Andi's Friends List!-"If you didn't make it, better luck next time."

For the first time ever, I've comprised a list of ALL my friends (which I don't have many of so this should be short). I haven't forgotten anyone, so if you didn't make it, better luck next time. Now, just because I talk to you and some laughs with you doesn't mean we are friends...we are more buddies...which is good cause it can turn into friendship. So, without further ado, here we go!

"If you didn't make it, better luck next time!"

I've been thinking about doing this for a long time, and am just now getting around to doing it for many reasons... which is mostly pure procrastination.

But, without much more of a introduction than this, here is: Andi's Friend List.(in no particular order, by the way)

1. John S.
What made us friends: My hots for him
What is keeping us friends: The fact that he's one of the sweetest human beings I've ever met...and my hots for him.

I don't know what it is about John that drives me so insane and causes me to get that school girl giddiness, but he does it too me and however he does it, he does it well. John was one of the first people I met when I transfered over to Windsor Forest. From the moment I saw him, I thought "I must be his friend" but was kinda thrown through a loop because he was acting kinda assholey. But, the next day when I got a chance to sit next to him in class, I did so and MADE myself his friend really. Ever since then, John and I have grown to be really close and I am hoping and praying that something more serious happens between us in the future.

2. Cory M.
What made us friends: The fact that at Beach, we were pretty much in the same boat.
What is keeping us friends: Reputation

When I met Cory, which made a year Jan 6 I think, we were both in a school full of black people and had a hard time fitting it. I introduced him to Sara and became known as the two people who were attached at the hips. Whenever you saw Cory, I was usually not too far behind. Even though we both hated Beach, we had some damn good times there...and I wish for those times back

When we transfered to Windsor, for a while, nothing changed. Cory and I were still hanging out whenever we could. But, he went his way and after standing alone by myself for a while, I went my way too. The only thing that is keeping us friends really, I feel, is that feeling that we have to be friends since we almost became legendary at Beach. Once that feeling goes, who knows what'll happen.

3. Sara M.
What made us friends: A strange chain of events
What's keeping us friends: A strange chain of events

Sara and I met at Beach. I really didn't have any friends, so I ate lunch and pretty much did everything else by myself. After I became friends with Cory, I opened up a bit. I became aquainted with Tharron, Myron, and Craig (who I had known for years actually, but just met up with again) and we all somehow ended up in the same 4th period, along with Sara who I had seen talking to Tharron and thought she looked like an interesting person but I was afraid to talk to. In class one day, when the three guys were acting crazy, I made it a point to talk to Sara and a friendship was born!

Today, Sara is one of the closest friends I have. Sure, we've had our ups and downs, but that's what friendship is about, right? She's kind hearted and giving and has one of the best attitudes about life I've ever encountered. I could see us being friends for the rest of our lives, and I don't say that about a lot of people.

4. Marie
What made us friends: Our love for KITH
What's keeping us friends: A contract she had to sign (LOL)

I met Marie around the time my KITH (Kids in the Hall) website opened which was about 2 years ago...give or take a few months. She was one of the first people to sign my guestbook, and at the time, before things got so crazy, I wrote back everyone indiviaually to thank them for signing. Well, Marie wrote me back and then IMed me later and the rest is history.

Marie is one of a kind...an all around great person to be around, very savy with computer stuff, and funny as hell (even though she swears she isn't). I can tell her some of my most embarrassing or crazy stuff and she will not only not laugh, but actually get it! She can do just about everything from successfully run a website to making the cutest pillows I've ever seen. I just wish we didn't live so far away!

5. Liz
What made us friends: Our love for KITH
What's keeping us friends: Yeah, she had to sign one too ;)

I also met Liz around the time my KITH website was opening. She signed my guestbook, I wrote a thank you letter, and she wrote back. But what I DIDN'T know was that Marie and her were good friends! So, really, I met Liz on the same night that I met Marie on and will treasure that night forever...it gave me my two best friends!

Liz is a beautiful soul with shyness being her biggest fall back. But of course, there are those times where she steps WAY out of her comfort zone and does something giant...like fly the San Fran, CA for the weekend to go see her idol, Bruce McCulloch! Liz is a wonderful person and I can honestly say that I am honored to be friends with someone so giving and willing to go out of her way to make someone happy. Again, I just wish we lived closer.

