...and in about 40 days or so he'll be in Canada!
Matty and I met about 7 years ago at SeaWorld in Florida, him and his friend Darryn hung out with my sister and I all day. We went on rollarcoasters and they taught us what the word "pants" meant to them.
For one reason or another Matty and I managed to keep in contact, through emails, the days of MySpace and now Facebook. He use to send me the longest emails- full of stories about his love life, his band, his life in general and more often than not song quotes.
Yup, Sugar we're going down will forever remind me of Matt.
A few months ago I stopped hearing from Matt and chalked it up to us finally losing touch. I mean, he does live an ocean away so a lack of messages didn't really surprise me. I later found out that he was involved in a serious car crash and almost died. I'd be lying if I said I didn't bawl my eyes out. It was that moment that I realised that you don't have to live in the same country as someone to be their friend. The fact that it upset me so much that I couldn't talk to him while he was recovering was an attestment to that. I decided that in the next year I'd make it over to England, if only to buy him a beer and say "Thanks for not dying"
On my Birthday he told me he (and his friend Johnny) are coming to Canada, flights booked and the dates are set!
That's my story about Matt, I'm so excited to see him again! Now, suggestions on what to show them when they're in Toronto? I was thinking of taking them to Toronto Island for the day, but what else? If it were your first time in Toronto, what would you want to see? (And please dont say the CN tower..)
