ElCuchillo
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November, 5th, 2004
I've just been introduced at the Gator wrestling arena, and am coming out to do my show. As usual, to get the crowd into the action, I get a kid out of the audience and get him/her involved in the show. "If ya'll want to see some gator wrestling, raise your hands way up in the air.......... that's the best way to get VOLUNTEERS!!!!" I walked up to this little girl, and point her out. "YOUR hand is raised, come on out here and give me some help. We have 12 alligators in here, and I don;t know which one to use, can you pick one out for me?" I proceed to walk her around, telling her "Just don't pick out the one with the taped mouth (one we used for pictures), cause that would be too easy, and don;t pick out the really BIG one, cause that would be too hard." After that set up, they usually pick out one of the big ones, so we bring them on the sand and make a show of telling them they have to go in and grab the gator and grab it's tail, and yank it out of the water and onto the sand. They have to jump on it's back and grab it's mouth, etc. "If he bites you, don't worry, we have bandaides in that box over there, so you'll be ok." Anyway, we finish up with them, they get applause, and we send them out. I pull the gator out and jump it, begining the show. I'm sitting on the alligator, and I am scanning the crowd for a really pretty blond that I had seen at another show about an hour before. Finding her in the crowd (no easy task, as this particular show has over a thousand people in the audience), I turn the gator towards her and face her as the show goes on. I open the gator's mouth, barely avoid it getting me as it slams shut, and continue. I'm really feeling good as she looks impressed. How can she not? I'm a gator wrestler!! I'm pretty stoked. Then it happened. As I'm looking around at the crowd, I see this pretty red head smiling and laughing at my jokes. She had the absolute sweetest smile I had ever seen. There was a tenderness in her eyes that just made me melt. She had already been looking at me, obviously, but now I was looking at her. We make eye contact for the first time, and I am wisked away. I'm not sure if I stuttered or stammered, but I don't really remember much of the next few minutes of that show, as I was busy looking into this lady's pretty light brown eyes. Then I feel a pull and a thrash under me, and I remembered I was on top of crooked nose, a mean old gator who was not only trying really hard to escape my grip so he could bite me, but who had already bitten me seven months before. Ok, I told myself, get a grip. You see lots of pretty girls everyday. Concentrate. However, it was hard. Something was different here. Well, I wrap up the show, and introduce rookie wrestling, which is where we pull up a taped alligator and allow audience members to sit on it's back. As my MC is making his pitch, I see this sweet-eyed girl making her way down the bleachers. She is wearing a blue smock, and is with a few other girls and guys wearing smocks. A nurse? Doctor? This is interesting. As she gets closer to the rail, I turn on my mic and talk directly to her. "Hey, did anyone ever tell you you look like Drew Barrymore?" "Not really" she replies, "but thank you." I then proceed with rookie wrestling and towards the end, she is still there, at the rail, watching. "Hey, would you like to come sit on the gator? My treat?" She said she wasn't sure, but her coworker convinced her, so I let both of them out. She sits on the back of the gator, has her picture taken, and we spend a few mintues afterwards talking. I was actually fielding more questions from her co-workers then from her, but she was looking at me very intently as I spoke, and it made me feel really warm inside. Anyway, I had another show to do, so I said goodbye, and that was that.
My next show was a Crocodile feeding show, which I was doing with my best friend Bret. It was scheduled at two, so we had a little bit of time to get there. As we were walking to the back of the park, I was filling Bret in on this girl. He was working the gate, letting people in during rookie wrestling, but wasn't paying attention, as he was busy with the guests. He laughed at my excitement, and that was that. We did the croc show, and towards the end, one croc bites the other on the head, opening up some pretty gruesome wounds. We wrap up this show, and tape the injured croc up. I carry him to our comissary, as the blood drips down my arms, and prepare to tend to it, when we realize we have ANOTHER show to go to. Damn. Ok, well, we tell one of the zookeepers to look after the croc until we come back. Half hour later we are back in the commissary, but are STILL unable to tend to the croc, as we have yet another show to do. Such is the life of a Gatorland entertainer. We are usually on the run all day long. Luckily, the animal Curater is in the room, and she is already starting to tend to the crocs wounds. As we prepare to leave, who should enter the room but this pretty girl I met at the wrestling arena and her classmates. They were being given a tour of the park by my current director. Interestingly enough, he had been late in meeting up with them, which is why they were at the wrestling show, to kill time. I smile at her, she smiles at me, and my then director says to them, "You guys are vet students, correct? Well, now is your chance to get some experience. Why don't ya'll help out with this croc" They eagerly put their rubber gloves on and get to work. However, as I walk out, the girl calls me back. She hands me a card, smiles, and goes back to the croc. I look at the card as I walk to the next show, and it has her school number, cell number, and two email addresses.
Uhm.... what does this mean?
I'm pretty dense like that.
"Hey Bret, what do you think? Is she wanting me to call her, or just plugging her school?"
Bret's reply?
"JOHNNY, YOU IDIOT!!! If you don't know why she gave you her card, give it to me and I'LL call her!!!"
LOL
He even brings it up at the next show. We are on the stage and he says to the audience "Folks, I'm gonna have to apologize if Johnny seems a bit loopy, but he just got a guest's phone number, and is a little dazed by it." I then ask, "Well, ladys, what do you think, should I call her tomorrow, next week, next month, when do I call?" Needless to say they wanted me to call her ASAP.
I did so that night.
A year and a half later we got married.
Right on the sand at the Gator Wrestling arena where we first me.
In between she got me my Leatherman Wave and afterwards my VIC Super Tinker.
She is the love of my life.
As for that picture she took on the back of that gator minutes after we first laid eyes on each other?
This is her.
How many people can say they have a picture of their loved one from the moment they met them?
