Make no mistake I had friends and had quite a journey leading to 1999. There's more on www.imjustdrew.com. But meeting/hearing a special dude next door changed it all.
This was actually in 1997 when Chris Farmer was my next door neighbor in Richardson Hall. I never thought he would become one of my best friends. He was the type that grows on you and I'm so grateful he did.
Most things about 1999 revolve around Farmer: music, movies, and the like. We worked Summer SWARM together at the WU and he was my suitemate. He respected my space but there were times he would come in like Kramer from Seinfeld. That may have been the most fun summer of my life. We worked hard but played harder. You just knew then he was destined for great things. Fraternity life, a new girlfriend (eventual wife), and more Residence Life involvement never changed Farmer. He was always the same, and so uplifting. He would do anything he could to help you, and was always there to listen and help. He was one in a million.
1999 can be defined by American Pie, The Blair Witch Project, the end of punk rock and the emergence of alternative music, the newest Star Wars and my senior year. However, Farmer was in the center of it all. He was simply the ex-factor, the cherry on the sundae, the oxygen in your life. That year was good for me, but he made it great.
I will always have great memories of this year thanks to Chris Farmer. I returned to my last full year of college more determined and relaxed from knowing him. Get you a Chris Farmer if you don't have one and thank me later.
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