Re: Beasty (Andy)
Ellmyruh, on host 71.139.95.129
Friday, March 17, 2006, at 00:00:36
Beasty (Andy) posted by famous on Thursday, March 16, 2006, at 13:17:52:
Much has already been said and my thoughts still aren't sorted out, but I, too, will say that Beasty is missed.
He was laid back, upbeat and would do things like call someone in another country just to say hi (I only wish I had a better memory of that). After I disappeared from the daily Rinkie life, he'd always manage to keep in touch. He'd make sure to wish me a happy birthday, and he'd send e-mails or comment on blogs or find me on Instant messenger. And then, when he was making plans for the cancer treatment that we all just assumed would work, he even apologized ahead of time for the fact that he might miss my birthday.
Beasty always seemed so proud to know "Elly the journo" -- to use his English word -- so today when I was numb and distraught and distracted at work and was given the option to leave, I decided to stay. I had something to finish, and I knew Beasty wouldn't have wanted me to stop on his account.
When I move beyond the initial emotions, I'll go back through all those archives that people have teased me for keeping. I'll look through all my scribbled RinkUnion notes. I'll find all the little things that I took for granted. And I will be grateful that, in this strange, disconnected Internet world, he made sure we knew what was happening to him. Somehow, it's easier that way.
Ell "Layla" myruh
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