Hey Brian,
It feels like it has been several lifetimes since I last talked with you, but still, every February 10th and the days around this time of year you are in my thoughts. You were my first and best friend at SDSU. Though I was only lucky enough to know you a few months, I have always been grateful for the time we got to spend hanging out in your dorm, walking to the grill, getting up to shenanigans, and just chatting about life. You always knew how to pull me out of my introverted shell and remind me not to take life too seriously.
The day you left for your trip, I had gotten distracted and forgotten to log off of my AIM and I came back that night to a message from you jokingly giving me a hard time for forgetting to say goodbye. Those were your last words to me, meant lightheartedly, but forever a reminder to me to treat interactions with the people I care about in my life like it could be the last.
Though our friendship is now frozen in time, know that I take you along with me through life and that you are never forgotten.