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It's been about four months since I wrote anything on here. I kinda forgot all about blogging until I was going through my Facebook friends list recently. I like to sort through it every year or so and delete people that really don't play any part in my life, like that girl that I friended at 2am in the karaoke bar and haven't talked to since, or that guy that I would punch in the face if I ever saw in real life. You know, those peeps. As I was scrolling through my friends list I noticed that someone was missing. Specifically, my old friend Phil. I texted him this morning to see if I could get to the bottom of his social media disappearance, and his response was a little upsetting. Apparently he decided to read my blog (which I used to post on FB) and was a little put off by my "solitary habitation" group of posts. I won't lie, when I was originally writing those little stories it did cross my mind that he might read them and think "dude, wtf?" I get it. It's personal stuff and I'm here publishing it for the world the three or four people who follow me to read.

That being said, I think it's important for me to state, for the record, that Phil is not a bad guy. In fact, I still consider him a great friend. He was there for me numerous times when I needed someone to talk to, especially a couple times when my relationships went down the toilet. Even recently, when my divorce was finalized, he reached out to me on his own and we got together, went to a few punk rock shows, and talked about old times. So Phil, if you are reading this, I love you man. You are good people. We all make mistakes, especially in our teens/early twenties. I sure did. We get a pass because we were still learning how to be responsible, tax-paying, career-having, educated adults.

While these stories are primarily true, I do exaggerate certain aspects. I try to make them as humorous as possible because, in retrospect, some of the shit we went through was downright hilarious. And that's that.

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