Thank you, Facebook!
My brother and I are best friends. We have been for a long time. We also plan to be best friends for a long time after now.
I think it has something to do with our personalities: You won’t find greater opposites than the two of us. While I like rich chocolate cake, Justin prefers a light fruit tart. If I’m in a group of people I don’t know, I’ll tense up and shy to the corner. Justin, on the other hand, will be best buds with them by the end of the evening. I guess what they say is true. Opposites do attract.
This year has been hard with my brother leaving for college in the far Northeast. He has only been home for Thanksgiving break and winter break. Justin’s absence has definitely discombobulated my life.
No more late night talks under the covers. No one to whine to after I failed the last quiz, or got turned down by that dreamy dude. No one to stick up for me. No one to run to after my mother has found out that, once again, I’ve scraped the bottom of the car due to my poor driving abilities. No one to approve my outfits for the Friday school dances.
However, the pains of separation haven’t been as great as I anticipated. I first have to thank the craziness of junior year taking my mind off the empty seat at the dinner table. But I also have to thank such wonderful communicating devices like Facebook.
Facebook is a great way to check up on how my brother is doing. Whether it’s viewing the latest photos his friends have posted of him sunbathing on the quad, or Javi, his hott bud kissing him on the cheek, or receiving a message or wall-post, I always feel as if the distance has, for a short moment, melted away.
I thought it would be hard not being able to see Justin’s face every day. But, in some sense, I do get to see his face every day. Thank you, Facebook!
— Andrea Park