bbf

sometimes when i'm feeling really down and sorry for myself i check myself and say "self?! shut the front door! you have two beautiful daughters, amazing parents, a grandmother that's on facebook, countless aunts, uncles, cousins & 2nd cousins, so many great friends and a deena!" that's right , i have a deena.

deena and i have been best friends for 25 years (also pronounced 'qunnie fie yers' in southern maryland dialect.).

so as a tribute to my deena, i'd like to take it old school year book style and well i don't even know what it's called so here goes..

B - is for bearded, bus and bologna. Deena and I met when we were 8 years old on bus #36 driven by Ms. Bologna the bearded bus driver who yelled at us a lot and ultimately separated us....so yeah B also stands for bitch....but that bitch didn't keep us apart. ;)

E - is for exotic and the R is for rap so tell them otha people just to stay the hell back, supersonic. (one of the after school "videos" we produced back in the middle school days)

S - is for station wagon. my mom used to let me drive the station wagon (aka green machine) to deena's house before i got my license because a. it was in the same neighborhood and b. i was going to deena's house, hello?!?

T - is for time. deena will always give her time for others. alternatively, looking back on the last 25 years...every time i've had a crisis deena has been there for me. she is my constant.

F - is for french fries....the frozen kind.....with lots of salt and most importantly a mustard/ketchup combo dip.

R - is for recitals. deena and i played many organ recitals for each other. we also sang a mean duet, however my chords seemed to be the only ones heard in the tapes we would make....which isn't a good thing.

I - is for the illest hair boof on the planet. the girl had talent.

E - is for ESP because that's how well deena knows me. she's the only one that can call me out on the phone for not really listening to her. she knows when i'm just putting on a "funny" face to not deal with reality. most importantly she knows what to say.

N - is for nose. deena is the only one that can get me laughing so hard that i project food from my nose.

D - is for deena, DRE, funky comadeena, deenie weenie, dino.....there is no other!

S - is for sisters. i think after 25 years of friendship you can officially be considered sisters because that's what she is to me!


so don't be tryin to steal my deena after this well crafted homage. oh one more thing. who else would think to bring me birthday cupcakes with boob candles to the dave matthews concert last night....deena!




p.s. if deena had written this there would have been much better photo documentary going on