My friend Scott

[mondo]

TSC,

My deep condolences.... sudden loss is very upsetting. My sister's best friend lost her younger brother in the same way. Being with other people who are suffering the same sense of profound loss and shock WILL be helpful. There is no shame in crying.... it is a perfectly natural and healthy reaction to trauma. The people who don't cry are the ones you need to keep an eye on.

May peace be with you, mondo

[SomethingClever]

Oh my god, that's terrible.

I'm sorry for your loss, John.

Edit: Jesus, I just read further and saw that it was Kerssens. I just met him at Brewfest, he seemed like a great guy.

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[KJS]

TSC:

So sorry to hear this news. I hope you get through it OK.

KJS

[nolanfan34]

Tough to know what to write right now. Very sorry for your loss John.

Scott was a good guy. He was a couple of years behind me at my high school, and I knew him a little bit there. Later on we connected up again here, after running into each other at a couple of the various 2+2 meetings in Seattle. My brother used to work with him at the theatre too, so we had a couple of connections.

He was always a funny guy, especially his irrational hate for Jay Buhner.

Gotta post a pic of a good time then, Brewfest from two years ago, I've posted this before so people shouldn't mind.


I'm on the far right, Kerssens next to me. Plaster8 in the Expos hat on the left, TSC and his brother in the front. Guy in the middle needs no intro.

RIP Scott [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]

[bugstud]

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That's awful.

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[JaredL]

TSC,

I'm really sorry to hear this. I can only imagine what you are going through. I still haven't gotten over the death of Puerta and obviously I didn't even know him personally.

My only advice is to try to let yourself go emotionally. Holding everything in will in the long run be harder on you than letting it out. It will be tough for a while but will help.

[ThaSaltCracka]

Everyone, thank you again for the words. You have no idea how much they help.


I received a message on myspace from one of Scott's real close friends. He's someone I would consider a friend as well, but well you know. A friend. Good guy too.

Anyway, he was in town tonight for business and wanted to meet up for a beer. Quite honestly, I was reluctant to agree, because I don't want this to be a reality. I am far away from all of this. My only contact has been over the phone, e-mail, myspace, IM. I hadn't actually talked to someone in person. I didn't want to confront it.

But, I had to. I had to talk to him. His grief is way worse than mine right now. He's been there and seen Scott's family.

So I sent him a message and we set up a time to meet.

I took my bro with me(my rock) and went to meet him. I drove by a nice pool place in Uptown that I went to with Scott and my friend Kenji when he was here in July. I almost cried right then. Two days later would be the last time I would see him.

I met up with my friend and we talked for a while. It was very sad, but also good. Talking about it was better than I had anticipated. My friend was obviously gutted. But he had moved passed the intense sorrow. I think it was good for both of us. I hope so at least. We talked about some of the good times we had, we pondered about why this happened. We drank some; My bro paid for the drinks.

I feel more confused than ever.


I'll be in Seattle tomorrow. I don't know what to expect.

[Chairman Wood]

TSC,
I never met you or really have much on going conversations with you on the boards but from everything you write, I get the impression you are a solid guy. Solid guys like you have solid friends. Don't be afraid to depend on them and open to them. It can really be cathartic.