do you remember how easy it was to make friends when you were in the third grade? all you had to do was walk up to someone and say "Hey do you want to be friends?"
About a month ago I met two guys at the bar while I was buying a drink. I overheard them speaking Italian and asked which city they were from. We got to talking and I learned that they also live in my neighborhood, Astoria. I was like, "omg, amazing. I could practice my italian with you guys and we could ride bikes together and explore Astoria." I seriously just wanted a friendship. But it doesn't happen that way does it? You can't just meet people at a bar and say, "Hey, you're really cool, do you wanna be friends?" Why is that?
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Once upon a time, on a sweltering summer night in Italia, you and I sat on a stoop all night and we dually noted "this girl is cool, she can definitely hang, i think we will be bestest of friends"
Yes, very true. I think somewhere in there we also said , "Hey, we have no studying to do, I like to drink, you like to dance, we will be the bestest of friends. Wanna go to Bosum?"
that's an awesome picture.
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