Drew's secret xanga has a post with a lot of thoughts on the stupid things we do in high school in pursuit of whatever the hell it was we thought we were pursuing. But it ends on a good note: had he not gone through all of that, he wouldn't know one person whom he considers a really valuable friend.
That reminded me of some thoughts that had been bouncing around my head lately. There are only a handful of people that I really consider people I look up to. The vast majority of my friends and peers are my equals, in my mind; no better, no worse. But every now and again I'll get myself into a dire situation and ask, "What would [insert name of friend or family member here] do?" And that gives me some direction as to the kind of person I want to be.
So, role-models-who-shan't-be-named-but-few-of-you-are-my-readers-anyway, thanks. And ya know what? I miss the vast majority of you because I don't see most of you often enough. Either you're in Austin, or New York, or just across Fort Worth but way too busy to see me, but it's occurred to me that I've been missing out on you guys for some time now, so I'm setting out to fix that.