Dear You
Dear 16 Year-old Billy,
This is you 14 years into the future and i am writing to tell you a. you are still alive at 30, and b. life, more or less, has stayed the same.
1. you're single and have been so for a long time. Furthermore, you only really have had one relationship and it didn't last long and she pretty much wasted your time.
2. You still wish you were never born.
3. You have very few friends, none of which are people you know at 16.
On the brighter side:
1. You are living in CA as of age 26
2. You're going to school... for web design (yeah it took a while)
3. You have an amazing best friend who you will have known for about 8 years.
Oh, and
4. You are still straight edge.
i do not know what i should tell you and what i should not tell you. You surely have had some good moments in your life and very few regrets. Perhaps, i can nudge you in a better direction, without sending you too far into a wrong direction.
First and foremost, our relationship with dad only gets better after you move out, which you do rather quickly. I think we moved out at 18 or 19. i still have little understanding of my father's thought process and the reason behind his actions. What i can tell you is that after you move, he becomes a completely different person and a wonderful father. Perhaps it is the initiative and responsibility that you have shown and continue to show. i have little suggestion, other than to communicate and show respect.
Second. Chris Shelton and Rich Elliot disown you. They call you selfish and a user of people and women. At 30, you still miss them and wonder what if. Perhaps they never really were good friends for us after all, but i don't think it could hurt to take what i have told you into consideration.
Third. Drama. Oh, the drama. You think you do not surround yourself with it and you think that you avoid it, but you do not. Trust me. You are a whiney bitch and you constantly make things worse for yourself by a. opening your damn mouth and b. making stupid, uncalculated choices. You are both very mature for your age and so very immature. i am withholding a lot of other information with the hope that you heed what i have just told you. For if you do, this information will have been unnecessary.
Side Note: Kim and her sister, Kristine, give fantastic blowjobs. Incredible. Kim may have been more problems than it was worth, but through her, you meet her sister who is actually a really sweet and nice person.
Fourth. Adrianna Jean Bourget, up to this point, was the best girlfriend you could ever have asked for and you broke her heart. No girl has treated you the way she treated you since. You broke up with her for a few reasons; some legit and some stupid. Ignore your sexual appetite for Christine. She turns out to be a good friend and a great person, but breaking up with Adri so you could have sex with her wasn't a good idea and not worth it. With that in mind, if you think you still should break up; then so be it. Perhaps it was the right thing to do after all.
But be forewarned: it is through the incredible amount of regret, emotional pain, and whining that you meet your best friend in the whole world, Corrina Leavitt (Glenn Washington's girlfriend!). Perhaps it is possible that the two of you would still have gotten close, but it isn't a risk you should take. Next to California and some formidable years you will possibly have at a certain job, she is the best thing that will happen to you.
Fifth. You actually meet Chris Bowles! You work with him for a little bit at the Animal Inn and it is was so worth the job. You will not meet or make any other male friends beyond him.
And finally, it is with regret that i have to say that a. finances never got better and we remained poor. b. success as a musician never ever happen. Not even close. You suck at guitar, you have no rhythm, give it up or try harder. We wasted our time in the musical endeavors we had. c. Shannon Smith will break your heart no matter what. i don't see anything you can do to change that. Admittedly, the love and relationship felt absolutely amazing, but she breaks up and asks for you back multiple times. We treated her right, she just isn't the one.
That is it. Stay out of drama and know that, potentially, nothing will matter later in life.
-Billy
PS: Invest in google, Netflix, and/or Facebook. MySpace doesn't matter, it doesn't last long.
This is you 14 years into the future and i am writing to tell you a. you are still alive at 30, and b. life, more or less, has stayed the same.
1. you're single and have been so for a long time. Furthermore, you only really have had one relationship and it didn't last long and she pretty much wasted your time.
2. You still wish you were never born.
3. You have very few friends, none of which are people you know at 16.
On the brighter side:
1. You are living in CA as of age 26
2. You're going to school... for web design (yeah it took a while)
3. You have an amazing best friend who you will have known for about 8 years.
Oh, and
4. You are still straight edge.
i do not know what i should tell you and what i should not tell you. You surely have had some good moments in your life and very few regrets. Perhaps, i can nudge you in a better direction, without sending you too far into a wrong direction.
First and foremost, our relationship with dad only gets better after you move out, which you do rather quickly. I think we moved out at 18 or 19. i still have little understanding of my father's thought process and the reason behind his actions. What i can tell you is that after you move, he becomes a completely different person and a wonderful father. Perhaps it is the initiative and responsibility that you have shown and continue to show. i have little suggestion, other than to communicate and show respect.
Second. Chris Shelton and Rich Elliot disown you. They call you selfish and a user of people and women. At 30, you still miss them and wonder what if. Perhaps they never really were good friends for us after all, but i don't think it could hurt to take what i have told you into consideration.
Third. Drama. Oh, the drama. You think you do not surround yourself with it and you think that you avoid it, but you do not. Trust me. You are a whiney bitch and you constantly make things worse for yourself by a. opening your damn mouth and b. making stupid, uncalculated choices. You are both very mature for your age and so very immature. i am withholding a lot of other information with the hope that you heed what i have just told you. For if you do, this information will have been unnecessary.
Side Note: Kim and her sister, Kristine, give fantastic blowjobs. Incredible. Kim may have been more problems than it was worth, but through her, you meet her sister who is actually a really sweet and nice person.
Fourth. Adrianna Jean Bourget, up to this point, was the best girlfriend you could ever have asked for and you broke her heart. No girl has treated you the way she treated you since. You broke up with her for a few reasons; some legit and some stupid. Ignore your sexual appetite for Christine. She turns out to be a good friend and a great person, but breaking up with Adri so you could have sex with her wasn't a good idea and not worth it. With that in mind, if you think you still should break up; then so be it. Perhaps it was the right thing to do after all.
But be forewarned: it is through the incredible amount of regret, emotional pain, and whining that you meet your best friend in the whole world, Corrina Leavitt (Glenn Washington's girlfriend!). Perhaps it is possible that the two of you would still have gotten close, but it isn't a risk you should take. Next to California and some formidable years you will possibly have at a certain job, she is the best thing that will happen to you.
Fifth. You actually meet Chris Bowles! You work with him for a little bit at the Animal Inn and it is was so worth the job. You will not meet or make any other male friends beyond him.
And finally, it is with regret that i have to say that a. finances never got better and we remained poor. b. success as a musician never ever happen. Not even close. You suck at guitar, you have no rhythm, give it up or try harder. We wasted our time in the musical endeavors we had. c. Shannon Smith will break your heart no matter what. i don't see anything you can do to change that. Admittedly, the love and relationship felt absolutely amazing, but she breaks up and asks for you back multiple times. We treated her right, she just isn't the one.
That is it. Stay out of drama and know that, potentially, nothing will matter later in life.
-Billy
PS: Invest in google, Netflix, and/or Facebook. MySpace doesn't matter, it doesn't last long.