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Pengu1n
Profile Blog Joined October 2004
United States552 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-02-02 21:46:42
February 02 2009 19:04 GMT
#1
Throughout life people change. Face it, everybody changes sooner or later. I am going to tell you a story about a kid, who was once a close friend of mine, close enough that I would call him my brother. I’m going to write about his transformation from a complete self-divulging dork to a party enthusiast and how his transformation impacted my own life.

It all began back in the early years of high school. My best friend at the time was named Harazah (Jordanian decent, born and raised.) I befriended him when he moved to America and attended my high school. We took up playing star craft. We loved sc and would play practically everyday after school in the computer lab, it was basically like a LAN party everyday after school it was great. We would perfect our 2 gate proxy rushes against each other and spam our keys thinking we were top USA players with 300+ apm.

While we played in the lab there was this other kid who was always there. He was covered in pimples and extremely pale, almost albino, as if he had never felt a ray of sunlight before in his life. Sometimes we were afraid to turn on the light, as we were convinced he would hide under the desk and start scowling. He was your classic nerd. Always in the lab doing hw, wore suspenders, thick black glasses the whole shebang. His name was Ric.

I haven’t interacted much with Ric up until this point because he was in all AP classes as a freshman. But legend told that his parents were genius scientists and forced him to live up to their expectations by home schooling him his entire life up until high school. This is probably why he had no social skills whatsoever. People would call him Erkle, or Vagina face, as he had a face somehow resembling a distorted looking vagina. His most common aka was Ric the Dic or RTD for short. And here’s the kicker, RTD would ride a segway to school (no joke!) but he would try to act tough and would tell people he only rides it because his license got suspended for a DUI. People would just look at him and laugh.

One day RTD finished his thesis on bioneuralwhateverthefuckchemistry early pulled up a chair right behind me and WATCHED me right over my shoulder. I could feel his geeky presence surrounding me, the smell of his dreadful BO and his horrid Brussels sprout breath BREATHING on the back of neck. That was all I could take, I couldn’t concentrate my micro slipped up and I lost the game. I turned around and I’m like WTF you looking at geek? (I know this was horrible thing to do and I regret it). Anyways he just wanted to play with us. My friend Harazah was like no way lets get out of here. But I felt bad so I let him join us.

That one game of massive sunken walls, multiple spawning pools, and only 4 workers on minerals was all it took for RTD. He became a SC addict just like us. He began playing with us everyday after school instead of doing his projects. Although he sucked hardcore he was determined to learn the game in all its elements. Soon enough all his school notebooks were filled with build orders, macro and economic management, unit placements, and equations that he would study day in and day out.

Although Starcraft is often thought of as a nerdy game, it had the opposite effect on RTD. He became less of a nerd each day he played. He started dressing like a normal teenager (although he wore the same GUNDAM t-shirt almost everyday), his hygiene was still a bit of a problem but we were helping him. RTD’s studies began to take a plunge, His GPA dropped from a 4.5 to a 1.98(!!) all because of Starcraft.

***

Fast Forward a few years. The 3 amigos, the 3 brothers, RTD, Harazah and I still played SC occasionally but we had all changed for the better. RTD was no longer bent on learning the physics of star craft. Harazah began to stagger out of the picture as his parents forced him to get a job and he began working 50 hours a week. So I was forced to spend more and more time alone with RTD. I would say we bonded quite well. He became practically my twin. He was no longer his nerdy old self. We did everything together and were there for each other in times of need. We shared our favorite pornos with each other and I shared my most personal and intimate details with RTD including the night I lost my virginity. RTD would share his intimate details as well, such as the time he built up the courage to ask the girl next to him to borrow a piece of paper in order to strike up a conversation with her. The girl promptly denied him the paper, as she saw he had an entire notebook full of paper opened on his desk! Ric was heartbroken. He ran out of class and into the bathroom where he hid for the remainder of the period, embarrassed as fuck. I was there to comfort him (not in the bathroom of course) but you know what I mean. Ill admit, RTD made me feel better about myself every time he fucked up, but I thought of him as no less of a friend because of this. He was my best friend, the friend I wanted as my best man when I marry.

