One Memory, One Love (675 hits)
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Submitted by Unban S.I. Co. Semen (View user info) at 2007-08-01 08:00:44 EDT
December 18th, 1998 @ Approximately 10:00 PM
Background: Adam Scott Gowen was a cool motherfucking dude. When I say he was righteous it's a gross understatement. Adam takes one of my most profound memories and kicks the shit out everything I've ever known about the activity (if that's what you want to call it) and makes it that much better. Sure, I smoked pot with Phil, who by chance is now a practicing minister, but the first time I ever got high was not when I smoked with Phil; it was when I smoked with Adam.
As chance would have it, Scott, Adam, and I smoked a few joints and decided it was time to travel the 30 minutes (we were partying in the sticks) or so to the nearest fast food joint, Taco Bell, to get some grub. I laughed like a fairy high on pixie dust, like a retard at a candy convention, like I just smoked several joints and was getting high for the first time. We smashed mailboxes and I couldn't stop laughing. They had to physically push me back into the car. Adam would eat LSD and go work as a chef at the restaurant in which I and my current best friend worked at. Somehow, he kept an equilibrium that never let anyone know he was fucked.
Incident: After leaving the aforementioned restaurant with 2 12 packs of beer and 2 12 packs of Mike's (don't worry, I'm still a fag, just don't drink that shit anymore) in tow we decided that we were going to go over to our bosses house (hell, why not? after all, she supplied the alcohol) who was also the mother of my girlfriend. The previous night we were there and we had a 4 man tag-team wrestling match. I'm 17 at the time and had nothing better to do. My parents were militant in everything they did and I'm fairly certain that my father farted MRE's, even though he never saw a day of action in his life.
Tonight we had a 6 man tag-team match scheduled and some ladies would stop by, we'd smoke, we'd all enjoy ourselves. I had to sneak out or I didn't go home, not really important but as it were, was in transit to my bosses place. On the way there we were traveling at 65 mph in a 55 mph zone and a cop happened to pass us, immediately turning his lights on and finding a drive or side road to turn around.
Without a second of question Adam gunned the Acura Integra quickly reaching speeds in excess of 100 mph where we ducked off onto a side road, speeding around turns, maneuvering on backwoods country roads that offer 90 degree, tire screeching, engine wailing turns that were executed with a tenacity only matched by NASCAR fags. We dusted the cops, had time to pull off into a tree lined driveway where the lights were cut off. Scott said that we should continue. We were so far ahead of the cops that we had time to pull out get back on the throttle and were once again in speeds well over 100 on roads designed to be traveled at 45, tops.
We never saw the cop again, but as we careened around a certain turn that when I returned was no more special than the others, we hit a divet in the road at what was judged by investigators to be 90 mph and sailed straight into a tree. We flipped the car in mid-air in such a manner that the car struck the tree by its roof, wrapping it around such that the front and back bumper were 10 inches apart. Adam's last words were "oh shit!" Scott was the front seat passenger. We were completely sober, free of all intoxicants that night.
Blood was everywhere. I wore a white button up shirt to work (I lasted 2 weeks as a waiter) and when I came to I was in a cop car. I looked at my shirt, which was crimson from cuff to collar, and immediately passed out again. Shock. I woke up again and was in an ambulance. The next time I woke up I was in the hospital and some doctor was shoving a cucumber sized forefinger in my ass to check for internal bleeding. The next time I woke up, my dad and step mom were walking past me because they couldn't recognize me, blood caked on my face--some of it was mine, most of it wasn't.
They said that the actual space that Adam was in after the wreck was comparable to that of the inside of your kitchen oven. Metal and plastic caged him in so much that he was under the steering wheel. The first person on the scene was a lady that would become a future co-worker, unbeknownst to me, and she said it was a bloody mess. The cop passed us and she crashed her cruiser as well, just not as bad.
