Jan 06, 2011 02:25
So I feel like talking about my friend Phil. I've made some pretty amazing friends this year and Phil is one of them. He is probably the nicest guy I know and I feel like so many people treat him like crap. Whenever I have a bad day, I can always count on him to make me smile. He's a funny guy and he genuinely just wants to do what's right for other people. On tour some people were douchebags. For I&E, he wanted to play this one piece but he didn't have it down. Before people in our corps could perform at I&E, they had to play their piece before the corps. It was bad enough that people made fun of the fact that Phil couldn't play his piece, but it got worse. One of traditions in drum corps is rookie talent in which Phil got to judge. Well, one of the rookies decided to play Phil's I&E piece. It was such a dick move on the other kid's part, but Phil didn't let it get to him. He just laughed it off even though it hurt him. Then like this past fall he got into a car accident and broke his nose and even though blood was gushing everywhere, he was more concerned about the other driver than his own well-being. He's probably one of the most decent people I have ever met.
I was talking to him tonight on the phone. He just got back together with his ex-girlfriend who he is very much in love with. I'm happy for him, but I'm worried. His girlfriend is in New Orleans right now so he's been trying to stay in touch with her through texting, but she has accused him of texting her too much. From what he's told me, I don't think he is, but then again I'm only hearing one side of the story. I just worry though. I hope things work out for him, but I don't think she's as in to him as he is to her. For instance, he needs to ask her if it's okay that he tells his parents they're in a relationship again because apparently they're trying to keep it quiet. From what he told me, he wasn't even supposed to tell me that they were dating. I feel like despite the excuse that they're keeping it on the down low because they worry that things might not work out, Phil would shout it out from the rooftops if he could. I just worry that she is causing him to second guess himself a lot. He told me tonight that he doesn't think he's a decent person and that he's not worth it because they're a lot of people better than him. He told me that he thinks his girlfriend deserves someone better than him.
I hope things work out for him. He is such a sweetheart and I can tell how much he cares about her. I don't like the fact that he sells himself short when he is probably one of the nicest people I know. I want him to think he's worth it because if he isn't worth it then I don't know how other people could be. He is by far one of the best people I know.