Friday, November 15, 2002

It's 4 o'clock in the morning. So I started thinking...

It's funny how the people who truly impact your life tend to come and go. A boy named Bryan and a boy named Robert probably changed my entire outlook during the summer before my junior year of high school. I only knew them for three weeks. But during those three weeks, I became an entirely different person. I wonder how my life would've gone if I had met one of them at college. Or in a different context. Would we have the same bond? Would it be as amazing?

I think I'm still waiting to meet them again. I want cloned versions of Robert and Bryan running around the USC campus. They were sweet, intelligent, funny, cute, and slightly offbeat. As I sit in the Commons, I watch strangers walk by, and I wonder if they possess any of these qualities. Or all of them? It's entirely possible that I'm missing out on some of the best possible friends in my life because I don't make an effort to talk to people. Am I in a rut? I think so.

What brought this on? Well, Jay's profile has this interesting site listed. It reminded me of a particular incident while punting on the River Cam. I was actually doing the hard labor of punting, but Robert, Bryan, Robert, Scott, and Jordan were beatboxing, creating some of the most amazing music I've ever heard. Entirely with their voices. I had NEVER heard anything quite like this before... and I haven't heard anything quite like it since.

Last I heard, Robert was at Oberlin and loving it while Bryan was partying it up at Georgetown. Who knows where they are now?

Here's how I remember Bryan:


And here's a picture of Robert, Bryan, and Scott goofing off while watching the bumps: