my-friend-John-what-kicked-all-ass (long) (3683 hits)
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Submitted by skrapmetal (View user info) at 2005-11-22 20:04:29 EST
There's no rape, lemonparty, tubgirl, peeners (spelled "poeeners" in Britain, by the way), rabbits, kittens, politics, bajiners, goatse, or necropedobestiality in this post, sorry. Skip to the end if you like.
I write this at the risk of sounding like a long-winded country song.
This part I heard: My friend John lived in SoCal for the first part of his life. His dad was, well, elsewhere, his mom was a corporate lawyer and he was a tall skinny pothead electrician reasonably good at both being a pothead and at being an electrician. He had a job that provided him enough income to support being single and regularly high in West LA, and also to indulge his hobby, The Red Car. A 1966 Chevy Nova SS (or Chevy II, if you like) that he bought bone stock in 1972, when he was about 17 years old. John enjoyed surfing and hanging at the beach, but he really loved to drag race and street race. He was always going to make The Red Car into the Ultimate Streeter. In the meantime, he kept it on the road and raced as often as he could. Even ran it a Pomona, where God races on Wednesday Test & Tune.
Around the age of 22 he found, like many people do, that the circumstances of his life dictated a change of venue. In John's case, a rapid change of venue. One fast bankruptcy hearing and a week of convincing his mom the lawyer that he'd be back for his stuff soon, he was off to Ohio where he had a cousin. He had to leave The Red Car in his mom's garage, "just for a while". A while later, he moved to Indiana for a job. He had a couple more jobs, and moved a couple more times, always in Indiana or Ohio.
The rest I know: In Indiana is where I met John, at a job. He was a regular guy with occasional girlfriends and a passion for old fast cars and beer. We started hanging out because I had an interest in girls and old fast cars and beer too. Guys are like that. I'm a Ford guy, he was a Chevy guy, I'm an ale guy, he was a pilsener guy, so we had great times berating the other's brands of choice. Guys are like that, too. John ran the CAD system where we worked. On occasion, when mentioning John to others, I'd refer to him as "my-friend-John-what-runs-the-CAD-system".
John could cook. One winter day I stopped by after work and he was making fish tacos. Fish tacos in Indiana, where the State Meal is a pork tenderloin sandwich and corn on the cob all washed down with a giant glass of milk. So I tried one, and it was fucking great. John was feeling a bit homesick, so he took his mom's telephone-delivered advice and made some home-style food. John became "my-friend-John-what-makes-most-excellent-surfer-food" as we munched fish tacos and drank Coors Light and he talked about surfing and racing and old girlfriends and The Red Car and what he was going to do with it once he got it out of the garage.
One day after I had moved on from that job, John decided that he was bored with the CAD work and quit. He just went home one Tuesday afternoon and didn't come in again. Eventually he called in and told the boss he was done. So, John stayed home, watching daytime TV and drinking Coors Light and getting high on occasion for two and a half years. How fucking cool is that? Depends on your perspective, I guess. During this time I jokingly referred to him as "my-friend-John-what ain't-got-no-job".
John was spending some time thinking of ways he could get The Red Car out of his mom's garage, since he was now almost 40 and hadn't done anything with the car beyond pulling the cover off and sitting in it on five occasions in about 18 years. After looking through alternately the Jeg's racing parts catalog and his bank statements for a while, John decided he'd best get employed. After a few weeks, John was able to land a gig at a TV station. He started in maintenance but quickly started filling in on the 'board', running taped shows, punching local commercials into the national broadcast programs, and entering the 'crawl' text on the local news. "My-friend-John-what-until-recently-ain't-got-no-job" evolved into "my-friend-John-what-crawls-at-work" or "my-friend-John-what-is in-'the-business'" over the next few weeks.
John saved enough money by working a lot to start buying a few parts and eventually move out of his apartment and into a rental house with a garage. Eventually he flew out to SoCal and, after 20 years, loaded The Red Car onto a transport truck for the trip to Indiana. He flew back and was waiting for it when it arrived. The Red Car did not run, of course, but he and the truck driver pushed it up the driveway and into the garage. It went onto jackstands and "my-friend-John-what-has-The-Red-Car" started making with the wrenches. He bought parts and wrenched a lot. Progress was made on The Red Car.
One day while shaving, John noticed that his eyes were yellow. A trip to the doctor, some tests, a biopsy, a stint, some chemo and two months later "my-friend-John-what-has-inoperable-type-four-pancreatic-cancer" was 30 pounds lighter and notably weaker. It was all he could do to get out to the garage and work on The Red Car for a little bit each day. His ultracool boss at work just let it be known that John was 'working at home on some maintenance issues' so he was getting paid and the insurance was covering the treatments.
After one particular trip to the cancerdoc, John accepted the fact that he was not going to be able to finish The Red Car. As I was the closest of his friends, I got to be the secretary as he made sure he laid out everything he had planned for it. Parts, installation tricks, tweaks, scope of work, everything. I took copious notes. He was "my-friend-John-what-has-a-plan".
