#odetodrew

One of my friends killed himself. We hadn't seen each other since this Summer. He always seemed to be doing okay. He was older than me and usually you lose the desire to off yourself as you get older and realize that no matter what, life is better than the unknown, -so it was a shock to hear he had done it. We weren't close friends. We worked together for 5 years. Partied at each others' houses on Fourth of July. Traded video games and stuff but he wasn't on my shortlist for when I needed a ride or help doing something. Still, he introduced me to a lot of really good bands when I was young, dumb, and listening to terrible music. Isn't it funny how when we're 18 we think we have the greatest musical taste? I will always remember him and me closing up at work and going up to the roof to smoke a blunt and seeing all the lights of the city. The simple things.