Crazy
Yeah!... it's almost the weekend and so far it has been a good day at work. Some days are better than other of course.. and today is better.

Yesterday, I went to lunch with my buddy. We haven't gone to lunch together for over a year and a half. He was in Europe and now he is back and we don't work that close to each other so it will be a rarity that we get together like yesterday.

We went to one of the old places that we used to go... Rosita's Mexican Food. He is so funny, he has this incredible ability to embarrass the crap out of me. That is not that easy, because I really don't care what people think. I remember one time about 2 /12 years ago we went to a movie together. I went in to get seats because the theater was packed and he got popcor and drinks. He came down the aisle saying "honey, were are you.. it's so dark in here" and I just ignored him. He sat down and said "maybe it would be a good idea if we put the popcorn on the empty seat between us so people don't think that we are gay..." he doesn't stop, later we stopped to get something to eat and the restaraunt was closed so we went to the grocery store to pick up something and then just hang out and talk at my apartment. He went over and got some heart shaped lavosh crackers and cheese. We met at the counter, and well.. he is hilarious.. going on and on about how he is married and that I am not his boyfriend.. really..

Well, yesterday we walked into the restaurant and he immediatly tells the hostess that it's my birthday.. that I am 41 years old and that they should all put on sombreros and come sing to me at the table because everyone forgot my birthday except him. When the waitress came to take our order he told her too.. he asked her if I get anything special like a balloon or a big sloppy wet kiss. Then he went on to tell her that I probably wouldn't kiss her anyway because I have a very cute asian girlfriend. Then he was going over the top and I wasn't listening anymore.. and neither was she. He was just so happy.. he did get me to say.. "thats' enough" he just loves to embarrass me.

Most people don't get to see his goofy self.. he has this ablity to put on the Ritz... (he used to work at Ritz Carlton) and he can just become the perfect gentleman.

Ok, one more story. About 5 or 6 years ago, we were going to an ASU basketball game. The first thing you have to know is that ASU games are not really well atteneded... Ok.. well, we went to Fat Tuesdays before the game and I was feeling pretty good. When we got to the game, we went down to court level. Or plan was to sit as close to the court s possible. As we were walking in we saw that some people all had the same hat on. He was a little drunk.. a bad combination with Mr... I want to embarrass you Chris.. guy.. So he walks up to these 4 older guys.. and says "Hey were did you get those hats?" They turned around and he didn't recoginize them at first. He started talking and telling them how we were big shots and we knew the coach and then... he realized he was talking to the President of our Company and three of the seven board of directors. I think they may have had some drinks too.. one of them recognized me and then the President was laughing with my buddy. He said "I have these tickets that we can't use if you want them" So, we sat directly behind the bench. During one of the timeouts, the coach got up and was talking to the team... my friend got up and stood in the huddle.. he said "Just get out there and win!" and they did one of those.. hands in the middle thing... 'break' You know?

Anyway, it's great to have my buddy back. We got free ice cream yesterday!