Apr 23, 2013 09:56
Last week was a rough week on different levels for different reasons. There was Boston, then Texas, then locally a man wanted to kill himself, however he managed to kill his wife and two daughters who tried to save him.
In addition to these events, I learned that a childhood friend killed himself. He was a teacher, going to receive the Teacher of the Year award, just signed a lease on a condo. This guy was the nicest, never a bad word to say to anyone, did many things for others asking nothing in return. And while there are things surrounding his death that allude to deeper problems, his death was a shock and hit me harder than I would have expected. His Viewing was Sunday, and about 15 of us from our graduating grade school showed up. His mom remembered me, remembered that I was bringing him home from school and got into a car accident (we were fine, the car, not so much). I was touched that she remembered me as she didn't remember the people right before and after me. He and I were friends, we exchanged messages on FB, I kept up with his life. It's hard to accept that he's gone and for (perhaps) a sad reason.
*sigh*
Sorry it's such a downer, but as I mentioned, this past week has been rough.
On a more happy note - I've decided to buy a Mac. My MacBook Pro will arrive next weekend. I fully expect to be confused at first, but I also am looking forward to a computer that runs fast and is consistant in it's performance.
I attended Tribal Forces this year, a small con near Philly, and had such a good time. I got to sit and watch vids for two hours, got to talk about shows and fandom. One of the nice things about it being smaller, I felt more inclined to speak. Hopefully I didn't babble too badly. I will definitely go back again.
I've been lax in my tv write ups but I will do more this week once I watch stuff. I will say that I thought last week's Hawaii 5-0, where Steve and Catherine went to North Korea... kind of boring. Wasn't really interested, now, had it been Danny and Steve, that would have been a totally different story. *g*
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