6. Bryan H
What made us friends: My hots for him
What's keeping us friends: He's that onefriend that everyone should have...and plus, he's just cool

The second day I was at Windsor Forest, I saw Bryan...my tongue dropped out, my eyes popped out of my head, and I am surprised my hear didn't start beating out of my chest. I was sooo attracted to Bryan, and when I was told to sit in the seat next to him, I was more than happy to apply!

But, of course, here I am, about 5,6 months later, and the crush is gone and all I have left is friendship. Now, Bryan isn't someone I'd tell my deepest darkest secrets to or anything...I don't think we'll ever be THAT close, but he is someone I really enjoy talking to and remembering the days when I had to fix my face in the mirror everytime I even THOUGHT I was going to run into him. Bryan is wonderful, and different from most guys his age with his laid back attitude about everything and his smooth way of approaching situations. He even didn't mind listening to me rant on and on about KITH even though he's not even interested in them...he's Monty Python all the way.

7. Mandelion
What made us friends: Our love and admiration for Ephraim Ellis
What's keeping us friends: Our love and admiration for each other

Mandy and I became friends thru a really strange and crazy chain of events. She had joined my board, but I did not get to become aquainted with her until a few weeks after that. I don't feel like posting all the details here, but it will be one of my most memorable meetings.

Mandy is one of my most interesting friends. I know she must think I'm some kind of freak or something cause I IM her like 30 times a day, but I just think she is so wonderful and I am so fasinated by her! From what she likes to her sense of humor...she is just awesome! Though life has been incrediable crazy and rough for her, I know she tries her best to carry on and not let it get her too down. And, for those times it does, that's where I come in to remind her of how great and special she is. I've grown greatly attached to her in a short period of time, and I treaure our friendship a lot, and I think she may think I'm not too bad myself.

8. Anita M
What made us friends: A ice skating rink and some REALLY bad skating
What's keeping us friends: I'm blackmailing her

Back in the 7th grade is when we met, but we didn't REALLY become close until the 8th grade when she started dating one of my craziest and most memorable friends Casey Clark. But our whole bonding experience happened when I called her up one night and asked if she wanted to go ice skating. Lots of fallin, and lots of embarrassment...but it was a good time. From then, we've been inseperable.

And it stayed that way until she moved away for a few years. For a while, I didn't think I'd ever see her again. We didn't keep in touch at all while she was away and I found myself missing her more than I thought I ever would. When I heard she was coming back, I was hella excited, but if left the question of would we still be as close as we were before she left...and my answer: Closer than ever! When she got back, we had no trouble picking up exactly where we left off.

Anita likes to play it hardass, but she's a hopeless romantic and a writer at heart. The gears in her head are always turning cause she's always carrying a pen and pad with her, coming up with ideas for SOMETHING and writing things. Best of all, she laughs at everything I say and do...not because it's funny, but because it was in the contract. Even thorough our ups and downs, we've remained friends and I truly think we've been through our worst, which means it can only be smooth sailing from here.

9. Mike R.
What made us friends: My attempt to be a writer
What's keeping us friends: The demands from the voices in my head

Yes, Mike...the guy that I spend to much time crying and venting about in my blog...he's still my friend. Mike and I met simply because I was trying to get a job working at a wrestling website and he was the go to guy. We talked and became friends, but I didn't expect for us to get so close and to this day, it's still kinda a hard pill to swallow because I've been thru hell and back with and for him. I truly do love Mike with everything I have, but there are still times when I wonder if he TRULY feels that same way...still.

Mike is unique is everyway. He's rude, and gets off on upsetting and offending people...which is a side of him I rarely see..but the internet gets a good taste of every day. The side I see is caring, compassionate, and generally concerned. Mike has been there for me when I felt like I had no one else in the world, and perhaps even when I truly didn't. There were times when I couldn't feel more alone and out of touch, and there he would be, sent to just me to pull me out of my dark hole. He's everything to me, and I don't regret a second of our friendship...well, not yet anyway.



Well, hope you've enjoyed this...I know I have. You never know how much your friends mean..until you're forced to write about them.

Andi