' a lot better today. I went to practice last night, although I didn't participate. Just helped clean up and did some drills with the new scrumhalf for a bit. Apparently I caught the same bug that pretty much went through the entire team - literally (talk about Blogarrhea) . It's like dating 14 men at the same time...we tend to share what we have.
Speaking of sharing, apparently one member of our team has been excelling at his duties as recruitment chair...or at least the welcome wagon portion. I wouldn't normally give a shit except that he tries to date after the trick, which leads to drama and the recruit not returning to practice. On the one hand, if that's the only reason the recruit came, good riddance. On the other hand, the recruitment chairs' every act should be to recruit and retain players and members. I volunteered to put a kind word in with the fellow, and to remind him how one old member handled doing half or more of the team very quietly with minimal drama. 'sigh' We may appear butch, but we're still a big bunch of girls.
Speaking of girls, it's gay rodeo weekend here in DC. I would roll my eyes at this affected hypermasculine archetypical drag, but then again I'm on a gay rugby team. Once, when I went to Remington's, I overheard a sibilant, Cosmo-sipping queen, cigarette in hand a la Lauren Bacall who quoted in the direction of some cowgurl on the dance floor:
"She's no cowboy!"
Thanks for filling us in, Tex.
Mmm...I wish to see Bubba in his Wranglers and cowboy boots again. Mmm...Bubba butt.
Oooh...my aquarium filter came in today. It's HUGE! Must run home immediately after work to set it up. Soon, very soon, I will have fishies.
Phone interview for the job in Madison at 2pm today. Don't you dare call me or walk into my office during that time, or I'll disembowel you with my gaze alone.
Posted by jimbo at September 6, 2002 10:33 AM
Comments
Best of luck on the interview today...I wish I had one today, too!
Posted by: Michael at September 6, 2002 11:02 AM
The best time I ever had in a DC bar was at renegade with a member of the water polo team whose name wasn't jimbo. their happy hour mugs of happiness were evil - pure evil. i think the four of us had about 25 mugs on the table at one point. lots of non-cowboy types abound.
Posted by: jimbo at September 6, 2002 11:59 AM
renegade, what the hell crack am i smoking - i meant remingtons..hehe
Posted by: jimbo at September 6, 2002 11:59 AM
Hmmm...and I almost wore my Wranglers today too.
And I would check out the rodeo. Never know what you might find. ;-)
Posted by: Bubba at September 6, 2002 2:10 PM
I may catch one of the dances on Saturday night, but otherwise I have rugby on Saturday and the baseball game on Sunday.
Posted by: jimbo at September 6, 2002 3:24 PM