"Damn boy, you look like you've been spit at and missed, then shit at and hit. What the fuck have you been doing boy?" My best buddy from Texas was in town for a few days, and I was meeting him for the first time in a while at the Rio.."Same shit, different day. What's going on in South Texas?" You can smell Texas from a mile away on Jimmy Buckner, and that's a good thing..The best way to describe the Jimmy Buckner-Rob Astle story? It's like a love lost, love found novel..I say that in a very heterosexual way! I first met Buckner many years ago when we were both kids, and we remained the best of friends until our early 20's. Then life got in the way..Fast forward 18 years..As some of you may know? I spent about six months away from my beloved Las Vegas in 2011. I was in Houston with Buckner working on an idea that we could never get to fruition. Even though things didn't go as we would have hoped..Both of us learned a great deal from the experience.
"Jimmy, you know what I enjoyed most about being in Texas? It was like being in a family again. At least the first few months were, and then, as usual, I started to where out my welcome. I also don't care what anyone else says, we both learned a lot about what we were trying to do." Back then, both of us had a vision that we could create a Groupon like website. The one hindrance? We didn't have an effective organic growth strategy.."Let me tell you something boy, when I was in Texas? I didn't have things figured out. I was a fish out of water, but since I've been back in Las Vegas? Well, let's put it this way! From the time I get up in the morning until the time I go to bed at night! All I think about is how to trigger an organic growth strategy! Nothing else matters to me!"
"Forget about that stuff for now. Lets take a ride around town. Remember I know this town pretty good. I used to live here a while back." Buckner tried his hand at living in Las Vegas about 10 years ago. It was kind of funny, Buckner and I are a couple of lard asses and the rental car he had was a Ford Focus. So just imagine how front heavy that car was when both of us were in it..Anyways, we drove around SW Las Vegas and I proceeded to give him the grand tour. After the tour was over, we decided to buy a bottle of cheap whiskey and reminisce about the old days.."Boy, remember that time you snuck up on me and that girl from El Dorado? We were parked at the lake and having a helluva time, and the next thing I know, I see your stupid ass waving at me through the window. That chick wanted to kill your ass, so did I." Buckner was referring to my 'bushwhacking' days. When you grow up in small town Kansas? Things can get really boring at times! So getting in the way of your friends entertainment was a fun thing to do back then..If you tried the same stunt in Las Vegas? Chances are someone would take a shot at you.
"What about this one? Remember that time when I came down to visit you in McAllen and I ended up picking up a chick at the bar in Reynosa?" Buckner moved his Junior year in high school to McAllen, Texas. He lived with his father, and the rules were? There were no rules! I came down to visit him during the summer of my Junior year. We spent most of our time across the border in good ol' Mexico. Anyways, I rode with this girl back across the border and Buckner was supposed to follow us. This was long before the days of cellphones, and naturally we lost each other. "I still remember her asking if we wanted to keep looking for you. At the time, I told her that you would be fine. Besides, I only had one thing on my mind! We go back to her place, and her boyfriend shows up a little later. We ended up pretending I was with another one of her friends to throw the boyfriend off. It was funny because I had no idea how to get back to your place so I called your dad and the first thing he said? Where the fuck are you at boy? Anyways her boyfriend ended up giving me a ride home. You talk about awkward!" After I finished the story, both of us immediately doubled over in laughter..Buckner than added.."Damn boy, it's to bad we can't turn back the clock. You know! Know what we know now back then." Oh well, no short cut to experience..
I like to end every post of mine with a thought I'm having..Call it the village idiot thought of the day.."Anyone who reads this blog knows that I'm a registered Libertarian. I decided to vote early this election season, and my every intention was to vote for the Libertarian candidate. The problem with that? At this point, it would be like siphoning a vote from Romney and giving it to Obama. So I did the right thing and voted for Romney."
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