February 28, 2011

• 30 day photo challenge, day two

  A picture of you and the person you have been closest with the longest.

  

  This was an easy choice. Matt Norris and I have been best friends since my freshman year of high school. It was about my fifth day of concert choir freshman year when I noticed the kid with the backpack that had scribbled the names of all the bands he liked on the sides. A simple sentence started it all; "hey man, you like Good Charlotte?" Next thing you know, we're off to the races talking about music. Pretty soon, he mentions he plays the drums, so I chime in that I play the guitar. Almost eight years and countless shows later, Matt and I are still best friends and bandmates, and that probably isn't going to change any time soon. 

  We have an odd friendship; although we talk a lot, most of our conversations aren't particularly deep or meaningful. A lot of them center around the band, and often times we have short exchanges on Skype or AIM in the evening, just catching up on the day and how work was or how life is going. Occasionally, we'll have one of those long heart-to-heart conversations that make me so appreciative for my friend and his acceptance of me for exactly who I am. The photo you see here was taken by Charlotte on my graduation day, and it's one of my favorite pictures because it has so much joy. 

  As a bonus, here's Matt and I performing "Ocean Avenue" by Yellowcard. (We always joke that our side project is called "The Pink Ponies of Destruction," although we can never agree on who came up with the name). We recorded an entire album back in 2008 of just him and I, messing around with songs on the acoustic guitar and congas. It's not the best mix or the highest quality, but it's how we always joke that we're gonna end up; just us two, goofing off acoustically.

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