all hail vic

mr. perspicacity

warning, a probably sappy post to follow...

i realize this is about a bit premature, but the right words being said at the right time on top of the excellent, relaxed night i had tonight make me want and need to say this: thank you to all of my friends.

i'm incredibly thankful for my family (words would not suffice) but i want to single out my friends for this post. i've had the luck to stumble into the right friendships at the right times in my life and i am completely enriched by everybody i've ever been able to call a friend.

i have friendships with people i've known since i was 3 or 4. i also have friendships that are really only a few months old but they function at a level of generosity and caring that i've never really considered. it's not that i didn't have them before, but i think i've finally reached a point where i can legitimately reflect upon the friendship in question - and i can say in every instance that my friends have always been the right choice.

in the end, i just wanted to post a note of thanks. this list will inevitably fall short. there will inevitably be people missing and i apologize. heck, if you feel like you should be on this list, let me know. if you won't hold it against me, i won't hold it against you for letting me know! ;-)

thank you to adam, who i've known since i was terribly young (and he was not-so-terribly younger).

thank you to daniel, who i've known just about equally as long.

thank you to lig, who i knew before i knew her and whom is still a valuable source of information and friendship.

thank you to paco, who first taught me that people experience things differently. even though you didn't do it directly and it was only in hindsight, i understand now that our house was not what you expected. i'm grateful to you and your family for your humble and always-open household. muchisimas gracias!

thank you to the second adam, who is an all around intelligent and superb individual and who has made the commitment to marry an equally as intelligent and superb individual. may you populate the world with little intelligent and superb individuals.

thank you to ernie, who despite the fact i never really hung out with all that much in college remains a good friend nevertheless.

thank you to jen and bear, who are also intelligent and superb individuals and who make coupling an ideal.

thank you to zdanna, who always teased me for "falling asleep" at her concerts. she knows it was moreover that i was being lulled into a trance-like state.

thank you to evan, whose bone dry sense of humor prepared me for what i know now.

thank you to nonoko, who was the first to actually make me feel attractive. i know it's a weird thing to say, but it's true.

thank you to my fellow r.a.'s at carleton, our r.a. community was tighter than most and i think it was in no small part due to our individual respect for each other.

thank you to mike "rudy" rollins, my limited-time cohost and fellow rude boy. i wouldn't have survived the cutthroat world of college radio without you.

thank you to katie f, whose immense intelligence and grounding in reality demands enormous respect (and she should expect no less).

thank you to carol and john, professors and friends. they too deserve respect. they generally love their subjects and that's what makes them good teachers. i'm lucky to have been allowed to major in their field.

thank you to marc, who is still a connection to my year in LA and who treated me as a friend while simultaneously teaching me as a boss should. and who is still helping me with the occasional nugget of information or assistance.

thank you to barrie, who is the only reason i ever found a job in LA and who took the time to have coffee with me. it was an honor and a priviledge.

thank you to mitch and jim, two utterly fantastic individuals who completed my stay in LA. without them, life would've been much less friendly there. and, get this, i never really hung out with them outside of work. hopefully, someday, we can get together and catch up.

thank you to ellis and the rest of his family, who provided a home away from home and friends away from friends. i probably would've lasted only half the time in LA without them.

thank you to dave and gabi, who put me up in their house for a few weeks when i was fresh off the boat. the influence that stay had is probably what made me last this long and want to stay longer here in prague.

thank you to cyn, you bitch. i hate you. relationships require commitment. :p seriously though, she's the one who touched off this whole post when she told me, and i quote, "you suck." oh, and she also said "but i love you anyway mf".

thank you to jana, whose curiosity is beyond admiration. she gave me a book for my birthday which she thought i would like based on my past history of reading and thanks to her i have a new coaster. i'm kidding, of course. the book is wonderful but could use a few less words - c.s. lewis was a windbag of sorts, in my opinion, and it's taking a little patience to get through an otherwise excellent book. regardless, thanks to jana and her good judgment, i'm reading a book i would never otherwise read.

thank you to the fujaci, my closest circle of friends here.

thank you to the rest of my growing group of prague friends, who have given me a home and a community. i love it here and i'm glad i've found a reason to stay.

thank you to everybody i've forgotten to mention specifically.

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i used to have a beach towel when i was younger that had a big blue monster on it and which read "mr. personality". i think "mr. perspicacity" might be more appropriate. i've been a good judge so far and the evidence can be found in the high quality of the people who surround - the people to whom i owe an enormous debt. friends and family create an individual and that is where i find myself now, wondering how i ever befriended such wonderful and welcoming people.

thank you to all my friends.

Posted by iain at November 1, 2005 02:49 AM