Sunday, November 16, 2008

Identity

My best friend Olivia and I are very close. She lived in Burnt Hills until about four years ago, when she moved two and a half hours away. We continue to talk on the phone every day and every chance that I get I like to go to her house to visit. I miss her a lot, but when we do get the chance to see each other it's like she has never left. The two of us practically share a brain in some respects, which makes her the best one to go to for advice. We know everything about each other and are parts of each others families after so many years. Even though we do have a lot of the same values and ideas, our tastes are completely different when it comes to a lot of things too, like guys and food, among other things. This makes some of our talks very interesting, but no matter what we are always there for each other.
When we get together, it doesn't matter what we do. Since we talk so much on the phone, when we see each other we can skip the catching up. I know a lot of her new friends, so when I go there we hang out with them, and when she comes here we try to get our old friends together, but sometimes this is hard for her. I like going there better than having her come here because it is a perfect place to just get away from everything Burnt Hills for a little while. Over this past summer, we went to the Dave Matthews concert, went to and watched a lot of movies, and dyed each others hair. We also like to go to our old elementary school and go on the swings.
If she moved to Alaska, I'm sure I would still go out to see her and her family. The distance thing doesn't really affect our friendship. Having no cell service would be a bummer, but a lot of the time we talk more than texting or being on the computer or anything so as long as she had a phone I think we'd be okay.

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