Its interesting, i was thinking the other day about the influences and my life and I would have to say my 47 year old, former alcoholic, jobless, makes money on ebay, almost has a masters degree in anthropology, mind toasted neighbor has had one of the best 3rd party influences on my life.

He comes over and hangs out randomly, and sometimes you never get a word in edge wise, drinks ALOT of my drip coffee, you hear stories about guild wars, and commentary about his mom (mostly because he goes to his parents house for dinner pretty much every night), and you never know when he’ll leave.

But ya know what? hes shown me 80% everything i know about computers with hands on experience,  helped get me through anthropology class and made it look like i did extra research during class, helped me understand issues with my drug addict brother, helped move furniture, taught me about lawn care, bicycle repair, university financial aid, etc, etc, etc.

From a guy that was an alcoholic, used drugs, hitch-hiked acrossed the state multiple times to portland, ive learned alot. And what im trying to say is thank you and for people who dont think they have anything to offer in this world, yeah you really do and dont let lifes mistakes get you down, you have alot of value.