The Shine

In Doug we trust

My last post where I was being a bitch about my foster families got me thinking that I need to make more of an effort to have more of a relationship with Doug the Disco Biscuit. Since he saved my life. If I have any family he's it.

I called him out of the blue to thank him. I'm not sure which of us it was more awkward for. We struggled through maybe fifteen minutes of small talk and then said goodbye. A few hours later he called back and said that he had work for me if I could get to Tallahassee. The only caveat being that I wouldn't thank him anymore.

Haha, kidding not kidding.

I wasn't calling him to get work. I don't know if he thought I was or if he just did it anyway. I don't know what to think about it, but somehow it hurt my feelings. Just a little. I'm still glad he did it.

In Tallahassee, I met Doug's buddy Kim Valant. I thought he said Valiant, and since he said he was a 3rd generation promoter, I asked if he was related to Jimmy Valiant. He is not. He ranted for a while about people making that mistake.

It's a thing for him. I told him that I was very sorry I didn't know more about wrestling from 20 years before I was born. He looked at me for a minute and then laughed his ass off. It wasn't that funny.

He actually said "I like you kid, you got moxie" which is not something you hear outside of an old movie. Like some other people in the biz sometimes it seems like he's doing a character. I think that's just how he is. He owns a wrestling school and a couple small businesses around town. He said that he owned a co-op which makes no sense, isn't the idea that no one owns a co-op? Or that everyone does?

I assumed he was going to get me booked on some of his shows, but even though he says he's a promoter, he's not running shows. His offer was for me to teach at his school. I told him I barely know what I'm doing and even if I did, I have terrible people skills. He didn't seem concerned. He told me to collect checks, run them through conditioning, and then show them how to take bumps. 99% of people quit after that. Anyone who doesn't, his nephew will train.

I agreed. What choice did I have?

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