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14. Procrastination. If you had more time, you’d be able to put it off longer. What do you put off to the last moment? Why? Tell a story about how you just barely got something done in time – or didn’t.
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12 years.

VanZandt's picture

I've got a friend. If anyone asks, he's my 'best' friend.
He's not the strongest or smartest person I know.
We get in stupid fights over stupid issues.
But I know him.
I've known him since we were three or so.
He's familiar, and that's sometimes everything you could want or need in a friend.
I know him, and he knows me.
We're still kind of alien to one another, but that's good too.
He's all angst.
I'm all douche.
We're still friends, despite our flaws... And that's something special.

12 Years.

That's something special.

I know him and he knows me, but we don't pretend to understand each other.
Neither of us have brothers.
We both have sisters.
We vehemently battle our domestic over-femininity.
But sometimes it feels like we're losing.

I eat his soup and release the demons in his microwave.
He eats my waffles and melts my butter.

His dad flashed me at two o' clock in the morning the other week.

12 years doesn't prepare you for that.

offreadin's picture

OUch!!

Submitted by offreadin on July 15, 2008 - 10:34.

I like how you concentrate on that number and what it means to you. It really emphasizes your friendship (if that makes any sense.) I like the shift at the end and the little zing, even if it is a bit disturbing.

VanZandt's picture

Oh, it was VERY

Submitted by VanZandt on July 15, 2008 - 10:58.

Oh, it was VERY disturbing... Haha. Thanks though.

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