Shit That Rocks Your World
Aug 28, 2010 2:37:50 GMT -5
Post by Catalyst on Aug 28, 2010 2:37:50 GMT -5
For all the warm, fuzzy, lol, kumbaya moments. Didn't see that we had one, so I thought I'd start one, especially after yesterday.
Yesterday, I visited my best friend who'd just flew in from North Caroline. He's a marine and for the last 6 years he's been in Afghanistan. Last month he came stateside and he managed to somehow fall off of a second story balcony and fracture his spine. He was paralyzed from the chest down. He took an operation which luckily succeeded and the doctor claimed that within a 4-5 months he'd be walking, be just as normal. My friend was confidently walking in a month, and did so well that the doctor was mystified and let him come home to Cali, where I visited him yesterday.
I took my 360 with me. And together me, him, his older brother, and a new step-brother of his played some Xbox. We went with Perfect Dark since he heard I had it. He was well enough to play and his reflexes where good enough to beat all of us the majority of the time. Looking at him though in a neck brace to give him support, I noticed something in his face.
It was the exact same expression that he used to get whenever we played Perfect Dark on the 64 as kids. When we used to be in elementary school. His brother had the same expression as well. It was a sense of concentration mixed with inner joy at something we were honestly playing in fun. I hadn't seen that expression in such a long time that I cried. Seeing my friend in a neck brace having as much fun as when we were 12 years old, just hit me so hard. I don't think they noticed though, since they were having so much fun throwing random bouncing grenades, timed mines, and rocket launchers.
I'd been feeling so lonely up to that point, since I missed my old gang of friends alot. I have a new group of friends but I feel so disconnected from them so much. I mean the guy I hang out with can be such an arrogant jerk. But yesterday, none of that mattered since I felt myself slip into that role again with my best friend. He's honestly the person that's around my age that I respect the most. I'd die for him.
I hope that wasn't overly sentimental. But yeah, yesterday was a good day.
Yesterday, I visited my best friend who'd just flew in from North Caroline. He's a marine and for the last 6 years he's been in Afghanistan. Last month he came stateside and he managed to somehow fall off of a second story balcony and fracture his spine. He was paralyzed from the chest down. He took an operation which luckily succeeded and the doctor claimed that within a 4-5 months he'd be walking, be just as normal. My friend was confidently walking in a month, and did so well that the doctor was mystified and let him come home to Cali, where I visited him yesterday.
I took my 360 with me. And together me, him, his older brother, and a new step-brother of his played some Xbox. We went with Perfect Dark since he heard I had it. He was well enough to play and his reflexes where good enough to beat all of us the majority of the time. Looking at him though in a neck brace to give him support, I noticed something in his face.
It was the exact same expression that he used to get whenever we played Perfect Dark on the 64 as kids. When we used to be in elementary school. His brother had the same expression as well. It was a sense of concentration mixed with inner joy at something we were honestly playing in fun. I hadn't seen that expression in such a long time that I cried. Seeing my friend in a neck brace having as much fun as when we were 12 years old, just hit me so hard. I don't think they noticed though, since they were having so much fun throwing random bouncing grenades, timed mines, and rocket launchers.
I'd been feeling so lonely up to that point, since I missed my old gang of friends alot. I have a new group of friends but I feel so disconnected from them so much. I mean the guy I hang out with can be such an arrogant jerk. But yesterday, none of that mattered since I felt myself slip into that role again with my best friend. He's honestly the person that's around my age that I respect the most. I'd die for him.
I hope that wasn't overly sentimental. But yeah, yesterday was a good day.