booze, broads, and bullshit

the title of this blog is a quote attributed to harry caray. the entire quote says "booze, broads, and bullshit. if you got all that, what else do you need?" i have enough of all of that in my life to make it complete so now its time for me to write about it. me and my friend myran first started going to strip clubs in the mid-1990's at the old Diamonds in greenville, sc. the first one i ever went to was thee dollhouse in raleigh, nc in the early 1990's and i don't even think its there any more either. now i probably go to one or two a month most of them centered around charlotte- leather and lace south and the gold club on old pineville road- are my usual stops. i'm not exactly like norm from the television show cheers but quite a few of the strippers do recognize and some have even managed to become friends over the years before they have moved on to bigger and better things or have gotten married and have digressed into more drama and lower lifestyles. i have learned alot about human nature over the years but i kind of doubt that the strip club scene is a microcosm of life in general. myran and i have always referred to the world of the strip clubs as "the abyss" paying homage to 1980's music icon rick james in the process. when the insanity was raging all around us we just kind of took it all in with a smile on our face and a sense of wonderment. the stuff we have seen and experienced is stuff movies are made of but it would be more like a movie along the lines of american pie or animal house. we also have a cast of characters-steve, craig, john that are the most regular ones- that sometimes come along for the ride and enjoy the show. some of my favorite times are sitting around myran's living room on a saturday morning laughing about what went on the night before. its all about the ride for us and not about the destination. in my mind, thats the way it should be. we are enjoying one hell of a ride.