Re-making friends

NOTE: I have to be at work in about 23 minutes and I'm not dressed yet; please forgive my errors.

It's been a tad bit over five years since I've graduated from Palatka High and moved away to Tallahassee. During the five years, I, along with mostly everyone and everything, have changed a lot since then. My outlook on life has gotten darker, more cynical. My alcohol consumption has risen (don't judge me; let God do it). And I've become more of an individual and not let family and friends dictate most of what I do.

I thought it was just me. But after talking to my friend, Jordan, on MySpace IM yesterday, I realized he has too. The last time I had a conversation with this dude, as far as I can recall, was the Sunday after I graduated in 2002. We've been MySpace and Facebook friends for quite a bit, but we all know that, a lot of times, FB and MS friends aren't really friends. So while i was just chillin' and ish, I decided to say hello and see if we could at least carry this thing on for five minutes.

After talking to him, I found out we actually have a lot in common. We are both shy people who came out of our shells after high school. We both at some point in our lives worked as correspondents for the Palatka Daily News. We both enjoy writing. And, it seems, neither of us knew this about each other back in the day. We were cool, but we just didn't know.

So this all has me thinking how much I could know/have known about a lot of my friends if i just listen and be more observant. How many more REAL friends could I have made in high school and college if I would have made more of an effort? And since we have all changed, could I be cool with people whom I really were not previously cool?

Hmm, makes me wonder...

B.Rand