ok. A 'thing or two needs to be said'.
I've said it before, and i'll say it again. The least i owe to you is to be honest. I'm not one to talk behind anyones backs... so i'm not going to.
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this is to rusty.
I'm writing this on livejournal... because 'you as my witness' makes this official.
First and foremost... for gods sake... dont hurt her. If you hurt her... I'll lose a lot of respect for you. If you were to just do 'the right thing' then you'd both be happy... and nobody would get hurt. You just gotta prove me wrong man. But, nobody can tell you what's right, and whats 'wrong'... you just gotta play with the cards god gave you. I'm serious though... I cant just sit back and grit my teeth if you go and hurt another of my friends.
Secondly... You are my best friend. Nothing will ever change that. I'm not angry at you. I've very seldom ever BEEN angy at you. And if you want me to not ever be angry with you... all you gotta do is be straight up with me man. I understand completely that life is tough, and tough stuff happens all the time. We're not going to always agree... nobody ever does. But you know me, i'm very understanding. Just tell me how you feel sometimes... You might be surprised at how my input may mean something to you. Dont ever stress out about how I may feel about you. Cause no matter what it is... it's not true. I'll always be here for you. You've got my s/n, you've got my email, my phone is always there for you to call it. I'm totally serious here... nothing will ever change between us if you dont want it to. So do me a favor, and dont worry about it. Dont spend extra time worrying about me. I'm not worth it. :-D Nothing can change what we've got.
Thirdly... if everything is so bad... then change it. Remember when i used to tell you that the best thing you can do is 'surprise yourself'. Do something you normally wouldn't do. You say that your mom is so hard on you... but in reality, rusty, if you really looked at it.. you dont have it that bad... you just gotta be a lot more understanding. I mean, hell, if you were to stay home, you wouldn't have to pay for ANYTHING, you'd still have a car, and you'd be able to work and keep your money. But, instead, you are leaving, losing the car, probably the job (cause you cant get to it without the car) and now you gotta spend EXTRA money to live on campus. All because you have disagreements with your mom. Look. I know i dont live at your house, and i know i have never really experienced whatever you may find so bad about your mom... but let me tell you, we all have parent's that treat us a little too protected, and we just suck it up and take it. Like tonight for example.. yeah, she was angry at you.. BECAUSE YOU LIED ABOUT WHERE YOU WERE GOING, AND THEN STAYED OUT WAY TOO LATE. Even though she didn't' know you were lying... it was still something stupid to lie about. Trust me, me and jennifer wouldn't have minded just going home, and you being home on time. "on time". Now, let me phrase this to you. In your case, "on time" meant 15 minutes after 1:15. THAT IS 1:30 in the morning. MAAAAN, that really sucks. You must have it REAL hard. Trust me man, there are plenty of people who can't even stay out that late, or have the freedom you have of calling your mom and saying when you are going to be home. It's small stuff like this that you make it sound like it's so bad, but really it isn't. What i'm saying is maybe if you tried to 'give a little' with your mom, things wouldn't seem so bad... and you wouldn't have to go out and do some of the stuff you do.
Fourthly... and this is gonna wrap it up. I'm just asking that you just think about how you treat some people. Sometimes you hurt people and you dont even realize you're doing it. Also... you flirt way too much, and you are gonna break a lot of people's hearts if you dont stop. I'm saying this from 'a guy to a guy'... it's cool to have fun 'with the ladies' or whatever, but man, there comes a time where you are just sending way too much of the wrong signal, and you really hurt a lot of people. And you know who they come to when they are hurt? your 'best friend'... me. So, dont tell me i dont know what i'm talking about, cause i do.
Anyways. This is how I feel about stuff. It may seem a little harsh, but that's just because that's how I feel, and i told you i'm not gonna lie to you... or anyone. But, this is just stuff that is an 'issue'... There is a lot more to our friendship that is GOOD than could ever be put down on the internet. Lets make sure we dont lose that, ok?
ok.
cya later, and have a nice vacation.