I've just been introduced at the Gator wrestling arena, and am coming out to do my show. As usual, to get the crowd into the action, I get a kid out of the audience and get him/her involved in the show. "If ya'll want to see some gator wrestling, raise your hands way up in the air.......... that's the best way to get VOLUNTEERS!!!!" I walked up to this little girl, and point her out. "YOUR hand is raised, come on out here and give me some help. We have 12 alligators in here, and I don;t know which one to use, can you pick one out for me?" I proceed to walk her around, telling her "Just don't pick out the one with the taped mouth (one we used for pictures), cause that would be too easy, and don;t pick out the really BIG one, cause that would be too hard." After that set up, they usually pick out one of the big ones, so we bring them on the sand and make a show of telling them they have to go in and grab the gator and grab it's tail, and yank it out of the water and onto the sand. They have to jump on it's back and grab it's mouth, etc. "If he bites you, don't worry, we have bandaides in that box over there, so you'll be ok." Anyway, we finish up with them, they get applause, and we send them out. I pull the gator out and jump it, begining the show. I'm sitting on the alligator, and I am scanning the crowd for a really pretty blond that I had seen at another show about an hour before. Finding her in the crowd (no easy task, as this particular show has over a thousand people in the audience), I turn the gator towards her and face her as the show goes on. I open the gator's mouth, barely avoid it getting me as it slams shut, and continue. I'm really feeling good as she looks impressed. How can she not? I'm a gator wrestler!! I'm pretty stoked. Then it happened. As I'm looking around at the crowd, I see this pretty red head smiling and laughing at my jokes. She had the absolute sweetest smile I had ever seen. There was a tenderness in her eyes that just made me melt. She had already been looking at me, obviously, but now I was looking at her. We make eye contact for the first time, and I am wisked away. I'm not sure if I stuttered or stammered, but I don't really remember much of the next few minutes of that show, as I was busy looking into this lady's pretty light brown eyes. Then I feel a pull and a thrash under me, and I remembered I was on top of crooked nose, a mean old gator who was not only trying really hard to escape my grip so he could bite me, but who had already bitten me seven months before. Ok, I told myself, get a grip. You see lots of pretty girls everyday. Concentrate. However, it was hard. Something was different here. Well, I wrap up the show, and introduce rookie wrestling, which is where we pull up a taped alligator and allow audience members to sit on it's back. As my MC is making his pitch, I see this sweet-eyed girl making her way down the bleachers. She is wearing a blue smock, and is with a few other girls and guys wearing smocks. A nurse? Doctor? This is interesting. As she gets closer to the rail, I turn on my mic and talk directly to her. "Hey, did anyone ever tell you you look like Drew Barrymore?" "Not really" she replies, "but thank you." I then proceed with rookie wrestling and towards the end, she is still there, at the rail, watching. "Hey, would you like to come sit on the gator? My treat?" She said she wasn't sure, but her coworker convinced her, so I let both of them out. She sits on the back of the gator, has her picture taken, and we spend a few mintues afterwards talking. I was actually fielding more questions from her co-workers then from her, but she was looking at me very intently as I spoke, and it made me feel really warm inside. Anyway, I had another show to do, so I said goodbye, and that was that.
My next show was a Crocodile feeding show, which I was doing with my best friend Bret. It was scheduled at two, so we had a little bit of time to get there. As we were walking to the back of the park, I was filling Bret in on this girl. He was working the gate, letting people in during rookie wrestling, but wasn't paying attention, as he was busy with the guests. He laughed at my excitement, and that was that. We did the croc show, and towards the end, one croc bites the other on the head, opening up some pretty gruesome wounds. We wrap up this show, and tape the injured croc up. I carry him to our comissary, as the blood drips down my arms, and prepare to tend to it, when we realize we have ANOTHER show to go to. Damn. Ok, well, we tell one of the zookeepers to look after the croc until we come back. Half hour later we are back in the commissary, but are STILL unable to tend to the croc, as we have yet another show to do. Such is the life of a Gatorland entertainer. We are usually on the run all day long. Luckily, the animal Curater is in the room, and she is already starting to tend to the crocs wounds. As we prepare to leave, who should enter the room but this pretty girl I met at the wrestling arena and her classmates. They were being given a tour of the park by my current director. Interestingly enough, he had been late in meeting up with them, which is why they were at the wrestling show, to kill time. I smile at her, she smiles at me, and my then director says to them, "You guys are vet students, correct? Well, now is your chance to get some experience. Why don't ya'll help out with this croc" They eagerly put their rubber gloves on and get to work. However, as I walk out, the girl calls me back. She hands me a card, smiles, and goes back to the croc. I look at the card as I walk to the next show, and it has her school number, cell number, and two email addresses.
Uhm.... what does this mean?
I'm pretty dense like that.
"Hey Bret, what do you think? Is she wanting me to call her, or just plugging her school?"
Bret's reply?
"JOHNNY, YOU IDIOT!!! If you don't know why she gave you her card, give it to me and I'LL call her!!!"
LOL
He even brings it up at the next show. We are on the stage and he says to the audience "Folks, I'm gonna have to apologize if Johnny seems a bit loopy, but he just got a guest's phone number, and is a little dazed by it." I then ask, "Well, ladys, what do you think, should I call her tomorrow, next week, next month, when do I call?" Needless to say they wanted me to call her ASAP.
I did so that night.
A year and a half later we got married.
Right on the sand at the Gator Wrestling arena where we first me.
In between she got me my Leatherman Wave and afterwards my VIC Super Tinker.
She is the love of my life.
As for that picture she took on the back of that gator minutes after we first laid eyes on each other?
This is her.
How many people can say they have a picture of their loved one from the moment they met them?
