I have always looked up to my friend Paul and he has been a big influence in my life. Paul is three years older than me and when I was growing up I thought he was cool. Right after my other friends and I graduated High School we started hanging out with him. That was a transitional time between acquaintances and friendship. Currently we are good friends and we continually influence each other.
             In my life there are certain people I have especially admired and wanted to be like. There are certain people whose style I have liked and probably imitated. Paul A is one of those individuals I looked up to.
             Older brothers are a natural choice for admiration. Most kids look up to their older siblings. When I was a kid I didn't really look up to my older brother Matt, and I didn't want to be like him. I looked up to my close friend's older brothers. My friend Matt's older brother, Danny, was a skater and had lots of friends. We looked up to him. One of Danny's friends was the infamous Paul. Danny, Paul, and my older brother Matt are three years older than me and were in the same graduating class.
             Paul and I both grew up in the same small town and went to the same schools. Since Paul is older I did not really know him until we were both in High School. When Paul was a freshman he got busted smoking weed in the back of a school bus on the way home from a soccer game. He got kicked out of our high school for a couple years and moved to New Hampshire where he lived with his Mom's sister's quiet family and continued high school. I was in sixth or seventh grade at the time and I knew who Paul was. I remember hearing about the incident and Paul disappearing for a while. Before Paul moved to New Hampshire I saw him skating and it changed my life. I wanted to be a skateboarder just like Paul. It was the hippest thing I had ever seen and Paul was like a superhero. Although, since we were not...