Tuesday, October 26, 2004
Wall-Ass
Drew Wallace is a good man. In fact, he's one of the best men that I know. That is Drew in our crazy faces picture on my side bar.
I met Drew during my first year in college. He was one year ahead of me, but I quickly forced myself into his social cirlce, which also included Todd, Chris, A.J., Eddie, Galloway, and many others. Drew and I certainly didn't hit it off immeadiately. We were friends and I used his cologne, but thats about as far as it went.
Although we had our disagreements during the first coupla years, by my junior year, I began to realize that Drew was the kind of friend that you find very seldom. He is reliable. He is honest. He will always do his best to be on time. He was a boy scout. He is at once masculine and cuddly(not that I ever have, but i have heard women refer to him as a man sized teddy bear). He is also extremely loyal to his family and friends, and that is something many people claim, but few exhibit.
After Drew graduated, the college hired him as shop foreman, so he was around for the whole year and a half of my senior year. Good thing too. At least three nights a week we could be found vegetating on my couch, watching 24 or RAW, and eating at least on large bag of BBQ chips and a bag of coffee and creme Oreos. We did get out to hike and camp, but the nights on the couch probably formed our closest bonds. We both left North Carolina around the same time. He stayed for one more season of summer theatre, and even then I often found myself back in NC on his spare bed.
Drew lives in Cincinnatti now. We still talk a few times a week.
I realize now that friends such as Drew are even more rare than I first realized. I have maybe two other friends that know me as well as Drew, but neither of them can start a fire with just one match. Neither one of them are republicans, either though. No one is perfect.
I met Drew during my first year in college. He was one year ahead of me, but I quickly forced myself into his social cirlce, which also included Todd, Chris, A.J., Eddie, Galloway, and many others. Drew and I certainly didn't hit it off immeadiately. We were friends and I used his cologne, but thats about as far as it went.
Although we had our disagreements during the first coupla years, by my junior year, I began to realize that Drew was the kind of friend that you find very seldom. He is reliable. He is honest. He will always do his best to be on time. He was a boy scout. He is at once masculine and cuddly(not that I ever have, but i have heard women refer to him as a man sized teddy bear). He is also extremely loyal to his family and friends, and that is something many people claim, but few exhibit.
After Drew graduated, the college hired him as shop foreman, so he was around for the whole year and a half of my senior year. Good thing too. At least three nights a week we could be found vegetating on my couch, watching 24 or RAW, and eating at least on large bag of BBQ chips and a bag of coffee and creme Oreos. We did get out to hike and camp, but the nights on the couch probably formed our closest bonds. We both left North Carolina around the same time. He stayed for one more season of summer theatre, and even then I often found myself back in NC on his spare bed.
Drew lives in Cincinnatti now. We still talk a few times a week.
I realize now that friends such as Drew are even more rare than I first realized. I have maybe two other friends that know me as well as Drew, but neither of them can start a fire with just one match. Neither one of them are republicans, either though. No one is perfect.
// posted by Justin @ 6:41 AM 
