A long time ago, in what feels like a galaxy far, far away, my friend Eric called me and asked if I wanted to drive across country. He was driving our friend Joe to LA a couple of days from then, and they needed a third. I said yes. I could do that sort of thing then.
I had suddenly developed a massive crush on Eric about a month before then. That was p…
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