Finding a Friend

Yesterday, I had a long conversation with a friend of mine named Kenny Kumar in which our friendship goes back almost 20 years ago. He, my brother Allen, and I played on the same little league baseball team in Kernersville, NC which is where we met. He and my brother graduated in the same year in 1995 though it wasn't at the same school.

I was actually taken back when he told me he's been trying to get in touch with me for several years. He signed up on Associated Content and left me a private message and how to reach him back over the summer. Unfortunately, I found all my AC messages were going into my spambox of my Yahoo! account(I've heard others saying they've had the same problems as well). I discovered it about a month or two later, but forgot to call him back.

Well, I got up Friday morning to find that he sent me a friend invite on Facebook. After accepting it and going to workout, I saw a message on my cell phone. It was Kenny, and I could tell by the tone of his voice that he was relieved and estatic that he found me.

I called him back in the afternoon, and we talked for about two hours. We had ALOT of catching up to do. I won't get too much into detail on what he does, but he's in Chicago alot and lives in Los Angeles. He's a huge Chicago sports fan with the Cubs being by far his favorite team. And the fact he's from there and that I'm a Chicago sports fan myself is the biggest thing we have in common.

He also told me that he and a long-time friend of his have a site up which I'm going to promote here: Blue Monkey Disco Party. It's not stuff you would see everyday, and it's definitely different than any other site. Okay, us being different is something else we have in common!

One thing I've always appreciated about Kenny is how determined he is. He wanted to find out about my brother and I, and he did it without giving up at all. We both come from different backgrounds, but we both are good-hearted and caring people.

This is one benefit on the internet, and on Facebook as well. It gives you a faster and more precise way to find someone you may not be able to necessarily locate otherwise. I wasn't even close to being the most popular kid in school, but it's great to see those I went to school with and how they're doing now even if I barely knew them. That's why I never turn down invites on there from those people either. This isn't an endorsement for Facebook, but to show you that it's like everyone says: Anyone can be found on there.

Kenny and I are going to cross paths in person soon, and I'm looking forward to it.

Kenny got an early Christmas gift. And so did I. It has definitely made my holiday season to hear from a long-time friend.

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