ok... every single response to this thread has been "me too..." i think the point has been made that EVERYONE thought he was dead... ... but he's not... ~MOVING ON~ dunno the situation, or what happened but i think realz put it nicely... if he really was your best friend... then you havent lost him... and if you have lost him, then chalk it up to life... i've learned that friends come and go... they stay in your life for specific periods and then that's it... picture a huge theater... the front row are your best friends... the people you treasure the most... the front row def. changes time to time... people get up and leave, people fill in, and so on.. sounds unbelievably corny , i know... but if you think about it, have you had the same front row since like 7th grade??? if you have, lol... then you're lucky i guess... but either way... let time flow and thing's will work out the way they're supposed to... :moon:ie