Where U at?

Reminiscing about the old days, I found this picture of my old boss Herb, Mike and myself. I look at myself and see that I haven't changed much, except I've gained a bit of weight, but not that much.

Herb owns a bakery that has been around for over 100 years on the upper east side of New York City. I worked as a dishwasher for the bakery during the summer of 1990 (I think). I worked with my friend Mike D and it was one of my most fondest memories of a job. We all got along great with Herb and it never seemed like a job working there. Of course we always pigged out on the fresh baked Jelly Donuts, Biscuits, and all the other goodies he would bake everyday.

Growing up during that time, it was normally Jayson, Mike and myself all over the place. We all went to the same high school and remained friends way past our teenage years. I actually knew Mike from Junior High School (age 12) and I met Jay during high school.

Looking back at these pictures I remember all the bad things we did during our teenage years. Cutting school, getting into fights, smoking the wacky tabacky, you name it, we did it. I remember that Jay and I devised a plan to get out of school so we enlisted in the march for women's abortion rights in Washington DC. We thought we'd meet women there and get a chance to get out of school. Last minute things didn't allow us to follow through with the plan.

As we all went our separate ways with work, life, goals, we distanced ourselves in ways we never thought we'd do.

Mike and Jayson remained closer during these years as I was following my musical career and had really lost communication with them. Of course we'd get together every once in a while and shoot the shit, but change is inevitable right?

Every so often I wonder about Mike. Mike is no longer with us. I don't mean that he passed away (but he might as well of) but rather he's just no longer around to be a friend. We had a falling out between the three of us and Mike no longer speaks to Jay and I. I miss Mike. I wonder and hope that he's doing okay. I never blamed him for anything he might have said about me or he might have thought about me or Jay. I know that Mike wasn't Mike when we had the falling out.

If there was ever a reason for NEVER allowing your friends to get too deep into drugs, it was the reason why we no longer speak. I think Mike is either in England or has come back but either way, I don't know. I know that perhaps in some distant future our paths will cross again and it'll be like we never stopped talking.

"All you need is love" John Lennon