Griffin and I are buds from playing music together.

I met him again recently (within the last 3 years or so) when my band and his played together. We've been buds since.

Catching up with Griffin is like catching up with your brother.

They're into stuff you're kinda into, and you're always kinda aligned on chatting about everything from sports to music to food (sorta).

Catching up with Griff was no different this time.

Annie is my oldest friend... in that I've known her longer than anyone else that isn't my immediate family.

We met in 7th grade in Northern California. Both transplants to the suburbs from the Oakland/Berkeley area.

Although more often than not we've spent most of our lives not necessarily in the same orbit, we've always been in the same galaxy. We've checked in from time to time, and eventually, both of us ended up in Los Angeles, albeit on the opposite sides of this large metropolis.

We spoke about friendships and relationships, and for the most part she let me work through a lot of my internal monologue about friendships and keeping in touch with people. Just another day of catchin' up.

Al Brown is an artist, musician, writer, and one who tests the limits of his phsycial and mental abilities. He's a small business owner, he's a professor. He's the front man of the band Dangers. He's a Dr. for goodness sake.... check in on him.