Journal-y fiction?  Sometime in November 2008 They were a group of friends who’ve been together for far too long.  They were still the same people, basically anyway, but the life experiences and lessons handed out to them ripened those wee buds of personality traits into well-defined characteristics that simply refused to say no. They were changed people, people who grew up to be well-adjusted adults, very much capable of making sound decisions to get what they want. They didn’t change into bad people; they’ve just…changed. The lot of them grew up together in one place, a sanctuary that sheltered them…