ornoth | Friday Five #28

Do you remember your first best friend? Who was it?: Well, early on it would have been Scotty and Shelly Littlefield, then Billy Harwood and Mike Marsh after we moved, but the one I’d probably pick would be Jon Nichols, who subsequently moved in next door. I’m not sure that tells you anything about me; they’re just meaningless names.
Are you still in touch with this person?: Hell no. I’ve reinvented myself far too many times for that.
Do you have a current close friend?: That would be Inna, who has shared my life for the past five years. I met her at work, we dated for many years before backing off a bit, and have been dominant presences in one another’s lives ever since.
How did you become friends with this person?: She had just joined Sapient and we were staffed to the same project. She was given the task of moving everyone’s telephones into our new team area and sent out an email to her future teammates asking for their phone info. She ended her note with a request to give her a call at extension 1366 if anyone had any questions. The only problem was that her extension was actually 1633; she had transposed the numbers. And ironically, she had transposed them to my extension: 1366! I sent her back a teasing email. Later, when we began working together, I found her attractive and poured on the charm, then bribed her to hang out by offering to let her visit my cat. Such are the ways to inveigle a woman!
Is there a friend from your past that you wish you were still in contact with? Why?: I think the biggest loss has been Gordon Smith, a former roommate in college. We always got along famously; however, Gordo was always a terrible correspondent, and had a habit of just disappearing, which he continued after college.