so,


oracle, did it all happen as foretold? we're here at the finish line, and there's a lot to discuss. i have to send you off with this letter before they send you to fight in iran, after all.


remember how we met in educ? geez that is like forever ago. well from there we started to talk a little bit, before not really talking that much until junior year, where we had brown together. that was around the time i started to hand with ydalia, josh, alexa and everybody. from there senior year began, which is where we really got know each other. as much as i loved learning about demand curves in santamaria's class, the table we sat at was truly the highlight of my day. noah and ydalia ragebaiting you, our entire table loudly talking above everybody else, it was a great experience. it's also where i got to know a little bit more about you, like your navy aspirations, your family, the classes you were taking. and then that led to a cascade of other events. friendsgiving, prom weekend, etc. i think my favorite parts thought were just every time i saw you in hoyt's or at the college. it was really nice to get to know you at a deeper level and deepen that friendship, to make all of those memories during my final year.


one of them i'm particuraly fond of is that night campfire and photoshoot. now this requires a bit of context and vunerability, but this is pretty much the point of these letters. especially after what had happened with me and the alexis and jody friend group, i intentionally went out of my way to meet new people and not be afraid of entering a group that i wasn't a part of. that's why i sat at that table with you at santamaria's, why i planned events such as the campfire and such, why i brought my camera everywhere. i was looking to make memories, but i was also a little disafflicted by what had transpired with my previous experience entering into a community of people, a group of friends who hang out together. why is this all important to mention? because you are truly someone who makes me feel like i belong. i just feel like you get me, for one reason or another. maybe we're on the same woke wavelength, both chronically online. maybe it's a queer connection, or something of that sort. but i think the simplest way to put it is that you are someone i want to be around, your personality invites people in that sort of way. and that's what was exemplified by that day at the campfire. it was everything i had planned it to be and more. my goal for that hangout was to not be afarid to show myself, to get to know you guys and invite you into a true conversation, which is exactly what took place. sufjan stevens and solar power, s'more and the stars. it is one of my favorite memories of senior year. i appreciated hearing your perspective too, of your time in middle school and your outlook on the future. your musings on senior year inspired the project on the main page of this domain, but we'll get to that later. what's imporant is that we connected on a deeper level, and i will always be appreiciatve of that. and thanks for modeling for the photoshoot. those images are some of the things i'm most proud of making, like ever.


as you move into serving for the navy, i wish you good luck during boot camp and training. i hope that you don't get sent off to iran or venezuela or whoever we're at war next, i hope that you are paid well and are able to claim disability with ydalia to live out your lesbian fantasy somewhere, collecting those military checks. but on a serious note, i wish the best for you.


there are a couple more things to say. first, i have another surprise for you. it was supposed to be apart of this one, but you're gonna have to wait until your going away party. but i think you'll love it. also, your oracleness has inspired the contents of the main page, which you'll find linked below. you should check it out, it has all of my thoughts about senior year on there. and this digital letter wouldn't be complete without about a billion videos, photos, and other stuff to commerate our gradutaion. thanks for all of those memories, by the way. thank you for being an amazing friend. you know where to reach me when you want to catch up.


MUCH LOVE AND FAREWELL!!!

ruben capetillo

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to: melina


hey,


well melina, it's time we graduated! i want to give you a little sendoff, so i decided to write you this letter.

well there's a lot to talk about, since you really maxxed out on high school. remember club picture day? how you were in like... every photo? but just starting off with PR Squad, it was so much fun doing culpepper's assignments with you. shoots at stallworth, meetings together, you name it. you taught me so much about photography and content creation, which you are pretty much a qualifiable expert in now with your marketing job and internship as a PR member. thank you so much for teaching me about manual exposure settings, even if i'm still getting the hang of it. for letting me explain shoot ideas to you, well in the planning stage. and then there are so many other things that we did together these past few years. like the cake balls that were so tasty! or all of the times we caught up in the hallway. oh, that one time you visited me at my "job", i'll include a picture. the shapes of people document, which just made sense only to us. you are just a creator of memories wherever you go, probably because you always have a camera to document them all.


you're off to uhcl now. i hope you spread your wings and make the most out of that campus. become the best art teacher you can, i know you'll do a great job at it. and i hope you still keep up the photography thing, i mean you really do enjoy it. maybe you could become a photography teacher? i'm sure you'll find some way to incorporate it. have fun in the future, and have a great summer. you can always reach me at my instagram, i'm sure to share cool photos there soon. and check out the main page, i left a link for you below.


farewell friend,

ruben capetillo