In memoriam

[siriusly_lupin]

Justin "JewWario" Carmical
April 11, 1971 ~ January 23, 2014

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As some of you know, one of my favorite things to do is watch videos at That Guy With the Glasses (TGWTG). It's a website where internet reviewers get together and collaborate on all sorts of videos and projects. JewWario was one of my favorite contributors on the site,

Comments

[anonymous]

*hugs SL* Something like that must be such a shock and so upsetting to hear. I really hope you're OK,

Your comment about being better for having been a fan of his stuck out to me, because our old Parish Priest (the guy who wrote the book) used to say that was the best thing anybody could say about any of us when we died, that they were the better for having us around. He heard it said about somebody at their funeral apparently.

And THAT is the honest thing to do when you collect more money than you need for something like that - give the remainder to something related. I am thinking about the whole Charlie Haughey thing here, when he collected money for a dying friend's cancer treatment and just pocketed what was left over. I was reading a Guardian article about him the other day, so that was on my mind.

I think it can be particularly hard for people like that - people who always help others - to ask for help themselves, because everybody thinks they are in control and it must be hard to say, "hey no, actually I'm not." If you're used to being the one everybody else turns to, it must be hard to turn that around and ask for help yourself.

Considering how the videos helped you, this must be particularly upsetting. I really hope you're OK.

-Margaret.