sean neill

[lifeofmendel]

when i worked with the drumline and band at Washington Township High School in new Jersey, there was this one kid who played snare named Sean Neill. He also ended up marching in Surf for a year.

Sean had a baby face and a look that made all of the girls crazy, and he knew it. He was a smart kid, and he knew that too. He knew how to smile and

Comments

[varpulis]

i was struck most by how he simultaneously looked both exactly the same and totally different.

on another note, i feel like i have never lived up to my full potential, no matter what i have accomplished. a lot of this is down to being a massive procrastinator. i have kind of hated that about myself for ages and i really need to change it.

[lifeofmendel]

yeah, i agree. exactly the same, yet totally different.

i'm a massive procrastinator too, and feel the same way that i've never lived up to my full potential. But i don't feel *terribly* bad about it because i've still had contexts in which i excel and cause other people to excel, so the fact that i've been a slacker has only caused my path to be different but not be less, if that makes sense.

[varpulis]

i suppose looking at it that way, i don't feel terribly bad about it either.

[hellomrhieu]

You left me...

♦♦Bawl♦♦

[lifeofmendel]

say what now?

[kitsuneracer]

Its interesting that you post this today... I'm sitting in the ICU right now at Sacred Heart because my cousin decided that he didn't want to deal with his issues anymore and just swallowed a few bottles of prescription meds... right in front of me.

[suerocks]

Wow, how sad. I remember how adorable he was as a freshman and a sophomore in drumline, always had that little gleam in his eye of getting into trouble. But when you're that young it's cute. His parents were some of the sweetest people and very involved. I feel terrible for him and his family, whatever may have happened.