A Tribute to Ben Larrew

This is my buddy from South Carolina, Ben. Obviously, he's on a motorcycle. I tried to steal it from him, but it didn't work out as I planned. Anyways...
Ben rocks!
I have this habit of saying something incredibly stupid only to follow it up with something even worse. It's a gift. And no one knows this better than Ben. Yet the guy still talks to me. Not the kind of talking of someone humoring someone else because they're not sure how to be rude enough to tell the person they don't want to talk. We actually exchange thoughts and ideas, on just about everything. But it's not all philosophy and the like. Sometimes we just talk about normal things as well, like music and girls.
But it's not just the fact that we can talk that makes him cool, but the fact that we can not talk as well. Like if we were on a long drive and no one was saying anything, the silence wasn't uncomfortable or anything. It was just each man letting the other process his own thoughts and what-not. (Though sometime I may have ruined the silence, but only for the fact my thoughts were going nowhere).
Another great thing about Ben is that he's not worried about the perception others may have of him. If he feels like being goofy, then he's gonna start acting goofy and he's not worried who's watching or what they think.
Other great qualities of Ben include that he's insanely intelligent, has a good sense of humor, can think outside the box, is an amazing musician, a good writer, is a bit of a geek, is more than a bit artistic, and is full of many other talents. And he does all this without ever coming out as being more than human. You can still talk to the guy like just about anyone else. Sometimes he even talks back! :)
Anyways, if nothing else were to come of my joining the military than meeting Ben (in which more definitely has, usually in the forms of many other wonderful people), it would be entirely worth it. Everyone should have a Ben Larrew in their life.
[On another note, about the book thing, people can feel free to make suggestions, but I make no guarantees to read them. Right now I'm trying to finish a book I'd started long ago and I'm not counting it towards my six for the year. After this will be A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens and I know two other books I'll definitely be getting to, tut the rest is in the air.]