This half-black half-filipino guy talks to me and tells me he’s a Raiders fan, a Lakers fan and a USC fan. I accuse him of being an incarnation of the devil. I tell him my dad is open to me\u00a0dating any ethnicity or\u00a0type except he says no\u00a0Raider fans. And I can’t stand\u00a0Lakers and USC fans.\u00a0What’s your name?, I ask him.<\/p>\n
Aristotle, he says.<\/p>\n
Some trick, I think.<\/p>\n
Birthday 1\/27\/78. He shows me his license but he thinks I must be born in 82. His friend Ray Solomon, a delicate olive-skinned guy with exotic eyes is his sidekick. He offers his birthday. 4\/28\/74. I tell him two of my friends\u00a0have the\u00a0\u00a0same birthday\u00a0and they’re the same year.<\/p>\n
He says he wants to play basketball with me. Or just shoot around and he could give me some pointers. Naive dipshit. What part of that would I find enjoyable. I told him that offer was patronizing. But he has a sweet smile so I’m not rude to him.<\/p>\n
They say I’m really tough when I won’t give them my number but are still polite enough to say it was nice meeting me.<\/p>\n
I flip through time zones on my watch seeing what time it is around the world.<\/p>\n
Sometimes I feel like a panther in a world of geese. Sometimes I don’t know anymore.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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