Monthly Archive for September, 2007

Rest In Peace

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MissingIntellect
on September 17, 2007
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On the first ever Geek Cred Live which I hosted on Saturday, one of the discussions we had was about online friends. Through forums, games, or IRC chat, you can meet great people, and becomes just as good friends with them as with people you know in real life. Life can have a cruel sense of irony. Last night I lost one of those dear friends, Jim Vestal. Jim was a textbook example of a great friend you can have online. I first met Jim years ago, on EFNet. Jim was a very special person who didn’t judge you, and would welcome anyone to his channel with open arms. He loved computers, and practically lived on IRC, as Narnia777/Jimmy777/Jim. He was admitted to the hospital a few days ago with chest pains and passed away late last night. In another cruel bit of irony, his IRC client is still online, holding ops in his channel, but there’s nobody home now. I will miss the late night conversations and words of encouragement. It’s hard for me to say goodbye, especially so abruptly, and so before your time, but I know that you are in a better place. Here’s to you Jim.

R.I.P. Jim Vestal, 1965-2007

The Sound of Silence

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MissingIntellect
on September 11, 2007
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No, that last blog post wasn’t a one time thing where I would post and return once again to obscurity, I am still active and posting.

So here I am, home alone. Got up at the miserable time of 5AM on Sunday to take the parents off to the airport, and now I have the house to myself. They’re off on an Alaskan cruise for a week for their 25th anniversary. It’s not like I haven’t been home alone before, but it’s been a while, and it’s weird having it this quiet. Last time they went out of town for only a couple days was before Maggie died, so I was never completely alone, she was still around to keep me company. Not that I’m lonely, it’s just weird. I don’t have to worry about bothering my folks or waking them up doing something because they go to bed so freaking early. I can play my music loud or chat on Skype without someone getting on my case. It’s nice. I could get used to this.