Long-as-there's-a-record-deal-we'll-always-be-friends!

"friendship is rare. do you know what i'm sayin' to you? friendship is rare."
- The D

screw that. i have the "burden" of trying to keep in touch with a lot of friends spanning the entire country (and the past 20 years of my life). it's awesome! i love my friends. if it's true you can tell a lot about a person by the company they keep, i'm the most squared away person around. all thanks to my friends!

speaking of which: i was an engineering student at Auburn University, as were most my friends at the time. "birds of a feather", and what not. back then, Chemical Engineering was the hot major in terms of salary for grads. that being the case, we all couldn't wait to get out and start making that money!! it was also considered one of the more difficult majors b/c of all the math and chemistry. i figured since i was in such a hard program, i was entitled to act superior to folks in other majors. looking back, i can see what a jerk i was. my ego got the best of me. i didn't respect liberal arts majors b/c their curriculum wasn't "hard enough". i'm ashamed! especially considering those same people are now my closest friends and the ones whose talents i respect the most! not to mention i wouldn't last a semester majoring in philosophy, any kind of art, sociology, etc. screw all you chemical engineers! (except Hao. he's alright).

most of my Raleigh friends are exceptionally talented folks in things other than math and chemistry, thank God. it's awesome having artistic friends! lucky for me, they don't judge based on my artistic talent the way i judged their ilk when i was in engineering. which, by the way, i gave up on after 1 year in the real world.

in conclusion: everybody stop being arrogant jerks and get to know people for who they are and what they have to offer the world.