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I just got a call from one of my oldest long-term friends in the world (I think the order off the top of my head goes Leah, Greg — my ideological opposite ;) — Lara, Dave, Saira, and then Ryan and Ryan; as far as people who are all around or above the ten-year mark)… I think on Tuesday we'll go up and visit her (she's an artist in Hong Kong so I only see her every few years).
Her and Saira are the only ties left to my “old life”… Since Todd and Scott drowned I kind of drifted away from everyone else there. I don't really think about it much. I mean, what are you supposed to do? Todd and Scott both probably influenced my life more so than anyone else ever did in that time; none of this would be here without what I learned from them — and I think there are a number of other people who can say the same.
It's amazing how much one learns from friends; I'm not even sure they know it when they're doing it (and I'm not sure that one appreciates it until they're gone). There are dozens of people here, some that I haven't even met in person, that have transformed my life and helped me in many hurdles. One day I'll sit down and write an enormous list of public thank you's and embarass both them and myself.
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