Friends...

Today's post is a reflection of my thoughts about friendship. Being a senior in high school has helped me understand the versatile aspects of a friendship. I look at it like this; you can have best friends, good friends, frienemies (friend + enemies), and acquaintances.When was the last time you had your friend come over your house after school and eat dinner or helped you put that relaxer in your head lol or even helped you clean your room so you can go out partying? Think about it. It doesn't happen that often, right? Well I know for a fact it doesn't happen like that around here. But a BFF is so hard to come by in today's society. Who do you choose to be friends with and how do you choose them?  What happened to lifelong friendships? I mean stuff like Kadijah & Regine (Living Single); Mona & Spencer (Half & Half); Florida & Wilona (Goodtimes), and  Moesha & Hakeem (Moesha)...you get the point! The problem with today's friendship is the accessibility, they're here one week and ghost the next. You can look at someone's Myspace <if people still use that>, Facebook, or twitter, and can basically tell what type of person someone is, right? That may not be the case. If we didn't prejudge as much there's no telling who you'd be texting, skyping, or talking to right now. You know the ancient saying, "You can't judge a book by its cover." Sometimes you just have to be 'old school' about it and shake someone's hand to get the ball rolling. At least that is what works for me most of the time... But I don't want to ramble so I'll leave you with this song. Friends by Whodini. Enjoy!