A reminder from my past

Song of the moment: In This Diary by The Ataris

A guy IMed me this afternoon and reminded me an incident from my past that shows how superficial people can be: especially me. I did a horrible thing to my old friend, Miyu (real name David) two years ago that I should never have forgotten. I let other people influence me. People who I thought were my friends back then got me to think that David, a beautiful person at heart, was someone to be watching out for just because of his physical appearance. It was wrong of me to let them change my opinion about him, and it was even more wrong of me to jump on the bandwagon and ultimately treat David as they treated him: they acted as if David was this rabid animal who didn't deserve friends. After they used him, they judged him and eventually left him in the dust.

I have been a bitch to a lot of people, but I don't regret it--except for David's case. He didn't deserve it. And I know he and his cousin (who IMed me, asking why I was so horrible to him) won't read this, but I am writing about it to remind me how people can be blind to the beauty that is inside those that are unseen from the outside. David was an incredible friend and confidant, and I am an idiot to have ever ended my friendship with him.

View the old conversation I had with David's cousin posted in my old blogger.