How To Disappear Completely

Where I end and you begin

I've been mulling over this all week. It's good stuff.

(My title quote, a Radiohead lyric, is taken out of context..to the existentialist, the Other is danger, to the Christian, Freedom itself?)

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Some of these sides are easier to bring out than others (and multiple people can bring them out, not just the friends listed). Some sides overlap a good deal. But some sides are perhaps created to the point of "only [specific friend] could make [Sarah] laugh in that way...)

Anna brings out the silly side of me (well, anyone who tapes infomercials of herself with a shower caddy on her head and interprets dance with a gingham-checked tablecloth pinned to her shirt is bound to bring out the silly side in someone...Hannah Tuggy is good at this, too).
Jenny brings out the effusive side of me.
Mr. Howard (or at least his blog) brings out the Deep Thought side of me.
Tuggy brings out the spiritual growth side of me.
Tabitha brings out the "I want to write lists about people I love" side of me.
Carrie brings out the feminist side of me. :)
Natalie brings out the empowered side of me.
Evan brings out the introspective analyst side of me.
Luke brings out the "I can create an ontological argument for the existence of tea spoons" side of me.
Jeremy G brings out the techie side of me (and believe me, this is very hard to do).
Caitlyn brings out the mischievous side of me.
Christa brings out the factual/practical side of me (or at least rescues me from complete abstract-dom).
Josh and Stephen B bring out the totally random, bizarre spontaneous side of me.
Rachel brings out the wonderment side of me.
Ginny brings out the bookworm in me.
Joe brings out the snarky literalist side of me.
Bert brings out the recursive banter side of me (recursive banter is banter that continually references previous conversational material).
Hope brings out the "I love my body" side of me.
Linnea brings out the sexy academic side of me.
Keri brings out the unburdening of my soul side of me.
Abbie brings out the "I want to do everything + 1 more thing" side of me.*

This is perhaps why I feel sometimes that I wished all my friends knew each other and were in one specific spot. Can you imagine how we will all know each other so much more fully in heaven??

*The danger of these lists is that someone is inevitably left out. It's not that these overlooked friends don't have an impact on my life; it is simply that I haven't had the opportunity to fully articulate it.