I got a call from my friend Anna a few months ago and she told me she was planning a surprise 30th birthday party for her fiance Kevin in Brooklyn. Kevin is one of my best friends. We were introduced in college by a mutual friend. Before I get into our recent b-day trip, here's a little back story on how I met Kev. First, let me point out that we both went to a performing arts school where the majority of the students were females and the small amount of male students that did attend school there were gay. Not a big deal but after a few weeks I realized how much I missed my friends from home and I hadn't really met anyone that I had anything in common with. That being said, when my friend Marissa told me I had to meet Kevin I was skeptical. Kevin and his roommate Charles (also a good friend to this day) were having a party in their dorm room one night and Marissa dragged me along. I was pleasantly surprised to walk in and see nothing but Wu-Tang Clan posters hanging from the walls, empty beer cans on the floor and Kevin doing a "wine box stand" (think a keg stand with a $10 box of wine). Now that's college!
Kevin was later introduced to my crew of friends and I his, and a year or so later we were living together in downtown Pittsburgh having the craziest summer of our lives. We lived together for the next 4 years or so until Kevin and Anna moved to Brooklyn to pursue their respective careers. They are both doing great and although I only get to see them a few times a year, its always a blast. I brought a carload of friends up from the Burgh to surprise Kevin and it was awesome. Special thanks to Anna for not forgetting about us :)
Just a few weeks ago, Kevin came back to Pittsburgh for an entire month to work on the new Batman film so we've all been kicking it on his days off.
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