They say, show me your friends and i will tell you who you are.

Most of the times i do this, people divulge to me they don't comprehend who the hell i am. "You are friends with him?" is usually the response. "How do you keep up with that?" gets thrown around a lot.

My friends are a kaleidoscope of characters, a panthera of adrenaline.

There's Ashley, the loud and fierce cat ready to get her claws out scratching. With thirteen piercings on her face & ears, a tribal tattoo on her clavicle extending to the Deltoid muscle, she is a short fuse ready to explode. The kind with a foul mouth and answers to every situation. Max is the arrogant champ, the breed that will make you vomit a little in your mouth by how much they gloat. Tony is the cool kid, flashy, drives a Range Rover Vogue and is always ready to party.

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Lexxie is quiet and timid, yet wild when drunk. She cant get a hold of herself once the alcohol sets in. Oh, and she loves Gin. Voke is the knock-off version of a gangsta, odi, shady. He will plug you to anything. He seems to savvy just the right 'guy'. He is never on time though. He is invariably chewing gum, he must have rock hard jaws. And there's Zippy, the hypocritical Christian. How could i forget her. She's always in everyone's business and apprehends everything. Funny, she didn't know when her husband was cheating on her.

Drew the girls favorite, inevitably suits up, cute smile and tall. Well done nails, long fingers. The girls incessantly like him. He has a way with words. And there's Brenda, the lovely beautiful Brenda. Sweet, shy and long hair. Always carries snacks and never stops smiling. She just warms your heart. Lastly, my brother man Simiyu. The awkward, smart, short light-skin guy. He dances like a new born zebra trying to walk. He is the guy who will pitch random facts during conversations that will leave you feeling, what tf? He once told me if ants decided to stage a coup d'etat, every human will have to battle 1.4 Million ants to survive.

You want to become more open-minded? Learn several different languages, travel in a bunch of countries, understand what it feels like to be part of a minority, learn to listen more and judge less. Live in different cities, and you will finally notice your own narrow-mindedness.