Betrayal
So much for my weekend...
Instead going to Philly to be with a few friends as well as enjoying my vacation, I just happen to find out (along with others) the shocking truth about a close "friend" of mine.
It all started out on Wednesday night.I was getting all packed for my trip to Philly to go and stay with a friend of mine named Mike....
Me and Mike knew each other for about 2 1/2 years since me first met each other on another message board.We would also play tons of Xbox Live with other friends until the wee hours of the morning, mostly sharing stories with each other as well as joking around.Hell, he even introduced me to most of the music that I listen to now (Little Brother, MF Doom, Atmosphere, Murs ect).And then back in May of this year, we finally met up along with another friend of mine named Jon in Los Angeles for E3 2006.Needless to say that I had the time of my life there with those guys.And all was well and good until Friday morning.
On Wednesday night, I received an email from Mike letting me know that he had been kicked out of his home that he has shared with his older brother so he was no longer able to provide me with a stay at the last minute.I was disapointed by the news but I understood his situation.So I cancelled my trip as well as my plane ticket.
Then, on Friday morning while checking my Myspace, I got an email from another friend of mine named Colin.He told me not to trust Mike at all anymore because he stole some items from his girlfriend in Santa Monica and he stole from my friend Jon's girlfriend as well too when he happened to stay there for almost a month last summer.I was shocked by the news, but I didn't believe it.I just presumed that the guys were joking with me as usual and decided to shrug it off.
After I got back from checking out Saw 3 with my cousin Dwight, I got on Xbox Live to talk to Jon.After speaking for a few minutes, he then sent me a website link via AIM.When I clicked on it, I was shocked to see what I saw:
http://www.co.schuylkill.pa.us/info/Warrants/Info.csp?OBJID=2194&CSPCHD=0011000200012c73zloj003635829541
It was a pic of my friend Mike (courtesy of the state of PA) showing me that he had an bench warrant for his arrest since July of this year.
I couldn't believe it.For almost 3 years, me and my friend Jon considered him a best friend.Hell, we even considered him to be almost like a brother to us.This was one of the biggest shocks of my life.
After talking to a few more of my friends as well as a few friends of his (including his own girlfriend for several hours on AIM), it turns out that just about everything he has told any of us was nothing more than a lie.He lied about his marital status (he claimed to be married to a girl name "Toni"), whom he was related to (he said to us that his uncle was none other than boxing great Larry Holmes), and he also fabricated many stories that we told him ourselves and took them and told other people that those events happened to him instead.
My friend Jon's reaction to all of this:
http://circleofpaper.livejournal.com/
And me and my other friend's reaction to all of this as well at another message board that I frequently visit ( I'm Krysis on the boards there):
http://forums.allgames.com/showthread.php?t=16492
After all of this, I now even question the trust that I have with my own close friends.As much as it sucks to have those thoughts in my head, I can't help it.And I also feel sorry for all of the people he has hurt with his lies (his now ex-girlfriend, my friends, his friends, and my best friend Jon)We were all betrayed by him.We were used by him.And my guess if that we are nothing more to him except as ways to either freeload off of us, to steal from us, and to escape his current situation back home in PA.It both sickens, saddens, and angers me.
And for the past few days now, I've have had a song in my head.It was Gangstarr's Betrayal.And the chorus of the song itself:
Scandalous, money greed and lust
In this trife life, there ain't nobody you can trust
Plus there's no justice, it's just us
In fact, watchin your back it be must
And each and everyday around the way gats bust
And jealous so-called friends'll try to set you up
It's called betrayal...
Instead going to Philly to be with a few friends as well as enjoying my vacation, I just happen to find out (along with others) the shocking truth about a close "friend" of mine.
It all started out on Wednesday night.I was getting all packed for my trip to Philly to go and stay with a friend of mine named Mike....
Me and Mike knew each other for about 2 1/2 years since me first met each other on another message board.We would also play tons of Xbox Live with other friends until the wee hours of the morning, mostly sharing stories with each other as well as joking around.Hell, he even introduced me to most of the music that I listen to now (Little Brother, MF Doom, Atmosphere, Murs ect).And then back in May of this year, we finally met up along with another friend of mine named Jon in Los Angeles for E3 2006.Needless to say that I had the time of my life there with those guys.And all was well and good until Friday morning.
On Wednesday night, I received an email from Mike letting me know that he had been kicked out of his home that he has shared with his older brother so he was no longer able to provide me with a stay at the last minute.I was disapointed by the news but I understood his situation.So I cancelled my trip as well as my plane ticket.
Then, on Friday morning while checking my Myspace, I got an email from another friend of mine named Colin.He told me not to trust Mike at all anymore because he stole some items from his girlfriend in Santa Monica and he stole from my friend Jon's girlfriend as well too when he happened to stay there for almost a month last summer.I was shocked by the news, but I didn't believe it.I just presumed that the guys were joking with me as usual and decided to shrug it off.
After I got back from checking out Saw 3 with my cousin Dwight, I got on Xbox Live to talk to Jon.After speaking for a few minutes, he then sent me a website link via AIM.When I clicked on it, I was shocked to see what I saw:
http://www.co.schuylkill.pa.us/info/Warrants/Info.csp?OBJID=2194&CSPCHD=0011000200012c73zloj003635829541
It was a pic of my friend Mike (courtesy of the state of PA) showing me that he had an bench warrant for his arrest since July of this year.
I couldn't believe it.For almost 3 years, me and my friend Jon considered him a best friend.Hell, we even considered him to be almost like a brother to us.This was one of the biggest shocks of my life.
After talking to a few more of my friends as well as a few friends of his (including his own girlfriend for several hours on AIM), it turns out that just about everything he has told any of us was nothing more than a lie.He lied about his marital status (he claimed to be married to a girl name "Toni"), whom he was related to (he said to us that his uncle was none other than boxing great Larry Holmes), and he also fabricated many stories that we told him ourselves and took them and told other people that those events happened to him instead.
My friend Jon's reaction to all of this:
http://circleofpaper.livejournal.com/
And me and my other friend's reaction to all of this as well at another message board that I frequently visit ( I'm Krysis on the boards there):
http://forums.allgames.com/showthread.php?t=16492
After all of this, I now even question the trust that I have with my own close friends.As much as it sucks to have those thoughts in my head, I can't help it.And I also feel sorry for all of the people he has hurt with his lies (his now ex-girlfriend, my friends, his friends, and my best friend Jon)We were all betrayed by him.We were used by him.And my guess if that we are nothing more to him except as ways to either freeload off of us, to steal from us, and to escape his current situation back home in PA.It both sickens, saddens, and angers me.
And for the past few days now, I've have had a song in my head.It was Gangstarr's Betrayal.And the chorus of the song itself:
Scandalous, money greed and lust
In this trife life, there ain't nobody you can trust
Plus there's no justice, it's just us
In fact, watchin your back it be must
And each and everyday around the way gats bust
And jealous so-called friends'll try to set you up
It's called betrayal...