Jeah. So I gets to be BT's bestest man come next spring when he and his lady Mrs. Cassidy become fused forever in heavenly matrimony. Thats him there on the left - pretty much to a tee - not sure who the chunky asian lady is standing in there for CassBrown, but whatever works...
He asked me today on a phone call in typical BT-ish down-played "I don't know, you know, that stuff" - but he said some real nice things too. Kinda surprised me - not that I don't think I'm qualified, BUT we don't see enough of each other lately and though we're forever bonded, I just hoped I was still in his immediate playlist.
I guess 'surprised' isnt the word, cuz now that I think about it, I'd have been bummed if I wasn't, but I guess I hadn't thought about it yet... but even tho we see not enough of each other - I always feel connected. Its always been like that tween us since post high school. No matter what we do, how long it is tween talks or visits it always seems like its right there. The friendship never fades, its this perpetual thing, that maybe only comes when you share your formative years and so many key life moments. Its cool. i feel really blessed in a non-christian sorta way to have that kind of relationship, and trust - its like i KNOW he'll always be there - always. At least til one of us kicks the ol bugget. So now i gots to figure out what all i gotta get together on this thing - tuxes, ring, license, speech, transportation, honeymoon, luggage, cuff links, sunscreen? ooh, depends on the honeymoon venue.
Brian was a best man at my wedding. Yes 'A' best man - i had three. All best men. Truely all 3. I have thought about what I wanted to say to my best men whenever that hallmark moment presented itself - but when it did I locked up - dudes are lame - hard to express things to each other - everything is implied by the cheesy high-fives and rambunctious wrastlin' etc. But I did think about it. I gave them each a trophy... thats right - a trophy. Based on their titles as best men, and also their performances at my bachelor party weekend in Tahoe. brian's was "Best Man - Worst Bowler" - he actually rolled a 39 thru all ten frames - and no he wasn't drunk, and yes he was trying his derndest. It was hideous and hilarious - and it deserved a trophy. but getting back to what I was gonna get across in some long winded delivery speech - the gist was I've got 3 great bestfriends (at the time - pre-mike-n-coles) all with long histories, and all which serve very different but equally important friendship functions - it was much more flowery than this all sounds, but what I mean is - Brian is my brother, I love him like a brother and we grew up together, and as mentioned we have a unique connection thats most like a familial bond. Hes my family, always will be.
Now Jorge on the other side - he serves as a great friend to kick back with, throw back so pops, bbq, football, he's a model 'man' and father and he really inspires me to push myself. I think I really learned a lot with him about respect and heart. He was my catcher, and I had to trust him to always have my back and I know he always will.
Then JG on the other side - he's my creative counterpart, which obviously is a huge part of who i am as a person. he inspires me to want to create, to want to build, play, and though he has a skill set so different from mine we're always on the same page. The most creative and fun person I've known and I can't imagine not having his friendship in my life.
But the point is - what is the point? - Oh yeah - 3 effing great best mans. Why do most people only get one? Cuz most people don't know 1 person as best-mannish as my 3. And who says you can only have one? So yeah I feel blessed and the portfolio grows - I like great people - and I'm proud that brother brian wants me to be his beast man cuz that means he thinks i'm cool - that or he knows I won't forget the ring, or the sunscreen.
No bloggo postus in May? weak. I'm gonna make up for it this month with crazy posts like crazy. Just lame random ones like this BA dot com totally fresh insta-dance-move photo - pretty sweet - always wondered about the 'Tango Hustle'. Also short of a full blown 'In Heavy Rotation' post - I'll just quickly note the recent diggits on my ipodicle. Wilco's new one is pretty nice - Sky Blue Sky - cool name too.... lots of influences for these tunes - they all sound like different bands - like good versions of different bands, from beatles to floyd, to simon and garf (tho Mike disputes this in his deviant youth), also shades of MMJ, Spoon, others too... but really nice album. Also playing lots of Arcade Fire's Neon Bible... digging on Ocean of Noise (rad) and title track (sweed) and others - looking for new stuff but short on time... ok thats all signing out - peace n bisquik --bp
