December 23, 2006 - "These Are My Friends, This Is Who They Have Been... For Always"

Ok, so don't get me wrong. I love ALL of my friends an unbelievable amount, and you should all know that. If you did not make this list it does not mean I don't consider you a good friend. This list is compiled of the friends that I have had for the longest, and I still talk to on a fairly regular basis. I have a lot more friends that I have had for lots of years, but who I don't talk to other than on myspace, or if I am sending invitations to a big party. So please, do not be offended. <3

***This list goes from who I have known the shortest amount of time, to who I have known the longest amount of time. ***






Keegan - he is my best friend. my fiance. my soul mate. my everything. if it wasn't for him i would not be where i am today. i haven't known him as long as the rest, but no one has impacted my life as deeply as he has, and no one ever will. he showed me what it was like to be truly happy and to be truly comfortable - something i didn't think was possible. most importantly, he showed and continues to show me true love. something i can only hope will fall into place for the rest of the people on this list. we have only known each other for about 2.5 years - but they have been the most amazing years of my life.



Zoe Smith - crazy zoe party girl. cig zoe. live it. love it. love her. she's the most care-free and free-spirited girl i have ever met. she can make anything fun. i have learned a lot from zoe. she makes me smile. she makes people feel important and loved. i miss zoe being around as much as she was at one time... but i know how happy she is in boston with coree. she can hang harder than most. she blows minds regularly. i hated her once before i even really knew her, but i think it adds character to our friendship story. we have been friends for over 5 years.



Erin O'Connor - my other best friend. we try to hang out every single day. we usually succeed. no one can make me laugh like she can. no one can surprise me like she can. and i'm pretty sure no one could do me more favors than she has. we've never had a legitimate fight in which we really thought we would never speak to each other again, and that's pretty major. she is responsible for most of my good times. and i owe her a lot for my sense of humor, since hers is the best around. she's more interesting than even i truly know - and that mystery is one of her most intriguing qualities. we have been friends for over 6 years.



Tara Wetherbee - twethy. how i love thee. this girl has got a personality you don't wanna mess with... but she is also as sweet as pie. don't ask me how she pulls it off, but she has been doing it forever. she'll do anything for anyone, within reason. she's so much fun, and she loves to get wild. she also makes for a really good story. not to mention we're going on our second year of working together. we put up with each others shit almost more than anyone else has to. we've been friends for over 6 years.



Jeni Mayo - most of you know her as (formerly) jeni russell. ah my jeni jeni. the bearer of my gorgeous godson. the wife of my good friend. my former bed buddy. i never thought jeni and i would be at the level of friendship that we are at. almost like sisters. we don't ever see each other, for obvious reasons, but 3000+ miles would never phase our friendship. jeni is a strong bitch, but would just about do anything for any one of her friends if they needed her. we have been friends for over 6 years.



Jordan Rutherford - jordan and i became friends because i used to harass him, and he eventually gave in to the friendship i was trying to push on him. i think our friendship has pretty much been that way since, haha. he is possibly one of the best, if not THE best listener around. he's sympathetic when i need him to be. he listens to me and takes my advice. he visits me when he has the time and money, and i always love spending time with him. he has so much talent, and is awesome to converse with. we have been friends for over 7 years.



Matty Adams - this motherfucker is the man. he always helps me out when i need him. which is often. he's got a sense of humor like no other. he's fun, but also nice and laid back. he goes to the wall for his friends and that is an admirable thing. one time he held me (in a totally platonic way of course) while i sobbed for a stupid drunk reason on the kitchen floor in the big house saying that "he didn't wanna see his little sister cry," it meant the world to me. we have been friends for over 7 years.



Brandon Mayo - bam. we almost dated in high school. thank god we didn't, because we would never have had the friendship we have otherwise. i don't talk to him much since he is in the military now... but i recently journeyed up to boston with ryan gale and tara to see him during his layover at Logan before he headed home to Arizona for the holidays.!! he is so smart and strong-willed. he loves his friends, and although he seems super serious, he is so super nice. i have more respect for him than most people for the decisions he has made for his life, and the life of his new family in the past year and a half. plus, if it wasn't for him, i probably would never have been friends with jeni. we have been friends for over 9 years.



Charley Jonas - the strangest boy in all the world. he never makes sense, and i love that about him. i can't breathe when he is around because i'm always laughing so hard. i don't see him or talk to him that much, but we'll always have mad love. he was always there for me if i needed cheering up. high school wouldn't have been the same without him. our relationship was possibly one of the weirdest, but it was awesome. we have been friends for over 9 years.



Kelcey Fanara - kelc is my bitch. ain't nobody in the world like this girl. she is one of the funniest people around, even if she isn't meaning to be. she can light up a room wherever she goes. she's got a strong head on her shoulders and had the willpower to stick out 4 years of college, something i could never do. we were friends in pre-school, then reunited years later in middle school. we have been going strong ever since. we've been friends for over 10 years.



Ryan Doyle - i could safely say ryan is one of the most important men in my life. he has taught me so much since the age of 12. he is the smartest person i know. i don't know how one person can be so much fun, hang SO hard, and work as hard as he does. he is absolutely amazing. i am so happy him and heather found each other, because he deserves nothing short of the best. i wouldn't trade my friendship with ryan for anything in the world. he is truly like a brother to me, and i can't say that about many guys. we have been the best of friends for over 10 years.



Jen Provost - my hetero-life mate. we don't hang out that often, but we don't have to. we have an unconditional love for one another that exceeds regular kinds of love. if it weren't for her friendship and support, i would not be where i am today. she's one of the most beautiful girls in the world, inside and out. she likes to have fun and rock out and she does it damn well. we have been friends for over 11years.



Jen Andrews - hey - she's a crazy bitch. who doesn't love jen a? she has the most fun a girl can have without taking her clothes off. she's always prepared for anything. she's so adult, but still laughs at stupid shit. she's wicked supportive, but will tell you straight up. she's been in mom-mode for years now and it makes it all the more comforting to be around her. jen isn't quick to give up on people, and had the strong hand in maintaining our friendship from thousands of miles away for several years. we have been friends for over 11 years.



Renee Levesque - ratt-a-tat-tat. i love that renee can hang with the best of them, and has done so for a really long time. we have maintained a friendship for well over a decade and it only gets stronger and stronger. she is good partner to obsess over things with. and she loves a good feast just as much as the next gal, and i admire that. we have been friends for over 13 years.



Serah Kelley - the first thing serah ever did was help me. my first day of 4th grade at a new school. "hey, the bus stop is over here." she always keeps me on my toes. she has been through so much and overcome so much, i don't even know how she does it. she truly is an inspiration to women everywhere. she is going to be so successful, she has already come so far. but while being awesome, she still gets crazy from time to time... and i LOVE talking to her about it. our conversations will make you blush or laugh hysterically - or both. we have been friends for over 13 years.



Erin & Casey Condon - aside from jamie goodwin (who i didn't list here cus we don't really talk ever), i have known these girls longest out of everyone. we were the best of friends when we were like 5. then we fell off for a couple years, and reunited in middle school. then again in high school. we had the same friends for a long time, and in a lot of ways we still do. they are both full of love and life and i love that. we've never really had too much drama, although it has been circling us for years. when other friends fall, we go on - and that's important in friends. we have been friends for a whopping 17 years.