An Early Retrospective

"The people we've met in the last five years, will we remember them in ten more?"
-Death Cab for Cutie

If you go to my Facebook, click on "All Friends," I could show you dozens of people I don't talk to, hardly know, or don't know anymore.

I can show you pictures of people I haven't talked to for years, and people that I'll never talk to again. These people were friends, teammates, and acquaintances, and as much as I've forgotten about them, what can I say about how much they remember about me?

But there will always be that time Scott, Mat, and I got chased by a dog through Mat's backyard. That time in when Cyrus got his foot stuck in a mud hole; when there was that drug bust in middle school; when freshman year soccer was a nightmare. The first time I got on stage with Andrew and Chris to play a show, when Chris missed the game-winning penalty kick, the first time I sat behind the wheel of my car, when I fouled all my attempts in the long jump sophomore year, when Jeremy got drunk after the State meet, when I scored my first goal in a decade in a loss to Newark. When it was Frisbee Friday, when I hated working at Costco, and when we watched stars.

There was when Kazu won thousands on online poker, when I walked in on my first roommate, when we threw Marci into the fountain, when Turbo became Turbo, and when there were the KP sessions. The first time I played fantasy basketball, the first time I did Neurology, and when I didn't know 我 from 在. When the freshmen showed up on the team, when I met you, when Audrey chose the movie Leeches, when my other roomie sent himself to the hospital, when I played NBA 2k8 instead of doing homework, and when we imitated sea lions.

Now there is when Allison caked Jennifer, when Kat choked on a fish bone, and proving my theory about kids our age and old TV shows during late night talks about nothing.

We're not leaving yet, but we're certainly getting there. Maybe I'm just getting old, but I think the last few months will stick with me for a while.

Too emo, but hey, nothing better to do