to my friends in Austin:
The Russian: you tell people all the time how much i've added to your personality and ideas on how to make friends...basically giving me the biggest complement i've ever recieved but i feel like i haven't let you in on how much you've given back to me. Nick is one of the smartest young guys i've encountered in life with such a silly and goofy side to back it up with. the first time i met him he was a yellow sheet on a dorm room bed and a note telling me which side of the room i was to live on. this is what EVERYONE sees of him when first meeting him. he shows his intelligent/gangsta side in first impressions i believe because that's a big part of who he is. some people may be intimidated by it and his massive 6'6" of height enough to never want to talk to him again. BUT this is just his first impression and how it goes. everyone has that front they put up in the beginning except for nick - he retains it even if he doesn't want to. this is just so incredible to me because its like he shows you who he is without caring about what ya think. he would disagree because he always tells me that he doesn't know how to act when meeting someone new or always has different visions of how he wanted to act, which brings me to what makes nick the most influential person in my life: his silly side. its as simple as that. for a person to have that thug side one moment and then the next be running around the apartment screaming and belly flopping onto bean bags after saying "hey freddie! freddie...FREDDIE! look what i can do " is just insane. is does not make sense to me at all. he is so goddamn cuddly and sweet... my point being - he has altered all my 'high school' perceptions and helped me to not judge people like i used to. none of you really knew how i was in my pre-austin life besides what i tell you. sure i have always been fun, carefree, and loving, but nick has actually shaped the side that i found weakest about myself. i wanna like follow the golden rule and ride to a library in a caravan with jesus. i don't want to find out who he is anymore - i know who he is and i now know who i am. i am nicks friend - and i love him.
Kellen: destined to be my brother. i thought he was an ra the first day at whitis...so naturally i tricked him into having lunch with me at kinsolving to butter him up into letting me drink beer in the dorms =P. turns out he wasn't but the strangest thing happened...right off the bat we were finishing each others sentences and learned that we had lived identical lives. too bad he wasn't a girl. nevertheless i pursued his hand in marriage. i loved being around him cuz he always was friendly - always. i think i can relate the most to kellen mostly because we're so much alike...sure i have more of his dad in me but whadda ya gonna do? i can honestly say that if i was in a horribly bad situation he would be at my side right with nick helping me through it first. To have a friend like Kellen gives me such a feeling of security that i have no worries about having someone to turn to. i know his door is always open for me. how do i end this? SPOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOGE!!!
Holly: where do i start...how about our first meeting: "hey freddie...i dare you to go breakdance in the middle of the r..." "(breakdancing in the middle of the road) whatd you say holly?" lol i cannot have enough fun with you! all i do is smile and want more of you each day. Can you top slow-dancing in denny's at 8pm? how about laying down in the grass and kissing in the middle of a flash flood? (she was just layin' there, kellen). holly you're completely naked...and you're on my front porch. i can't say i've ever met a girl as wild as i am but you take the german chocolate cake. i know our relationship will grow into something better than i've ever had and its easily on its way already. you even me out and give me the passion i need in my life. i've fallen for you totally like almost enough to buy you a corndog...MWAH!
Loui and Jeff Combo: lou met me through music...not like sharing interests or anything but more along the lines of "turn that shit down!" like i told you before - i am the least hesitant to call you out of everyone in my cell. this is because you are so goddamn carefree. "someone just cut your toe off lou! go to the hospital man you need to fix that shit!" "(looks down at toe, looks back up at hysterical person yelling at him, thinks for a moment ) FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK! (continues playing video games). " jeff is so much like lou but in a different way...if his toe gets severed, he pulls out his knife and cuts the bastard then gets back to playing video games lol...okay i lied about earlier...lou and jeff are both the ones i always feel 100% comfortable calling on my phone. this is most likely cuz i'm always up for hanging out with them. let the lazies unite! but fer shizzle you guys always make me feel like i fit in on any occassion in any situation. plus you're both just so fucking lazy. i mean wow. republicans are so stupid.
Christian: straight up you are mah boy. we don't hang out as much as i would like to but i am so drawn to you. i mean that night we played kotor and then ran around C lobby doing evil deeds to turn ourselves to the dark side was just fun loving goofy shit. you bring out the kid in me...not the bad one but the innocent one who just wants to go down the tallest slide and enjoy life to its fullest. you are also a coonass who calls people "kids"...i mean how awesome is that. i love the poo outta ya man and know that we'll only become better friends in the future. every party i go to you are the first person i'm looking for.
Michael Gallapamagnossobiblioteca: the strangest creature i have ever met who has never spoken a complete sentence to me. and by far the happiest guy i've ever met. that night we went to sixth street together i think we bonded pretty hardcore...how could we not? trying to take pictures of boobies at mardi gras with a camera that has a five second flash delay requires heavy teamwork and cooperation. you were the best hall buddy i could've asked for and always knew how to have a good/weird time. you bring out my strange side more often than not which is a really bad thing considering people had hard enough times trying to talk to us individually...but together we are incapable of real conversation with someone. IM IN A BATHTUB!
Westicles: i'm not trying to make this short but it is so easy to describe how much and what you mean to me....just read what i wrote about holly =P omg i'm dating a female wes...SWEET!
Thug Nasty: we were born rivals - vernon vs. iowa park. i was so creeped out the first time i met you just because you were from vernon...then i saw your mad halo skills and naturally we grew closer. you bring out the bully in me based just on that...i mean i used to chew on my nintendo controllers when i got pissed...now i just pistol snipe =) i always have a good time with you and when we are in a group of people i always want to team up with you. and if you ever dress up as a woman for halloween again i may just have to masturbatate myself.
i know i left some close friends out but its 445am so screw y'all...anywho friendships are the influences in my life...not money, sex, or drugs but you guys...and money sex and drugs. most of us listen to music to find out what we are feeling but i use y'all to make sense of it...even if you don't know it. just like jeff doesn't know that i've watched him undress 5 times through his dorm window this year...
sorry if this is all corny but i had the best night ever with holly and for some reason i just wanted people to know i care about them...holly...i stopped taking the pills........you make me want to be a better man =P