3 posts tagged “friends”
It terms of close friendships, it has come to my attention that I tend to live by the Rule of Four (no, not the book). It's funny how patterns (or the illusion of patterns) start to emerge as time goes by.
Back in my halcyon days at the Gryphon's Guild (see Looking Back) there were four of us who were collectively referred to as the Romantic Four, being a set of two couples who were extremely good friends. We were a tight little group and I have many fond memories of conversations and jokes that were shared among us. There was only one short span of time that all four of us were together in person and it was wicked awesome. (Chee-rific you might say.)
This eventually segued into the Quartet during my Albertson College years, made up of a close group of four friends who mostly met through Circle K (the college version of Kiwanis). Jay and I started as friends, next became roommates and eventually ended up as "the old married couple". Colleen and I met on the first day of summer orientation, became friends, had a nothing-happened romance, and finally became even better friends because of it. Emily and I met through Jay (if I remember correctly) after which we became friends and she infected me with her love for post-modernism, Sandman and good movies. Together, all four of us had many a great time, with far too many stories to even know what to begin with.
Finally, working at the Ada Library has introduced me to my latest foursome (no, not that kind of foursome) which is covertly referred to as Dead Fish. (Strange name, but if you want an explanation, you'll have to ask me elsewhere.) I married L and as for the Pants and Ernie, well, they're like sisters to me. Collectively, they've made my first full-time job extremely kick ass and outside of work, they've also made my life kick ass.
I've been blessed to have many awesome friends in the past several years. You never know what the future holds and it's true that friendships are organic things that wax and wane with each passing day, but this I can say with perfect certainty: I hope I always have friends as amazingly incredible as I have and as I have had.
Weeks since my last update, just what have I been doing lately??
- Didn't get a Wii, but I have started playing Oblivion on L's 360. Even if it's a bit campy at time, I'm lovin' the crunchiness of the system. (And Argonians are just sexy.)
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Finished reading the third book in a kick-ass fantasy meets alternate history series, Temeraire. Definitely my favorite series of the year. Love dragons? Love historical fiction? Throw away Eragon and read this!
- Saw the rockin' production of The Adventures of Silence, starring the Pants, Ernie and my very own L. These gals were awesome! I'm never going to pick a fight with the Pants when she's donned chainmail nor Ernie when she's posing as an old male wizard.
- Work's been fabulous -- I'm still getting paid to play with LEGOs and to tweak Dragonfly (adalib.org 2.0). I'm damn lucky to have the job that I do.
- All the Christmas shopping's done (minus a couple minor things), courtesy of the Internet tubes. Who wants to fight the manic crowds worshiping at the Church of Capitalism (also known as the Mall) when it's so much easier online?
- Currently listening to Breaking Benjamin's latest CD (courtesy of our library's awesome Young Adult audio collection), Phobia. Wow. Just wow.
- Best of all, had some great conversations with friends, including hitting the Pita Pit with Colleenist, playing phone tag with BlueDelt, doing the girl talk with Ernie and the Pants, attending a book signing with my brother, chewing the dOrange old guard fat with Piscis and L, and IMing the Mattiepie. You guys and gals are too awesome for words -- thank you!
Alright, I promise to TRY not to slack off in my blogging, so you won't have to endure one of these lists again. But feel to free to kick me every so often if you fear one of these long list-type posts is building up.
I leave you with something truly random -- BACON ON A CAT!
What are you thankful for?
I am thankful for another four-day weekend and break from the chaos of work (even though I love it). And I am again thankful for two Thanksgiving dinners this year (one on Thursday, fasting on Friday, and then again on Saturday). I am thankful (as always) for my family and my friends (you all rock!). I am thankful for reading, gaming, natural 20s, Nintendo DS parties and dOrange. I am thankful for my awesome wifey wife. I am thankful for a warm apartment, good food, and a comfortable place to sleep.
I am thankful.