The impact was so forceful that Scott had hit his leg and it blew a chunk of meat the size of a softball out around his knee. Scott now wheres a prosthetic limb and works for a well known orthotics and prosthetic company, Hanger. Every time I see him, I want to bawl my self to oblivion, but we wind up having a drink in honor and memory. To this day, it is unknown whether or not I was thrown from the vehicle, pulled from the vehicle, or if I crawled out of the vehicle. Closure would be nice. It would be even nicer to have Adam back in my life. I can't wait to see him again.
One.
Love.
User Reviews
Submitted by 8track (user info) at 2007-08-02 06:46:21 EDT (#)
Ranking: -2
what a dickhead you turned out to be
Submitted by TheUniter (user info) at 2007-08-01 23:35:59 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
Submitted by Jeanneee (user info) at 2007-08-01 21:55:44 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
No Comment
Submitted by ilikesteak (user info) at 2007-08-01 19:59:14 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
This was pretty gay, but damn if it wasn't good.
Submitted by retrospect (user info) at 2007-08-01 19:44:35 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
LOL you're still banned? bart dislikes you
Submitted by Shlongy (user info) at 2007-08-01 15:22:05 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
One gay post.
Submitted by icarus1987 (user info) at 2007-08-01 15:18:44 EDT (#)
Ranking: -2
No Comment
Submitted by PokeyMen (user info) at 2007-08-01 14:22:03 EDT (#)
Ranking: -2
No Comment
Submitted by Brdn_Nkd (user info) at 2007-08-01 14:15:52 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
fair enough and now I see why you went the way you did. +2 to make it a one not that any of that matters one iota especially when concerned with the death of a loved one. whatever, i'll shut up now.
Submitted by storm (user info) at 2007-08-01 14:08:28 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
brdn, noted, however what seemed like me amping up his existence was me only giving the story, as true as it is a little sustenance as to not lull you all to sleep. I had to give it something that would make you all finish it. I ensure you that it was not to be the "OMG, liek," so on and so forth."
Whatev...you like, don't like, who cares :)
Submitted by Bohme (user info) at 2007-08-01 14:02:39 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
No Comment
Submitted by Brdn_Nkd (user info) at 2007-08-01 13:51:30 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
the first thought that came to mind when I read this was that you all suffered the consequences of your own (Adam's) actions. It is never cool to lose a loved one. it is never easy to lose a loved one. it never seems possible or right and for that I offer my condolences but your response to criticism has been incredibly stoopid.
He died and your other friend now has a fake leg because he was driving like an asshat. short and simple the second thought that came to mind is very crass and would have been withheld if not for your reaction, ah fuck it.. i'll keep it to myself anyway but only because I do know what it's like to lose someone dear.
I guess the thing that irked me about this the most was that your tale almost comes off as though you thought what he was doing was cool or something. it sounds almost like "i lost a person dear to me because he was so much bigger than life that he decided to outrun the cops but while doing so he lost control of the car and died. it's not his fault that he was so cool and didn't realize he wasn't invincible. to my friend, honor bro, honor."
I guess what I'm saying is it's almost hard to be sympathetic to a young person's death when he was acting incredibly stupid and endangering EVERYONE who was near him at the time it happened as opposed to a young person who dies innocently, tragicly.
Submitted by HadToBeDone (user info) at 2007-08-01 13:26:28 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
Find out how bad you suck @ life - http://www.RateMyLife.net
I scored -2. :-(
Submitted by GnarlsBarkley (user info) at 2007-08-01 13:01:53 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Wow Simon. That's an Amazing text, and I SO feel for you, because my best friend passed away the same way (not running from the cops, but rather a friend, who happend to bumb his bumper) and wrpped his car around the tree. Luckily hew was alone, but I still miss him to death, and I understand how you can't wait to see your buddy again.
Submitted by SunnyG (user info) at 2007-08-01 12:34:07 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
whoa....
Submitted by scourge (user info) at 2007-08-01 12:31:55 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
http://www.ubersite.com/m/110656#2489810
i was hoping you wouldn't see that.
