RIP Audrey and Haydon

Recently a couple of my dearest friends left Logan for good. I've known Audrey for over five years, since I met her at the pathologically incompetent and dishonest company known as Jenson Online where she was a manager and I was nobody. We became close friends, so when her boyfriend Haydon returned from Japan at the end of the summer, he didn't have much choice but to be my friend too. They got married and through the years they've graciously allowed me to continue being a third wheel. I am grateful to have had them in my life and I will miss them very much.

Because I'm not having a great time for various reasons and don't feel like writing a lot, I'll cheat by copy-pasting the following conversation from an old post. It captures the moment when I made a decision that set the rude and sarcastic tone of my friendship with Audrey going forward. I have no regrets.

Her: Are you working tomorrow?

Me: Yeah. Every day...

Her: It'll be a party.

Me: Really? What's the occasion?

Her: Ummm... we're still alive and making money. That's the only occasion I can think of.

Me: But we don't know if we will be... you never know, we could crash thirty seconds from now and both die.

Her: You mean in the car, or like planets colliding?

Me: Uh... I guess either way.

Her: I don't plan on it.

Me: People usually don't.

Her: Maybe they should. Maybe we should all plan on dying and live like it.

Me: I would be such a jerk. I would tell so many people how I really feel about them.

Her: Past people, or present?

Me: Um... mostly past. I like most of my coworkers.

Her: Haha! That's good. If you have something to say to me, the door is open.

Me: Um... um... I hate... the way you do your hair.

Her: Haha! What's wrong with it?

Me: It's like a crime against humanity.

Her: Haha! This is how it naturally is.

Me: Then I hate the way God does your hair.

Her: Haha! Sometimes I hate the way God does my hair too. I'll do it differently tomorrow... Anything else?

Me: I hate your clothes.

Her: Everything?

Me: Everything.

Her: A lot of times I just wear the company uniform.

Me: Well, it looks good on some people, but not you.

Her: What should I wear then?

Me: Um... a paper bag.

Her: Haha! A paper bag?

Me: I guess it would match your eyes...

Her: My eyes aren't brown.

Me: No? What are they then?

Her: They're hazel. Which is what people with brown eyes say to make themselves feel better.

Me: What's wrong with brown eyes?

Her: They're just boring...

Me: And what do you dislike about me?

Her: Chris, I don't like your height.

Me: My height?

Her: If you were just an inch shorter, or an inch taller, it would be fine, but this height just doesn't work for you.

Me: What if I gained weight and expanded out a little, to kind of balance it, would that help?

Her: Mm, no, I don't think there's really anything you can do about it.

Me: I see... anything else?

Her: Your socks. They're just boring.

Me: Oh... well, I have some black socks with hamburgers on them.

Her: Really?? That's great!

Me: I usually wear them to church, because they're black, but I suppose I could wear them to work...

Her: You should, and you should roll your pant legs up so everybody can see them.

Me: Okay... and you know, you don't actually have to change your hair tomorrow...

Her: I was thinking about straightening it, but now I'm going to just to make you feel bad.

Me: Thanks.

Her: Of course.