Nothing butt a piece of meat

I was playing volleyball last night for the first time in 2 weeks. I’d sprained my ankle (3rd degree per the Doc) and have been going through withdrawal. I wanted to test it out last night so I went down to Sinclair CC and played open gym w/ most of the women’s volleyball team there.

Since I’m a gimp right now and really can’t jump more than an inch or two, all I really wanted to do was practice my setting…which needs the practice. So I was setting a 5-1 the whole time and started off terrible but worked my up to mediocre (I think).

For those of you who don’t follow or play volleyball, setters typically give the hitters hand signals for the type of set. Most setters give the signals behind their backs because most signals are universal and the other team will know what’s coming. I guess I tend to hold my signals a bit lower so they are in front of my butt.

One particularly attractive gal on the team was standing right behind me when I gave her the signal before the other team served and she says “You put the signal there just so I can look at your butt, don’t you?” I said “No, that’s just where they tend to go.” I said I’d move them higher to save her the disgrace of looking. And she replies “Oh, no. I like that way.” I thought “Was she just complimenting my on my backside?” After a couple more comments, it seemed like she was.

I guess I was just a bit surprised. I hadn’t gotten a compliment on my butt since high school I think. In fact, it reminds me of a story from when I was stationed in the Azores almost 10 years ago. There was a group of us that always hung out together. One of the gals was Kristin (kind of a weird coincidence since the gal from last night has the same name). We were all up at the base club, which was one of the few places to hang out. She was complimenting one of my friends on his butt. Being 21 and desperate for attention from an attractive, slightly older woman, I asked her what she thought of mine. She replied “Eric, I love you to death but you don’t have a butt.”

Lesson? Gain 20 pounds and wait 10 years. Then you magically have a butt worth noticing.