I'm not a White House reporter, frat boy, fighter pilot, or boxer, so I've never been the kind of person that would spontaneously get a nickname.
I mean a REAL nickname.
Not one based on your own name (sorry UofAPilot, "Brevans" doesn't rise to the level).
Not one that you chose yourself as you're nom de Rock (so to Brother Codpiece, "Brother Loud" doesn't count either).
One that people assign to you based on your behavior and/or appearance. One that you sometimes really hate because it's based on your behavior and/or appearance. I can't imagine that Karl "Turd Blossom" Rove is too enamored of his nick, but serves him right.
Anyway, a few years ago I realized that Kim's hula practice every Thursday night left me with a night of solo dad work. Being a selfish bastard, I told her that I'd like a night off too to go surfing. If that was ok honey. And fortunately it was.
So began Wednesday night Boy's Night Out. For the first few months it meant going surfing and not having to be around to pick up kids and do the whole bedtime routine.
Then I finally convinced Iamnotasurfer to try to become one and he joined me. At that point Boy's night out morphed into surf/drink beer/see whatever quality movie was out.
That continued for a little more than a year until Iamnotasurfer decided to move to SF and become an architect/luthier/cold water surfer/ad guru. Whatever.
Well, I've stuck it out without a surf partners and kept up the drink beer part. I'll drink alone, but hell if I'm going up to the ticket booth and only buying one ticket. That's messed up.
So I was out a few Wednesdays ago at Straight Out's (that's 37's to you Surf3's) and one of the regulars (who in my interior monologue I have given the nickname "Tiny" because he's probably about 260 lbs) looks over and asks me:
"You surf yesterday?" << apply proper pidgin inflection
Me: No. I only surf on Wednesdays. Why was it good?
Tiny: Ho brah. Was unreal.
The next week I'm out again and Tiny sees me.
"HEY, WEDNESDAY !"
Check that one off the life list.
2 comments:
Heh heh, I like that. It IS fitting I think, because even over here, I think sometimes, "hmmm, Wednesday, Brad's surf day....lucky bastard." I for one associate you with Wednesday, so I think it's a perfect name. Will Tiny go drinking and movie watching with you?
I'm in for a beer and pizza and maybe a poolhall fight or two on some Wednesday, Wednesday. Give us a call some tuesday.
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