This is a post i’ve been meaning to write for quite some time, yet somehow it seemed to always slip from me. I didn’t take in effect how life moves slowly yet quickly. This doesn’t diminish how I recall this interview due to recording. I was able to sit right back in this day in the past with the same excitement in my apartment on a warm afternoon. You know you have quality friends when you can go without talking to someone and sit down and just act as if nothing has happened. Even when writing this, I called Kyle to say it’s finally coming out. We talked for 30 minutes on the phone. The funny thing about this conversation is it was far less interview and more us just talking about old memories. He hung out with me the rest of the day, and I felt like I was 16 again. This AFOMF may seem erratic, but I wouldn’t have it any other way.
This A Few of My Friends post is with my dear friend Kyle Davison.
“ Honestly, the first time we met, I thought this kid is just as nerdy and white as me, we have to be best friends”
I’ve known Kyle since we were 6 years old. Due the our neighborhood we became friends rollerblading back and forth to each others houses, and playing playstation. One time my dad took us tricker treating.
Kyle “Your dad took us and I was uhh the ghost face from scream! You were a spy kid!!”
In high school we both became very close, and did a lot of reckless teenage things. I look fondly at those times often. It’s weird when you grow up together you go through different stages trying to find your own way. Awkward doesn’t even begin to scratch the surface on how weird we were.
We got into car wrecks, pulled over countless times. I’d ride in his trunk just for fun. Theater kids know how to have a good time. Including making a zombie movie that never saw the light of day.
I got a camera for my 17th birthday. Our plan was to make a movie over spring break. It was filled with more fake blood and crude humor than a Tarantino flick. For kids that didn’t have a clue how things work, we had so much determination.
Theater in high school really helped shape who we all became to be. I’d like to think because of the experiences we all gained an insight in how to treat other people. Kyle is planning on becoming a english/drama teacher because of those friendships we found in school.
“We were all able to release our own weirdness” he said. With our senior year we tried to include everyone , in doing so, hopefully everyone felt included in welcomed.
(While technically wrong, this was probably my favorite picture from the series, I’m learning to let go, It’s not about perfection but, the memories. I’ve seen plenty of old pictures way out of focus more than this one)
Kyle will always be a friend that I can call up out of the blue, and get a laugh and a beer with. He is one of the kindest people you will ever meet.
David McEntire 