***

Fast forward to freshman year of college. A group of kids I knew one day decided to play a little trick on RTD. They invited him to a party, but the catch was, everybody at the party was GAY! They used a hot girl to go up to him and invite him. I knew the plan all along but it was too good to pass up so I didn’t say a word to RTD about it. This was the type of friendship we had, we did shit like this to each other all the time and would never let the other live it down. Of course he agreed to go. At the party he kept asking where all the girls were. The guys assured him, don’t worry they will come just drink for now. They got him REALLY fucking drunk. Once the gay guys started making their moves Ric freaked out. He was desperate to prove he was not gay. He went over to the one and only girl at the party, this HIDEOUS FAT chick and made out with her. This was his first kiss. He was so drunk he could hardly see straight, and little did he know, there were NO girls at this party. The fat chick was a fucking GUY!

The next day me and RTD had a nice laugh about his adventure that night. He wasn’t mad at me or anything he loved it. He hadn’t gotten drunk before and the whole experience to him was amazing. This was another turning point for him. RTD had gone from total geek to party major. He started getting into drugs, something that I’ve always stayed away from because its not my style. RTD would call me a pussy and say I’m a dork for not doing heavy shit with him.(oh the irony).

Eventually I noticed it happening.. RTD was hanging out with the potheads more and more. He stopped responding to my IM’s, my phone calls and my text messages. It was like I was just no longer good enough to be on his agenda. The only times he would actually talk to me was when he was drunk or high, and wouldn’t even remember our convo the next day. He would assure me time to time when we did actually take that we were still the best of friends. But I knew something was wrong.

A few weeks later my good friend Harazah died of cancer (that no one knew he had) RIP. Guess who the one person was to not attend his funeral. RTD. That was it. I was outraged. I couldn’t even get a hold of him. When I got home I checked online. Here was his away message “PARTAY!! THEN GETTING ME SUM MILF PUSSAYY!” That bitch. I talked to him and I expressed my feelings how I felt like he has deserted us for his new life. This was his response.

RTD (12:42:06 AM): not to be mean but
RTD (12:42:17 AM): we only know our past selves
RTD(12:42:23 AM): of each other
RTD (12:44:20 AM): and u gotta learn people change from what you once knew to someone else.
RTD (12:55:33 AM): but these days, we hardly have nething to do with eachother, ive foudn other people to confide in
ME (12:56:54 AM):u know wut i liked best about you...whenever i was having a horrible shitty day no matter how bad it was i could still crack a smile cuz i know i always had ric to go home and rant to and just turn it into big joke or u do something 10x more retarded then me and i feel better. and now i dont even have that. and i know the only reason u acting this way is cuz ur under the influence but thats the only ric i know now so thats what you are to me now. so fuck you, go confide in your real friends they gut 10x more storage capacity than me for ur bs neways.

RTD (1:02:29 AM):know how sometimes you read TL and think, "LOL frkn losers" welll way u talking these days is how i feel about u, its like you got no soul only think about old days ... like you only liked me when i was a loser so you could laugh at me to feel better bout yourself. sorry that times have changed. its like you only want friends if they are worse than you that you can look down upon to feel better.

When he said this I realized it was over. And I realized he was right. Even though he was drunk he makes valid points about how people do change and how I need to look down upon my friends to make myself feel better. I am sad because I lost my best friend, but I also learned a lot about my own flaws in the process. The people who you think are always going to be there for you might not be, and that’s why you shouldn’t take anything for granted. Thank you for reading.



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EsX_Raptor
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
United States2801 Posts
February 02 2009 19:06 GMT
#2
pic dont show
Pengu1n
Profile Blog Joined October 2004
United States552 Posts
February 02 2009 19:08 GMT
#3
yea i dont know why i cant really get it to work...i sux at this
EsX_Raptor
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
United States2801 Posts
February 02 2009 19:09 GMT
#4
there's an extra "]" at the end of your URL
il0seonpurpose
Profile Blog Joined January 2007
Korea (South)5638 Posts
February 02 2009 19:29 GMT
#5
Wow I never knew a person could change like that.
bludragen88
Profile Joined August 2008
United States527 Posts
February 02 2009 19:49 GMT
#6
Well I'd say that people change pretty significantly their first year of college (at least if they're going to change) ... so in a lot of ways its not that surprising. It's just a time in your life when you're hormonally/emotionally very charged, you're suddenly in a new world where nobody knows you so you can be whoever you want, and you have no parents around... but also, you get to be who you want to be, so maybe it's better that you and him are done, since you guys don't seem to want to be compatible (last part directed at OP, obviously)
DreaM)XeRO
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
Korea (South)4667 Posts
February 02 2009 20:05 GMT
#7
wow
what a fuck

