Thank you Jamie Spears

With all of this insanity surrounding Michael Jackson's sudden death, it makes me extremely happy that Britney Spears finally got her shit together. Seriously. She was Anna Nicole in waiting and it's terrifying to think she was probably very close to a tragic death at one point.

Once again, praise Poppa Jamie Spears.




And R.I.P. Michael Jackson. This must be similari to what it was like when Elvis died. Such a tragic, sudden, shocking loss of a true legend. Of course he had his personal life issues that no one will ever know the real truth about, but he was an icon in the music industry and the reason for so much of the music and entertainment we have now.

Firefly Lane

So Best Friend started a book club and the next book we are going to read is called Firefly Lane. From the jist of the description I think it sounds like a great read. I read the first four chapters last night and am excited to read more this weekend. Apparently it is supposed to make you want to call your best friend, and from hearing about the book I can see why.

In the first chapters that I've read, it discusses how the characters meet. It reminds me of the way Best Friend and I met - not in any similar circumstance or even age of the characters, but I think we were both kind of lost at the time in our lives when we met and without knowing it we gave each other a purpose and sense of belonging in a place that was still confusing and new to us. We became inseperable and every memory from 3 years of my life will forever include her.

The rest of my years will also include her, obviously, but in different ways. It's fun for us to be able to experience completely seperate things through each other's lives. Unfortunately we're unable to be physically 'attached at the hip' (per the sorority award we won in 2005, thank you very much) because we're grown ups now. We have two completely different lives, which may make it hard for some to understand why we are still 'best friends.' But something that so many people will never understand about the two of us, we'll never be torn apart. We'll never fall out of love with each other. We may be different, but we know each other in ways and were there through experiences for each other than no one can ever understand. And although we may have grown differently, we grew up together - which creates an even stronger bond.

I've realized a few things:
1. You don't have to have everything in common with a best friend, that gets extremely boring.
2. Other great friends will forever be in the picture of you and your best friend, but they'll never compare.
3. No matter how different two people can become, when love and compassion is at the center of it, they will not grow apart.
4. Being best friends isn't something that you need to confirm all the time; you just know.

"The most beautiful discovery true friends make is that they can grow separately without growing apart." ~Elisabeth Foley