I think sometimes you have to take the good with the bad. The bad teaches you things. The good is good.

Having bad friends are important. Seriously. Because if you don't have a few crappy ones, you won't realize how awesome the good ones are! And then you wouldn't appreciate them the way they fully deserve to be appreciated!

If you have a week of good days, they only seem mediocre. But if you have a week of bad days, then one medium day, it seems great! Good and bad are relative. Like dynamics. Ooh.

Bad friends exist to remind you good friends are good! And I would like to take a moment out of my life to send a warm hello to my greatest friends:

Ladies first (because it was so hard losing both of my best girl friends at the same time, even though they were so many grades apart):
Stephanie Hsu: YOU are the funniest kid on the face of the planet. I hate that you go to TAMS, because it's been terrible not seeing you all the time this year. I'm sorry we haven't talked more. But your text messages always make me smile. Especially the really bad jokes. I always go tell them to people right away. Even the ones I don't get! Thank you for when you always used to let me borrow your french horn so I could pretend I knew what I was doing. And thanks for being a very un-asian asian. Oh! Except for the time you bought me chocolate from the Chinese store! That was good. You can be asian then. And I'm sorry I accused you of graduating.

Diana: I've feel like I've known you for sooo many years, although I guess it hasn't been but a few after all. I think that's just because you're always around when I wanna talk to you. You're good at listening to me when I need help or when I just need to complain. Spring trip was soo much fun last year! And last summer, all the Diana-Ashley days. Those will never end! And I love it when you drive all the way to town so the fab four can hang out and then don't tell your parents and just drive back the same night. I also miss the fab four a lot. Thank you for keeping me sane in times of insanity. I know I'm one to freak out, and I'm sorry all the times I'm mean. Next year is going to be so much fun you won't believe it. Make sure to keep an extra set of sheets around for me for whenever I drop by unexpectedly!

Now for boys:
Martin: Did you ever know I consider you one of my best friends? I do. We're not serious, but you sure are a lot of fun. I feel like I've known you practially as long as I've known my parents. I still remember when you wanted to vote for Dole in elementary school. Some day we'll be voting for you, becuase my dad always says you'll be president one day. I've probably been to about a thousand parties at your house, and you've been to about a thousand at mine. You make challenge soo much more interesting. You're so easy to talk to. I know you are either super good at keeping secrets or really really crappy at it, I just never figured out which. You're the one friend I've constantly had since i was little. I'm glad your name is near mine in the alphabet.

Nick: The best for last? You're so much. You've taught me so much. I never told you, but you've always been my religious mentor. I look up to you in that aspect. I feel like for the past 2 years almost I've seen you or talked to you just about every day (which is probably way too much). And when I couldn't, I made a blog so I could tell you about everything that was going on anyway. I've watched you change sooo much since I first really met you. You're completely different person now. And now that I've seen baby pictures, I realize you've changed a lot since then too. You, more than anyone else, have always been there for me to call on. If I got in a wreck I bet I'd call you before my parents. I can never thank you enough for being such a big part of my life and helping me make my biggest decisions. I never tell you how much I appreciate you, but I do. Because of you, I now eat Mexican food. That is truly an amazing accomplishment, and you should be proud of that.