do me a huge favor

punch him in the nuts
and laugh
cw)minsean(ru
Scorch
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
Austria3371 Posts
February 02 2009 20:05 GMT
#8
Say no to drugs kids!
GHOSTCLAW
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
United States17042 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-02-02 20:11:57
February 02 2009 20:11 GMT
#9
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Xusneb
Profile Blog Joined November 2006
Canada612 Posts
February 02 2009 20:11 GMT
#10
What a tragic story. Well, I think it's better for you to move on. It seems clear that he did not value the friendship as much as you and his actions make him out to be a pretty terrible friend indeed. While it may be hard, there are plenty of people out there - more decent, more loyal, capable of being a true friend.

Personally, I don't believe he's changed. He was probably always like this, he was just too shy/awkward to act differently in the past. So he latched onto you. Now that he's found the wide world out there, he's throwing you off. pretty horrible behaviour but, hey, what can you do about other people's actions?
If you want to be happy, be. - Leo Tolstoy
GHOSTCLAW
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
United States17042 Posts
February 02 2009 20:15 GMT
#11
I hate to say it, but it happens, especially when people go off to college. It's not exactly that surprising, although it stull sucks that he didn't vaule your friendship as much as you valued it.
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Athos
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
United States2484 Posts
February 02 2009 20:23 GMT
#12
Interesting and very sad story. People do change.....and you know what, maybe this will be good for him in the long run. Maybe he will realize that he lost touch with his true self and get the help he needs. But yeah..that's sad.
TheMusiC
Profile Joined January 2004
United States1054 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-02-02 21:11:59
February 02 2009 20:24 GMT
#13
hahahah ^^
Rice
Profile Blog Joined July 2007
United States1332 Posts
February 02 2009 20:26 GMT
#14
is it just me or does this blog seem to parallel this blog http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=87115
in a lot of ways just from a different point of view?
Freedom will be defended at the cost of civil liberties.
hazz
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
United Kingdom570 Posts
February 02 2009 20:26 GMT
#15
On February 03 2009 04:04 Pengu1n wrote:RTD (1:02:29 AM):know how sometimes you read TL and think, "LOL frkn losers" welll...


Oh NO HE DIDN'T!
ahrara_
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
Afghanistan1715 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-02-02 20:32:25
February 02 2009 20:32 GMT
#16
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

*breathe*

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

:LOLOLOL


those of u who don't get it read snet's blog

HAHAHAHHA
in Afghanistan we have 20% literacy rate
JWD
Profile Blog Joined October 2007
United States12607 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-02-02 20:35:31
February 02 2009 20:33 GMT
#17
Great story, I think stuff like this happens all the time. For me the big question is how to respond when I see a friend or acquaintance begin to make poor decisions: do I intervene and take whatever measures are necessary to "save" the person because I care about her? Or do I decide that, based on the person's recent behavior, I never really knew her and ought to simply distance myself?

I think the first choice is best - even if you can't salvage the friendship, you may make a major difference in the person's life. At the very least, she deserves to know how she has made you feel. And even if the person acts tough and invulnerable like RTD did, Im pretty sure she will grapple heavily with your words.
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ahrara_
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
Afghanistan1715 Posts
February 02 2009 20:34 GMT
#18
sorry i didn't finish laughing

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

ya i think i'm done

major props to penguin. this made my week
in Afghanistan we have 20% literacy rate
Osmoses
Profile Blog Joined October 2008
Sweden5302 Posts
February 02 2009 20:47 GMT
#19
On February 03 2009 05:32 ahrara_ wrote:
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

*breathe*

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

:LOLOLOL


those of u who don't get it read snet's blog

HAHAHAHHA

I read snet's blog before I read this and I see the correlation with the gay party but I'm thinking it just might be two different people having the same joke played on them :3

As for the falling out, I can relate, pretty much that same thing happened to me. Best friend became a hippie.
Excuse me hun, but what is your name? Vivian? I woke up next to you naked and, uh, did we, um?
zer0das
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
United States8519 Posts
February 02 2009 20:56 GMT
#20
Well played good sir.
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