Friends are amazing. One in particular that i could not survive high school without. Her and I have practically become one person, as we were talking about earlier. A simple phone call that was supposed to only last a few minutes turned into 53 minutes of chattering and complaining and laughing. This is the friend that I can always count on to help me out or just listen to my selfish, dramatic, stupid venting. And I do the same for her. A night that was supposed to just be us hanging out and maybe watching a movie can turn into a midnight run to wal mart to buy plain white shoes or v necks so we can draw and paint on them. (yes that has actually happened several times). We go to each other because we know the other will understand and listen and give advice without getting angry, upset, or judgmental. And if someone talks bad about the other in front of one of us, God help that unfortunate gossiper. I love that crazy, spunky, quirky, loud, hilarious girl to death. You know who you are :)
Another thing that has been on my mind is a quote I saw as I was perusing my facebook page. One of my friends that I actually don't talk to hardly ever has a picture that has a quote on it that says this: "A friend will buy you a pregnancy test, but a best friend will be standing outside the bathroom saying name it after me!!!"
and I found myself saying, "ummmm no, a best friend will be saying why the H*#@!% didn't you use a condom!"
Just a random thought I figured I'd share. For some reason that quote really bothered me.
One of my good friends (not the one I spoke about in the second paragraph, but a good good friend I would be extremely sad to see go) and I were talking. I saw a sign after taking a drink f a water fountain that said, "This fountain is to be used only for drinking". and I thought to myself, "what else has this fountain been used for?!" and that got us talking about how I should just spring for a water bottle and I told her I spent my last dollar on cheetos. For some reason that actually frightens me is we then found ourselves talking about what snack food character we would want to marry. She thought chester cheeto would be a good one. I disagreed saying his ego got in the way of his charm. I always liked Mr. Peanut. You know, the spiffy peanut in the tux and top hat. But apparently he's gay (as Phoebe from "Friends" would say). We came to an agreement that Gumby would be an ideal choice. This is the kind of things my friends and I talk about...wow.
On a deeper level (HA), In astronomy today we learned about the atmosphere and what it's comprised of. I learned something that scares me quite a bit. If the atmosphere rises 5 degrees in temperature, Antarctica will begin to melt. That could flood every single coastal city! How extremely horrifying and unnerving is that?! New York City alone has about 8.3 million people by itself! All those people will have to move farther inland. Have you any idea how crowded our nation and other nations will be if every coastal city floods?!
Not only that, but surely not everyone will escape the horrors of drowning. I can only imagine how horrific it would be. The island nations in central America may very well disappear. How many lives will perish as a result of global warming....millions. And this is expected to occur within our lifetimes!!! I can only imagine...
It left me making plans to build another Noah's Ark.
There are pretty much two sides to the global warming coin. But build the ark, if it will make you feel safer.
ReplyDeleteA good friend is hard to find and is more precious than gold. You're lucky to have one.
Cheetos come out the same color, as what they are going in. For this reason: I don't eat 'em.
You didn't need to know that. Sorry.