Spotlite on...Jason

I had a great idea for a "subseries" on this Journal to write about my especially closest friends. I obviously call it my Spotlite series. I did a couple, then summer hit, and I haven't even written about my life let alone a special entry for my friends. I've been busy.

Jason and I recently celebrated our 1-year anniversary of meeting. We met on July 7, 2005. I was high, he was lookin for some fun. When I was on meth I talked. A lot. A 20-minute hookup turned into a 4-hour monologue. We began hanging out almost from day one non-stop. We were, I thought, pretty good friends. Then the inevitable happened. He fell in love with me. I can't help it. It's a curse. I had to be honest and tell him I didn't feel the same way, but that I would love to continue being friends.

Last fall, we had a bit of a falling out. I did something he didn't care for, but I felt justified in what I had done. Of course, I didn't apologize for doing something I didn't think was wrong, so he quit speaking to me. He told me that there are no "dark periods" with him. When he ends a friendship, it's over. I accepted that and moved on. Dana and he had become fast friends during the time we were hanging out, so that wasn't really the end of the story. She tried several times to reintroduce us, and that didn't really work. In March, just before Dana's wedding, Jason sent me an email. It said something like he had lost his mind, and with the wedding coming up, we should at least try to be civil toward each other. That's all I really want from anyone-civility. I worte back and said I was never mad at him and that if he wanted to restart a friendship, I was game for that. We did.

I win--again. We did have a dark period, but we are now better friends than ever. I do have a tendancy to joke about inappropriate things, so I do occasionally remind him of the dark period he said he would never have. He has helped me out several times in the last year when I wouldn't have made it otherwise.

Jason started dating Mark in June, and has done the traditional disappearing act. Dana and he have not seen each other as much as either would like in the last couple months, but they both have their respective spouses. As a single guy, it's easy to see what's going on, and I'm sure things will work themselves out. Like Dana last fall, I hate to see my friends having issues, but these two are the least of my worries right now. They will be fine, I'm sure. You heard it here first, from Nostradavus. :)