A Word A Day Keeps the Dr. Away: camaraderie

5/6/10

camaraderie

camaraderie: the quality of affording easy familiarity and sociability

While walking to the grocery store I ran into an old high school teacher of mine. I was just trucking along when I see a man on the roof of his house and he kindly shouts to me, "beautiful day for a walk." I lower my head and kind of grumble back, but then look a little closer and realize it's Mr. O’Neil!!!! my favorite ADD gun-toting-liberal Social Science teacher from high school. So I stop and we chat and catch up on life and the whole moment is just wonderful. Oh boy, how I love that crazy man. It's just so easy for me to make comrades out of the most eccentric people.

On an unrelated note, I got my ears pierced for the third time, mainly because I was bored. Also, should it concern me that my mom calls me and the dog by the same name?

written 4/25/2010

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