Submitted by scourge (user info) at 2007-08-01 12:28:38 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
you post, i review. that's how ubersite works.
i gave my thoughts on what you posted. if i had wanted to be cruel or hateful, i would have. (and it's really quite easy to be cruel or hateful to you.) instead, i offered condolences to you at the loss of your friend and added my take on this. in addition i gave this a POSITIVE rating.
you decided to cry like a fucking baby.
can i help it if you take uber so seriously?
step away from the computer for a while little boy.
Submitted by storm (user info) at 2007-08-01 12:28:32 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
Submitted by a_little_more_time (user info) at 2007-08-01 12:27:35 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
I'll never ask for roadhead again.
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Ahahahaha :) The problem with roadhead for me isn't staying in between the lines, it's maintaining a constant speed. Viva La Cruise Control.
Submitted by a_little_more_time (user info) at 2007-08-01 12:27:35 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Submitted by loki (user info) at 2007-08-01 12:25:22 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Kids never take driving seriously enough. My sister used to drag race our dad's Mustang with me bucked in the back seat like oh sure my being there was going to make her drive more carefully. Christ it's a wonder I ever turned 11.
Actually I don't think any of us take driving seriously enough. Maybe we do it so much that we don't think about it. Just consider the fact that people you wouldn't trust to feed your dog you trust to stay on their side of the neatly painted yellow line and not nail you head on at 70 mph.
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I'll never ask for roadhead again.
Submitted by loki (user info) at 2007-08-01 12:25:22 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Kids never take driving seriously enough. My sister used to drag race our dad's Mustang with me bucked in the back seat like oh sure my being there was going to make her drive more carefully. Christ it's a wonder I ever turned 11.
Actually I don't think any of us take driving seriously enough. Maybe we do it so much that we don't think about it. Just consider the fact that people you wouldn't trust to feed your dog you trust to stay on their side of the neatly painted yellow line and not nail you head on at 70 mph.
Submitted by storm (user info) at 2007-08-01 12:19:44 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
Loki, Had, Scourge: I'm not disagreeing with you at all. Driving like an idiot got him dead. There's no easy way to put that. My best friend died because he drove erratically. However, your buddy scourge took the most humanitarian route for spite. We all know that he doesn't like people but all of a sudden he's worried about that random.
It's safe to say that every possible scenario has played it's course in my mind. What if? Like loki said, we wouldn't be here if half of the shit that could've happened actually did. It's an unfortunate circumstance, but unless you know every aspect of the scenario it would be best to not mention it at all.
'Tis all, I'll be working now.
Every stay cheery and have a blessed afternoon...blessed by whom, I don't know.
Submitted by storm (user info) at 2007-08-01 12:15:05 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
And by the by cupcake, because I live a glamorous life of drinking and promiscuity doesn't mean that I haven't grown up. It simply means that I was smart enough to not settle for the first thing that walked my way, having kids with it, and being tied into a relationship. I have fun test driving...maybe that's why you are such a grouch.
Cheer up kid, if you want you can live vicariously through me :)
Submitted by HadToBeDone (user info) at 2007-08-01 12:14:16 EDT (#)
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He does have a point....albeit one I didn't want to say earlier. Driving like an idiot to avoid a $60 ticket is stupid at best, suicidal at worst. Especially since he wasn't trained to handle a car at high speeds. And all so you all could have a chuckle over drinks later, remembering the time he "outran the fucking cops."
It sucks that you lost him, but he did do it to himself and I have a hard time feeling anything more than basic pity that someone died.
Submitted by loki (user info) at 2007-08-01 12:13:54 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
I'm torn here. I'm leaning towards siding with Scourge in that as fucked up as it was for this kid to be killed, you could have very easily wiped out a minivan full of nuns, orphans, and puppies. I suppose that if everything that could happen did, none of us would have lived to reach adulthood. Hell of a way to suddenly grow up though.
Submitted by storm (user info) at 2007-08-01 12:08:58 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
A kid on a bike or an old man walking at 10 PM on a country road? I've yet to see in my entirety a kid on a bike on a country road, as in fields on either side of you. Once again, do you think before you speak or just mutter the first thing that pops into your Pez Dispenser?
