My Little Thanksgiving

Yeah, I know it’s not Thanksgiving, or even November for that matter, but I don’t care. For some reason I was thinking tonight about my true friends. You’ve probably heard the saying: “friends help you move, real friends help you move bodies.” Well, I don’t think I’ll ever need to move a body but I have 2 friends like that. Through the good and bad times, my ups and my downs… two guys have stuck with me no matter what. I would like to thank my best friends Nick and Justin for sticking with me for over 9 years (almost 11 for Nick).

We may bitch at each other like a dysfunctional married threesome and go through times when we never hang out… But even after I barely saw Nick over a years time, we didn’t miss a beat. Justin is the programming/web design whiz and computer guru who does what he can to keep all his friends’ blogs looking good and hosted. Nick is the other computer guru and the smart one (at least when compared to me) who if I ever actually wanted to do homework I could go to for any help. He also has been cool enough to introduce me to a lot of people from T.U. that I never would have met otherwise. Together they are my voice of reason. And to finish up the trio… I guess I am the mechanic so to speak. I keep the vehicles running to the best of my abilities and perform routine maintainance when the need arises. I think I bring chaos to the group. Now to the untold story of the trio.

Nick and I met first through our older brothers who were, and still are, best friends. It just so happened that we were both computer geeks… yeah, believe it or not! I remember Nick and I used to spend hours playing Warcraft 2 online and it never seemed to get old. We did our best to raise hell on AOL chat rooms before it got locked down and all the fun was gone. We moved on to IRC (Internet Relay Chat) and here’s the part most don’t know.

That’s how we met Justin.

Yep, we met Justin over the internet! I think about it now and it seems so ridiculous, but typical of us. Nick was the first to talk to Justin and I soon joined in.. Talking to Nick, Justin, and his friend Ryan while we made prank phone calls. That is my first memory of Justin. He lived in Tulsa and conveniently transferred to Union Schools the following year. So the trio was formed.

Now none of this is meant to downplay any of my other friends, because I value all my friends. Lately a lot of people who I thought were friends have turned out not to be so. So I am really thankful for my true friends. Lately the Trio has turned into a quartet. Nick’s friend Casey has been part of the group for a while. I met Casey a few years ago but never got to hang out with him much until the past 6 months or so.

I don’t know where this came from really, so sorry for the ramblings. Once again. Thank you Nick and Justin for putting up with me all these years… and Thanks to Casey for having my back though you’ve only known me a short time. You guys are my other family.