I have been putting off starting this blog for a while because I couldn't figure out what my first post should be about. Like a lot of things in my life, I hesitate doing them because I want them to be perfect, or not exist at all. After learning of the recent passing of my friend, Mikey (who when wanted to be taken seriously asked to be called Michael, which of course was hilarious) I realized how many things in life should never be taken for granted, that if you are able, you should do them even if its not the perfect thing or perfect time, because sometimes you never get a second chance. Doing what you said you would do, calling when you said you would call, and making the effort of letting the people in your life know how much you love them, If given the opportunity to make a difference in peoples lives you should take it. I never had the opportunity to say goodbye to Mikey, let alone know he was dying, His life, as his death, has rocked my world in two totally different ways and I am saddened by knowing that I never expressed what he meant to me or how much I cared about him. I hope he is up there watching down on all of us knowing he will never be forgotten . I will always remember meeting you the men's bathroom, you being the only man in Israel to buy me a drink, on the moonlit beaches of Israel scooping up my fallen earring in the ocean, my first time in a "lounge" in New York, the New York bus bench at 5a.m., your apartment with the shower in the kitchen and the toilet in the closet, petting the horses in time square, how unbelievably good looking you were and didn't even know it, your smile and the way you said "coffee", the drum circle at Venice Beach, the happiest place on earth, eating the best churros in the world and laughing so hard it hurts....I will remember you forever, and thank you for giving me this new perspective on life that I am now committed to sharing about. This blog is dedicated to you Mikeyyy. gstatus forever.
