Saturday, July 25, 2009

Golf

I am golfing again. I'm not a good golfer. I kind of golf like teenagers fuck...excited, inept, and when I do get it right, I'm never quite sure how to duplicate the action that was the reason for my joy in the first place. When I was younger we would drunken golf which, just like the teenager comparison, alcohol helped, even if you did badly, who cares you're drunk right!? Now I am mature, responsible and, since my golf buddy has Alzheimer’s, I am obligated to have all my mental facilities at my disposal. We usually play with not too much incidence. I remind him to T up and not drive with his putter and he kills me on the fair way since he has years golfing experience. Today was an off day. He was playing badly and I was a chipping fool! Here's the twist, on four of the holes he played my ball, but only when I had the better shot at the green! I know, kind of "par for the course" when you are golfing with the forgetful but I am beginning to wonder if he's playing the "Alzheimer’s card". Girls play the "girl card" all the time so if you have an Alzheimer’s card in your deck why not use it? I knew one lady with Alzheimer’s who told people off, drank her cocktail nightly, and talked to me about "dating" her bosses son behind his back when she was young. She's one of my favorite people. After meeting her I used to worry about getting Alzheimer’s because I would tell all my secrets. Now I think to hell with it, a better shot on the green and I don't have any real regrets about anyone or anything I've done anyway. Honestly I regret more of the things I chose not to do. The worst thing that could happen would be me telling complete strangers "I should have slept with him" instead of my friend M anyway right? I could use the Alzheimer’s card as my pick up line, "Did we fuck once?" Who knows.....? It could work!

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