full circle

AGES ago i watched the film "benchwarmers" ... you know, the really fucking shit movie? yeh, ok. now try this on for size.

it was saturday afternoon and apparently my house wanted to play some cricket. (not baseball like in the movie) so, sarah, steve, pree (who is the guest of the week) and i all went down to the park to play some "sport" ... now, we all looked pretty ficking stupid. jeans, sunnies... shiny shoes? it was pretty bad. so, i decided that we looked like the "benchwarmers" those loser people that never get any action on the playing field. and then we all talked about how stupid that movie was blah blah blah...

so, after a little while of playing the game i saw this lil' kid running around the oval by himself. as he went past i asked him...

"hey man, i'll give ya a race?"

he was cute and small and black and his little white teeth smiled and replied...

"YEH!"

oh, i loved it. anyways, his name was Ubal. we shook hands.

so, needless to say i won the race. it was 100m and i did have my fast shoes on. even though i gave this kid a 50 m headstart he was still hopeless. just messing. he was awesome. we high-5ed and then he continued running off into the sun.

...

10 minutes later of more playing cricket, Ubal comes back and says...

"i was talking to my mum and she said i could play cricket with you"

"YES!!!"

needless to say i was excited. anyways, we all went back to playing and it was fun times. he was pretty good. and i think he was a little pissed we werent taking the game as serious as he was.

another 10 minutes... and then this other kid comes running up behind me...

"UBAL, UBAL! .. what are you doing?"

all of a sudden there was about 15 kids playing cricket with us. all serious as fuck. actually running when they hit the ball (yeh, um, that never happened with us) ... switching teams. bowling the ball totally proper. actually wanting to chase the ball when someone hit it far. oh, it was incredible.

then, TROUBLE. CONFLICT.

"he's out. get out. i'm next. i'm next. i wanna bat. me! me!"

"NAHHH, I WAS SAFE!!!!"

tough call. someone had to say something.

sarahk- "look, im the oldest... he was safe. give him another chance."
toughkid- "YEH, WELL, I'M THE YOUNGEST. AND I'M UMPY! UMPY!!!

he continued to chase sarah for short while with his fists. i never seen her run that fast in my life. (she's generally like a turtle. get's there in the end.)

and then... in a move that was so bold. they brought on a soccer ball. i knew what was happening. it was all suddenly making sense. these kids didnt love our company... they were just using us as a warm up to their soccer game!

1 minute later.

"ok, see-ya.." "good game guys" "yeh, have fun..."

WE HAD BEEN SHAFTED. BY A GROUP OF FUCKING KIDS.

therefore making it full circle.

ouch.