Rule of the 9

So it's officially been nine years since my life was thrown into a topspin. Hard to believe so much time has past and yet i look at what everyone is doing now and it kind of makes sense. most of the crew who was there that night are now married, have a couple of kids and a spattering of mortgages. some of them even own their own businesses and have become very successful, earning a spot on that prestigious local who's who in hawaii business list, "40 under 40."

i for one, have resisted the magnetic pull and security of a conventional family and a profitable business. maybe not what richie had in mind for me, but a good life nonethless.

i always think back to what he used to always tell, or scold me about...it was funny because our other bro marc, with all his clandestine achievements, was normally scolded about the exact opposite attribute of me. we were both overachievers in different directions. like on the color spectrum, i represented red and marc was violet. somehow rich was able to fill in all the spaces from orange through indigo.

so what have i learned since then...