Your thoughts are like candy, man.
Submitted by scourge (user info) at 2007-08-01 11:58:59 EDT (#)
Ranking: 1
well, simpleton, we can only rate and comment on what you DO supply to us through the post, not what you DON'T supply.
you guys were driving like idiots. 100 miles an hour car hits a kid on a bike, or an old man out walking, the kid or the old man dies. sometimes the universe intervenes to protect those who we are too selfish to care about in our efforts at self preservation or self gratification.
i look at this in much the same way i look at drunk drivers.
like i said, 'sorry your friend died' you can underline that part. it sucks to lose a friend. i've lost a few. but he died by his own hand and it IS better him than the inncoent people he put at risk by being a thoroughly self concerned moron.
when you can finally get over yourself and look at things from a broader view than the next whore you'll fuck or the next drink you'll take, you'll find that you've finally become a grownup, dude. we're all looking forward to that day.
*washes hands of this one*
Submitted by storm (user info) at 2007-08-01 11:49:37 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
Right, Scourge, you naysayer. I forgot that you were there and understand every little detail as well as you do. I guess by breathing you are risking the chance I have of living because you are taking my air. Yes, this is personal for me, but I'm 99% certain you just wanted to be an ass instead of having a clue about what you are talking about.
Have a merry Wednesday, dude. I hope everything goes exceptionally well for you, kid.
Submitted by rorrim (user info) at 2007-08-01 11:44:31 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
good story,bad history...
Submitted by scourge (user info) at 2007-08-01 11:34:57 EDT (#)
Ranking: 1
sucks that your friend died. i guess it was better him than all the other innocent humans he put at risk by driving like a fucking idiot though.
Submitted by monkeyswithguns (user info) at 2007-08-01 11:18:09 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
No Comment
Submitted by Hilarity_Ensues (user info) at 2007-08-01 10:27:32 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Definitely not the kicker of all ass in a happy sense. I'm sorry.
Submitted by lungfish (user info) at 2007-08-01 10:22:23 EDT (#)
Ranking: 1
Damn
Submitted by CHR15 (user info) at 2007-08-01 10:13:10 EDT (#)
Ranking: 1
This is more like it, still some grammatical errors though. Good stuff anyway.
Submitted by EmissionImpossible (user info) at 2007-08-01 10:09:18 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
Bought some Super Whey Protein shake today, it looks scary. Banana flavour of course.
Submitted by storm (user info) at 2007-08-01 09:49:14 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
Had, please refrain from carrying on normal banter with me as I have nothing to really talk about. I will tell you that I want my sicosemen account reinstated because that is where I have the majority of my work. That will end all of our personal repartee.
If you would like to comment on this post, please do so...otherwise GTFO. Kthnkgudbeye
Submitted by HadToBeDone (user info) at 2007-08-01 09:33:49 EDT (#)
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You have a new account. Why are you crying about an old account? Did all your others get banned or something?
Submitted by a_little_more_time (user info) at 2007-08-01 08:42:54 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Hot shit.
Fucked up to lose a friend so young.
Submitted by storm (user info) at 2007-08-01 08:22:04 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
http://www.ubersite.com/m/6768#33938
http://www.ubersite.com/m/6768#33986
My how ubersite has changed.
Submitted by EmissionImpossible (user info) at 2007-08-01 08:12:59 EDT (#)
Ranking: 1
What ya say?
heh
Submitted by storm (user info) at 2007-08-01 08:11:41 EDT (#)
Ranking: 0
Yes, I do, cumshot. Do you even read anything, tardo? I just want my old account back but Bart is being an internet tough guy. You ever wonder why there are bannings if a website is supposed to run itself? I'll give you a good reason why. http://www.ubersite.com/m/6768 Bart is a power whore.
Submitted by EmissionImpossible (user info) at 2007-08-01 08:08:42 EDT (#)
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Do you post everday!