Event - About 10 years ago I was casting parts for a play I wrote and was directing. It was my first play and I was nervous about everything being perfect. So there was a small part that my best friend auditioned for. He was pretty good, but someone else was better. So I cast the other guy and my friend freaked out. He said I had a "black heart" and we never really spoke again.
Apology - He wasn't the best actor trying out, but he was surely good enough. And the part was small - it wouldn't have made a big difference even if he stunk (which he didn't). I was just being a control freak and let that get in the way of doing the right thing. I tried to patch things up, but he wasn't very forgiving. Maybe I'm just hoping he reads this and gets in touch. I'd love to catch up, and my wife would too. James D., you out there?
Event - When I was a kid we had the L.A. river behind my friend's house just over the fence. After school we would jump the gate and play in it. One time we made this cardboard boat about 4 feet wide and piled a bunch of leaves and branches on it, then set it on fire. We put it in the water and watched it go. It went into a tunnel and we could see smoke pouring out from everywhere. I think it got stuck. We ran away. About 20 minutes later we heard sirens. Not sure if there was a connection, but...
Apology - I'm sorry I was ever friends with that guy. He got me in soooooo much trouble!
Event - When I was in about the 5th grade, there was this girl - she was fat and not attractive. And during recess she would throw quarters around to the other kids, just so they would like her. Of course, they didn't. They just wanted her quarters. And while I knew it was wrong to take those quarters, I just couldn't help myself. And even though I knew she was sad and just wanted friends, I still did nothing about it.
Apology - Being a kid and knowing right from wrong can be tough. But the fact is that I DID know it was wrong. I'm sorry that instead of just talking to her every now and then and maybe making her feel better, I just took her quarters and made it worse!
Event - Dang this happened like 20 years ago ad I still feel bad. I was goin out with theis girl for like 9 months and decided to dump her. I told my best freind and he told her before I did. It was a monday and she didn't come to school the whole week or answer my phone calls. I felt like killing my freind!
Apology - she was fine later. But I think my freind should apoligize. idiot
Event - I finally broke up with my girl friend about 6 months ago, after 4 years together. I don't really regret breaking up with her because she drove me nuts. She was hyper sensitvive and jealous and just annoying at times. But I feel bad because I knew about a year into the relationship that I didn't want to be with her pretty mcuh. But I had nothing better going on. And she would ask me all the time if I saw a future, and I would say totally, even though I knew we didn't have one. And she'd question me all the time, saying she felt like I was out the door all the time, and I told her she was nuts.
Apology - I'm sorry that I made her feel crazy, like she was wrong even though she was right. And I'm sorry I took away a couple good years of her life. But she's a good person and she'll find someone else.
