Rather than preface this with some kind of update on the events prior I'd prefer to get straight to the point. My friend died. This isn't the first death I've experienced, far from it, though it certainly struck me at a strange time in my life. Nothing in my life currently seems in balance to how it was a year ago, even though I had just been dumped out of a 2 year relationship and didn't seem to know which way was up. Looking back now I'm more than just slightly envious of how secure everything...