Five Things that Don't Suck, Old Friends Edition

1. seeing a friend you haven't seen in decades--decades!--and having it seem like no time has passed*
2. maybe being a little early for meeting said friend and spending some time in the Harvard Coop's poetry section**
3. not being the guy on the red line using his iPod as a phone to tell his mom all about how sick he is, how he feels like he's going to throw up, how long it's been since he's pooped,*** and how much pain he's in while he's taking the T to the hospital
4. the fact that said guy had a friend with him who was clearly worried about him
5. high school kids declaiming Shakespeare**** on the same train

*except you are no longer 12
** 65 bucks means I got out of there cheap
***3 days
****incorrectly, but I'll take what I can get