-Corey 'The Monsoon' Monson
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there we go. To everyone else... In case i haven't told you lately, good night, and I LOVE YOU!
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this is to rusty.
I'm writing this on livejournal... because 'you as my witness' makes this official.
First and foremost... for gods sake... dont hurt her. If you hurt her... I'll lose a lot of respect for you. If you were to just do 'the right thing' then you'd both be happy... and nobody would get hurt. You just gotta prove me wrong man. But, nobody can tell you what's right, and whats 'wrong'... you just gotta play with the cards god gave you. I'm serious though... I cant just sit back and grit my teeth if you go and hurt another of my friends.
Secondly... You are my best friend. Nothing will ever change that. I'm not angry at you. I've very seldom ever BEEN angy at you. And if you want me to not ever be angry with you... all you gotta do is be straight up with me man. I understand completely that life is tough, and tough stuff happens all the time. We're not going to always agree... nobody ever does. But you know me, i'm very understanding. Just tell me how you feel sometimes... You might be surprised at how my input may mean something to you. Dont ever stress out about how I may feel about you. Cause no matter what it is... it's not true. I'll always be here for you. You've got my s/n, you've got my email, my phone is always there for you to call it. I'm totally serious here... nothing will ever change between us if you dont want it to. So do me a favor, and dont worry about it. Dont spend extra time worrying about me. I'm not worth it. :-D Nothing can change what we've got.
Thirdly... if everything is so bad... then change it. Remember when i used to tell you that the best thing you can do is 'surprise yourself'. Do something you normally wouldn't do. You say that your mom is so hard on you... but in reality, rusty, if you really looked at it.. you dont have it that bad... you just gotta be a lot more understanding. I mean, hell, if you were to stay home, you wouldn't have to pay for ANYTHING, you'd still have a car, and you'd be able to work and keep your money. But, instead, you are leaving, losing the car, probably the job (cause you cant get to it without the car) and now you gotta spend EXTRA money to live on campus. All because you have disagreements with your mom. Look. I know i dont live at your house, and i know i have never really experienced whatever you may find so bad about your mom... but let me tell you, we all have parent's that treat us a little too protected, and we just suck it up and take it. Like tonight for example.. yeah, she was angry at you.. BECAUSE YOU LIED ABOUT WHERE YOU WERE GOING, AND THEN STAYED OUT WAY TOO LATE. Even though she didn't' know you were lying... it was still something stupid to lie about. Trust me, me and jennifer wouldn't have minded just going home, and you being home on time. "on time". Now, let me phrase this to you. In your case, "on time" meant 15 minutes after 1:15. THAT IS 1:30 in the morning. MAAAAN, that really sucks. You must have it REAL hard. Trust me man, there are plenty of people who can't even stay out that late, or have the freedom you have of calling your mom and saying when you are going to be home. It's small stuff like this that you make it sound like it's so bad, but really it isn't. What i'm saying is maybe if you tried to 'give a little' with your mom, things wouldn't seem so bad... and you wouldn't have to go out and do some of the stuff you do.
Fourthly... and this is gonna wrap it up. I'm just asking that you just think about how you treat some people. Sometimes you hurt people and you dont even realize you're doing it. Also... you flirt way too much, and you are gonna break a lot of people's hearts if you dont stop. I'm saying this from 'a guy to a guy'... it's cool to have fun 'with the ladies' or whatever, but man, there comes a time where you are just sending way too much of the wrong signal, and you really hurt a lot of people. And you know who they come to when they are hurt? your 'best friend'... me. So, dont tell me i dont know what i'm talking about, cause i do.
Anyways. This is how I feel about stuff. It may seem a little harsh, but that's just because that's how I feel, and i told you i'm not gonna lie to you... or anyone. But, this is just stuff that is an 'issue'... There is a lot more to our friendship that is GOOD than could ever be put down on the internet. Lets make sure we dont lose that, ok?
ok.
cya later, and have a nice vacation.
-Corey 'The Monsoon' Monson
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there we go. To everyone else... In case i haven't told you lately, good night, and I LOVE YOU!