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| So a good buddy of mine turns 22 today!!! well in about 2 hours anyways. Throughout my life I've had many casual acquaintances and friends. Now I use the term lightly there because many were friends due to circumstance, we were in the same school, same church , same summer camp etc. It's funny I was friendly with so many people during HS, a time when it could have been blurred and said they were truly my friends. After High school I only kept in touch truly with 3 of them, one of which is the aforementioned oldie  .
Victor
One of these Friends I met in Elementary school. I'm not so sure I remember how we started talking but I do remember the 1st time I saw him. It's unforgettable in that I moved from a district that was majority asians to a district where there were at most 5 asians, and he was the only other asian in my grade. We shared common interests, specifically model hobbies, I was into airplanes he was into helicopters. We loved legos, played computer games over the internet. Middle school we shared a few classes and was still good friends. Although in 8th grade we shared no classes we still talked on the phone and hung out. High school was interesting we shared few classes together but yes managed to always hang out. College was interesting in that we went separate ways and it was only during the breaks we would hang out and talk much. It still is that way, but we still talk, our common interests may have changed a bit but we still got computers and girls haha. It's pretty amazing we've argued before and I'm sure he has as well but I've definitely been mad at him. In a way like he said once "we are like brothers" and in that sense he is the one Friend I've had the longest and closest.
Dan
Oh Danny, haha I also remember when I first met him. Victor had told me about him, they shared an english course. I met him later that day during our first soccer practice. From then on it was a casual acquaintance and the 3 of us ate lunch together. In high school I had a few classes with Dan and we still ate lunch together, in a carnal instinctual way it was easy for me to get along with Dan we were both Korean, and later on in High school he had moved down the street from me so we'd ride the same bus. Dan is a simple fellow, not in a demeaning sense but that he rarely has things that will shake and bother him to his core. He's a good listener and a great friend, he is willing to keep company or help out whenever it is needed and he can do it. We've always joked and made fun of him for being an art student, or being a pushover enemy in games, but like Diego said in Ice age "He is the gooey, sticky... stuff that holds us together. He made this herd, and we'd be nothing without him.
". Dan really is the sticky gooey stuff that makes it easier for all of us to interact and have fun, in many ways after high school I've gotten close with Dan as a Friend as well, although we belittle him in a joking manner we all love ya Dan.
Craig
It is strange, Craig was the last one among the 3 that I met and yet I do not exactly remember how we met. I distinctly remember in Middle school we would yell at him for throwing out half his sandwich being the Asians that the other three of us were. That and I most distinctly remember turning off his gameboy while he was playing Pokemon and he hit me. In a way Craig was closer to Vic than to any of us else, they kept in touch after he moved, but still although after High school we only met during breaks, our friendships still remained strong. He was almost a moral compass of sorts, always being there during emotional turmoil, whether it be girl problems or just plain life. I probably have my most meaningful chats with Craig, usually about life in general. Of course being in a different district he's always had many friends, but no matter what he's always one of us, another true Friend.
I used Friend with a capital F, because it may have actually taken me 3 long years to finally become unjaded as to what having a friend is, and how we all mostly take it for granted. Vic is that one person that I have a volatile Friendship with, in the way we were very similar but usually arguing or having fun, just he said brothers. Dan's the stickiness that keeps us together, and Craig is the stable rock that we all hang on to. I must say we make quite a formidable team. Thanks for always being there.
Also happy birthday Craig, I know it's the 22nd birthday and not some big 21 or 18th birthday I wrote this, but still Have a good one nonetheless. 
Only non six flags Photo I got with all of us.
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| Think of words ending in -GRY. Angry and hungry are two of them. There are only
three words in the English language. What is the third word? The word is something that
everyone uses every day. If you have listened carefully, I have already told you what it
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A professor stood before his philosophy class and had some items in
front of him. When the class began, wordlessly, he picked up a very
large and empty mayonnaise jar and proceeded to fill it with golf balls.
He
then asked the students if the jar was full. They agreed that it was.
So the professor then picked up a box of pebbles and poured them into
the jar. He shook the jar lightly.
The pebbles rolled into the
open areas between the golf balls. He then asked the students again if
the jar was full. They agreed it was.
The professor next picked
up a box of sand and poured it into the jar. Of course, the sand filled
up everything else. He asked once more if the jar was full. The
students responded with a unanimous "yes."
The professor then
produced two cans of beer from under the table and poured the entire
contents into the jar, effectively filling the empty space between the
sand. The students laughed.
"Now," said the professor, as the laughter subsided,
I
want you to recognize that this jar represents your life. The golf
balls are the important things--your family, your children, your
health, your friends, your favorite passions, and GOD--things that if
everything else was lost and only they remained, your life would still
be full.
The pebbles are the other things that matter like your job, your house, your car.
The sand is everything else--the small stuff.
"If
you put the sand into the jar first," he continued, "there is no room
for the pebbles or the golf balls. The same goes for life. If you spend
all your time and energy on the small stuff, you will never have room
for the things that are important to you. Pay attention to the things
that are critical to your happiness. Play with your children. Take time
to get medical checkups. Take your partner out to dinner. Play another
18. There will always be time to clean the house and fix the disposal.
"Take care of the golf balls first, the things that really matter. Set your priorities. The rest is just sand."
One of the students raised her and inquired what the beer represented.
The
professor smiled. "I'm glad you asked. It just goes to show you that no
matter how full your life may seem, there's always room for a couple of
beers." | | |
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