>>11528831Yeah, in a weird twist of fate I never would have expected it, but during the last few years of my life my dad became my best friend. I have had many friends in my life and was fairly popular at points when I was younger. But many friends come and go, or just get weird or change or whatever. Or are just fun to be around but not really good people. The older I got the more I realized my dad was not only the best guy I ever knew but we were also extremely similar in a number of ways I would never have expected. But if you believe the whole, nature vs nurture thing, I’m thinking a lot of my interests and hobbies growing up were probably stuff I inherited from my dad on some level. Found out when I was younger he had a lot of the same ambitions/interests I did, which are varied, made a lot of the same mistakes I did, just never got to know him like that until later in life. he was one of the only people I knew interested enough in various topics that I could just chill and drink a beer or wine or whatever and we could theorize or speculate about random shit for an hour or whatever. Just an enjoyable guy to be around. when he died I lost my best friend too and I’m just explaining that I get it, because while I have a lot of friends still none of them really are as easy to talk to or chill with or on the same wavelength as I am. (For better or worse) so when you lose that it sucks. You can’t really replace it.
just make the most of what you’ve got while you’ve got it. I’m trying to bond more and take care of my younger brother now. all I can do at this point. My dad also liked courage the cowardly dog a lot. like a lot a lot. also was a fan of rockos modern world. was a big fan of of tv show workaholics. Had a good sense of humor right up until the end. Gonna watch the original aeon flux animated series soon. He kept asking me to watch it but I never did. watched an episode or two of it with him a week before he passed though.
