To the Best Friend I've Ever Had

A few years ago yesterday, well quite a few years ago actually, I lost an incredibly important person. My cousin who felt more like a brother passed away at 15. His constant approval was something I desired as a young man. He was my hero and I'm pretty sure he took full advantage of that knowledge on a regular basis. He knew he was a major influence on me and he reveled in it. He did all the great things a big kid does: bullying, play fighting, training me to cause just enough shit to not get into too much trouble but still have fun (I usually pushed that too far) and he was there for me whenever I needed a big brother looking out for me. I feel like I'm a better person for knowing him and learning from him.

I went through a few dark years trying to deal with the fact that the cosmos had robbed me of such a great person but I took a lot of comfort in things like music. In a big way Billy influenced my sick obsession with music and other forms of art, you know, comic books and crap like that. If it wasn't for my big cousin's bad ass ways I probably would have never bought a Pearl Jam tape at seven years old and well that would have been a fucking catastrophe. I used to dwell on all the terrible shit surrounding that situation but I'm glad that I can look back on things with a smile now.

Every time I spin a PJ disc, he's in the truck hanging out with me and that's something I'll never lose, well until the Alzheimer's kicks in but by that point I'll be so clueless that everything will be fun... Alright, unnecessary tangent. It's late, I'm tired and you should watch the video below. Thanks for everything buddy, cheers.

Thumbs Up For Skateboarding and Good Music

Have you ever noticed how many fucking rad music videos there are out there with a ton of skateboarding in em? Well if you haven't then here you are...










...There are lots more I'm sure but these are my favourites and I'm not here to fucking do everything for you!