A miniature horse stepped on my phone and deleted this post earlier. Anyway, I’ve lost a lot of good friends in the last few years. Unfortunately it's something you go through in life. It's part of it. You turn to your friends, family, community.
I had a really good friend Tom. It's hard to talk about Tom cause he was such a good buddy. Met him in third grade. We were like brothers. A few years ago at the beach, I noticed he had a little something on his back and I said Tom you should have that checked out. It's probably nothing, but see your doctor.
He did a biopsy. Turned out it was not good and they gave him three months to live.
How do you process that? How do you make sense of that? I decided I would not leave his side for those next three months.
We had this incredible party that celebrated his life. We ordered his favorite food. We made his favorite playlists. We all danced with him and hugged him. Those three months happened quick. He was still alive. Six months later. He's still alive.
He's embarrassed that he is still alive. He's been avoiding us for months. Nine months, 10 months. He's still alive. Now he wishes he were dead. December 20th 6:15 PM at Cedar Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles, California. He was still alive.
He's not leaving his house because he feels like a fraud. We spent a lot of money on refreshments for his death party and I sprained my ankle dancing that night.
You're supposed to be dead. All those $50 gift cards we gave you. Two weeks later, I’m having a party at my house. He shows up wearing braces. The next day he takes a private jet to The Bahamas, I think oh, don't judge. Don't judge. Maybe he was looking for a place to spread his ashes. No he got a timeshare in The Bahamas with his new fiancé.
Three months from that day. He did die thankfully. It wasn’t from that disease. It was a random accident. He was hit by some asshole driver in a Hummer.
I was texting and driving. I did not see him.
Oh I hit him hard too. Those braces caused $17,000 worth of damage to my car. $17,000. How do you process that? You can't, you can't. You have to accept it. I left the braces on the bumper and a month later it straightened itself out.