Guest Author: A "scientific" view on Friendship

A short attempt at a reasonable Bio.

Mari is a good friend of both Emily and Kenzie, and she also claims she is a close acquaintance of Sherlock Holmes. She is a few hundred years old, or so she says, though we never quite figure out how she manages to look only slightly older than us. She spins words together in a creatively entertaining way, but you almost always have to reread them. Please, enjoy, and don't feel too bad if you're slightly perplexed, it will only make us feel better. ;) -- Kenzie and Emily

“Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another: "What! You too? I thought I was the only one.”

― C.S. Lewis

Is it even possible to question the truth of this quote? 

Wait, it is? Okay, let's give you some examples, then.

*At Shakespeare Showdown*

Me: Guys, let's talk about cool space stuff that's really confusing! Do you think time travel is possible?

Random Stranger Wearing a Trench Coat: Yes, but we would need to advance our technology to the point were we could create a tesseract in order to do it.

Me: *Falls off Chair* Ah!!! You really actually just used the word "tesseract" in a sentence!!! In real life! Do you read Madeline L'Engle? 

Trench Coat Guy: Yes! And I also study really cool stuff pertaining to space!

Me: *Gasp* SO DO I!!!!

Trench Coat Guy: Let"s be friends.

Me: Agreed!

*Shake Hands*

(Note: The actual conversation may vary slightly from the above)

Space by Silviu Firulete

Let's take a quick sidetrack here and talk about Cultural Backgrounds.

Basically, each and every individual in this world has a cultural background. I'm not talking about things like Chinese cultural backgrounds, or Irish backgrounds, or Tatooine backgrounds, because even those do contribute, what is important in friendship is the individual, personal cultural background. Everybody has one, and I believe that there are not two in the world that are exactly a like. Even siblings, who are  raised by the same parents, live in the same home, and have the same experiences, have totally different backgrounds. "But Mari, how does having a different cultural background then everyone else in the world relate to me making friends?"

Good question, but it actually is highly relevant. And this is the part were the "What, you too? I thought I was the only one" comes in. We all have different cultural backgrounds, yes, but we also have cultural similarities. For instance, Trench coat guy and I share a cultural similarity of reading L'Engle, a good astronomy class, and an appreciation of well made overcoats. Another friend has the cultural similarity of appreciating children's television shows, philosophy, and the art of being a cool homeschooler. Anyway, my point is the more cultural similarities we have the more likely we are to become friends. What? Yes, of course there are other factors, but they don't pertain to the quote at the top of the page? You forgot what it was? How could you? Silly people, now you'll have to read this all over again. Mwa ha ha!

The End