The 3 Great Ones

Sonny in Bronx Tale told his gangster protege' C that just like heavyweight fighters only 3 great women will come into your life during your time on this Earth. It sounded cool in the movie but that is some bulls#!t, at least I hope so because I've already had 3 great ones. I can call them great because I still have love for all three of them. Instead of taking bitterness and anger away from those situations, I learned some things about myself and I better understand what I'm looking for in the woman who could one day make me settle down. The names and faces have been changed to protect the innocent.


Jill was my first love, and as much as I hate to say this she is the woman that every other woman has to measure up to. She had me so open it was a shame. I know everyone says this of thier first love but what we had was really special. I actually wrote this woman letters not e-mails actual letters. I could talk to her for hours on end about nothing at all, and no woman could kiss like her. Unfortunately we were trying to maintain this love over a long distance. I found out a long time after the realtionship was over that this was very hard on her. I learned from her that if you love someone you should not leave any room for doubt but not so much that you begin to make a fool of yourself, and that you cannot make anyone love you.


Kenya was so incredible because, I could really be myself around her. Within our relationship we forged an incredibly strong friendship. We could laugh and talk about the dumbest things and still be cool. Sometimes we would just sit on the stoop of her apartment and eat Rally's hamburgers and talk about what was going on in our lives. I loved her very much but she was younger than me and while I was happy with what we had, I could not give her what she needed. She wanted to experience life without being bound by a relationship, and there was nothing I could do to make her happy. I know it sounds pesimmistic, but I learned from her that sometimes love really is not enough to keep two people together.


Rosario drove me crazy because we were so different. I like being around people and she seemed to hate it sometimes. I am a night owl and she was a morning person. That said I know during our relationship she loved me more than Jill & Kenya combined. She was there for me thru losing two jobs and my grandmother passing away. Despite the fact that she was a 4th year medical student, she would find time to make me dinner more times than I deserved. The thing she never understood about me was how much I value my friends, and a lot of times she was resentful of this especially when those friends were of the opposite sex. I learned from her that the woman in your life has to be able to get along with your friends, and that at this point in my life I'm not going to change who I am for anyone and I can't expect anyone to change for me.

Red Meat Is My Heroin

In an attempt to be healthier as I approach 30, I have cut almost all red meat and pork out of my diet. I say almost because, I’m not yet strong enough to turn down a good barbeque. I can usually ease my meat fix by making myself turkey burgers and grilled chicken, but just like the crack did to Pookie sometimes real hamburgers be calling me. Today was one of those days. I was out and about minding my own business when one of the most notorious pushers in the game Rallys made me an offer I could not refuse, 2 double cheese burgers for 3 dollars. I started remembering all of the good times we had together back in the day, and Rallys used to know how to make me feel so good so I gave Rally’s my money and quickly came home so I have my fix. I told myself that I was going to only eat one of the burgers and save the other one for later, but it got so good to me that I killed both of them.

Shortly after my high wore off, I remembered why I had been avoiding the blocks where Rallys and his peoples slang their product. I was all of the sudden real sleepy, my stomach began to hurt, there was a dull pain in my shoulder, and I developed a headache. Despite all of this I kind of wish I had another burger.