Had to work out kinks on the new laptop, otherwise I would've been here yesterday. I still can't get up the nerve to go to my long-ignored friends-list and pay witness to what HAS to be the most enormous, bittersweet explosion of love to our lovely mews1945... I've been assaulted by grief-filled experiences for close to a year now, a huge chunk of the ( Read more... )

Back in 1992 when I was a high school sophomore, a young man named Jamie Lusher went missing. He was only about 6-7 months younger than me, either in my grade or a freshman. He was a special needs kid, either autistic or somewhere close to that. My only memories of him are when I'd see him running top-speed down the hallway, screeching and making ( Read more... )

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The funeral for Officer Jose Torres was held today. Coverage all over; the local station had the whole thing, from procession to the grave-site service. We have TV at work, so me and Holly got to watch it; lots of customers gathered around for it, too. Gut-wrenching, really. I'm the type who doesn't wanna watch things like that, with the ( Read more... )

One of our town's finest, Officer Jose Torres, was killed today by a construction mishap involving a dump-truck. The link to the story and video of the news conference is here. I know there are stories like this in the news all the time, and the officers are always described as great people in a generic way, but in THIS case, it's all true. I didn' ( Read more... )

Everyone's talking about the Colorado tragedy today. Of course, I have to, too. I walked into work and found it on the TV, leading me to ask Holly about it. She filled me in, and from then on, it was pretty much the only thing discussed with customers and the like.

Pan said he'd read that the shooter believes that he's the Joker. ( And he's right. )

Oh no...

Adam 'MCA' Yauch of Beastie Boys dies...

Very. Fucking. Sad. Right. Now.

One of my fave songs by these boys...

"Intergalactic"

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And this, just old-skool/new-skool-magic...

"Three MCs and One DJ"

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RIP, babes.

The jury is still in deliberation over the verdict to give Dhuran Ravi when it comes to Tyler Clementi's suicide--what to hand Ravi for what he did. He can face up to ten years, something that's harsh, yea, but I'd cheer if the jury came back with that sentencing. Enough with the nonsensical "Oh, but he's just a young guy with SO much potential who ( Read more... )

Oh my god... Davy Jones died. That's so beyond sad... I remember crushing on him YEARS after his prime, in the early-eighties as a kid who loved 60's music.

RIP, Davy.

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