John invited some of his surfer friends from SoCal out to Indiana in the middle of the winter of 2003. I showed up to meet them and we all sat around in John's house drinking "our-friend-John-what-has-an-amazing-calmness-about-what's-about-to-occur"'s Coors Light and talking about how much snow sucks and what they all did together in SoCal back when everything was alright. John got tired and wanted to rest, so we all went out to the garage and wrenched on The Red Car for a few hours, each of us taking shifts sitting with John in case he needed anything. We took a million pictures and brought the camera a lot in so John could review what we were up to and advise or concur.
About 8:00 pm the doorbell rang. It was a guy asking for John. John called out to "let ol' Buddy in!" Buddy was John's weed dealer. "My-friend-John-what-is-always-nauseous" was smoking a bit of weed to keep the pain down and make him hungry. His dealer delivered. How cool was that? Doesn't depend on your perspective in the fucking least - it's very cool. We decided that Buddy was a hell of a guy, and hit him up for a little extra, you know, for us.
John got weaker. I stopped by every day, or couple days. He had an in-home hospice caregiver. She was new at the hospice thing and got kind of nervous at a guy who was 6 ft. 4 inches and 95 pounds asking her to raise him up in the chair when he slumped down. Her main function was to make sure "my-friend-John-what-Jesus-Christ-holy-fuck-might-really-might-be-fucking-dying"'s cigarettes didn't set the chair on fire and to get him to the bathroom when it was necessary. He wasn't eating anymore so that wasn't too much of a burden on her.
One day a guy from the hospital showed up and set up a morphine pump. The weed just wasn't working anymore. The hospice lady made sure the connections were correct and they showed John how to punch the button for more poppy juice. "My-friend-John-what-loves-him-some-new-experiences" had the strength for that, you bet. He hit the button once, and then again, and again, and again despite the fact that the device only delivers the prescribed dosage in any time period. When the morphine began to work, John said, "This is the best buzz I've ever had." And then he died.
At John's funeral I said a few words about why I thought "my-friend-John-what-also-likes-good-beer" was a good guy and a friend and all that crap. I said that he had taught me about focusing on what's important rather than what seems important. That was true.
John left me The Red Car in his will because I like girls and old fast cars and beer and so did he. "My-friend-John-what-is-an-evil-genius" made sure that The Red Car would run again, even if a Ford guy had to make it so. Fucker.
There is a basket in the front seat of The Red Car right now. In the basket is a T-shirt from the Pomona Raceway, a baggy of beach sand and shells from John's favorite surfing beach, a bottle of Coors Light, John's favorite dope pipe, and a tin of ashes from My Friend John. Some time in the not-too-distant future, John's ashes will make an 11-second pass in The Red Car. I promised his mom.
Here's a pic of The Red Car.
User Reviews
Submitted by loan_officer (user info) at 2008-03-30 13:12:38 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
No Comment
Submitted by hour_man (user info) at 2008-03-12 09:29:59 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Submitted by thecaes (user info) at 2008-03-12 08:13:01 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Just re-read it. Still amazing.
Submitted by thecaes (user info) at 2008-03-12 08:13:01 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Just re-read it. Still amazing.
Submitted by Registered_S_O (user info) at 2008-03-11 03:12:20 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
This is better then anything I will ever write.
Submitted by hour_man (user info) at 2007-12-19 11:26:19 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
cool
Submitted by corn_nugget (user info) at 2007-12-19 11:02:03 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
So fucking sad.
Submitted by monkeyswithguns (user info) at 2007-11-30 18:51:35 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
AHA! So it was YOU who lured me to Ubersite!
This was one of the posts that actually made me sign up and start posting myself.
Slowly but surely, I shall find you all again, and rate you accordingly.
Submitted by experima (user info) at 2007-11-10 14:35:19 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
No Comment
Submitted by Axolotl (user info) at 2007-11-10 14:30:30 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
No Comment
Submitted by DangerPants (user info) at 2007-11-10 13:30:30 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
No Comment
Submitted by bruzwuld (user info) at 2007-11-10 12:41:11 EST (#)
Ranking: -2
No Comment
Submitted by EmissionImpossible (user info) at 2007-11-01 05:52:32 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
B@W
This deserves it.
Submitted by AsshOly (user info) at 2007-10-29 02:40:17 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Very cool. Sad, but cool.
Submitted by Phallic_Cymbals (user info) at 2007-10-29 01:09:09 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Nice
Submitted by shadow (user info) at 2007-10-12 15:52:43 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
true that, Brdn.
Submitted by Brdn_Nkd (user info) at 2007-10-12 15:47:07 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
i love when old posts of quality, like this one, pop up on the mrr.
Submitted by shadow (user info) at 2007-10-12 15:33:03 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
I am very glad I read this.
Submitted by Doogsterville (user info) at 2007-10-12 15:07:23 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
N/C
Submitted by SunnyG (user info) at 2007-08-29 14:24:46 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
this was very touching and made me feel emotion. That is rare on uber.
Submitted by Zee18 (user info) at 2007-07-20 15:12:39 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Beautiful....
Submitted by wookie (user info) at 2007-07-09 15:31:18 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
No Comment
Submitted by FALLEN (user info) at 2007-07-09 15:31:08 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
A +2 from another Ford guy.
Totaly great.
Submitted by Hilarity_Ensues (user info) at 2007-07-09 15:10:50 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Fuck, this makes me cry EVERY SINGLE TIME I READ IT. I love it.
*wipes face*
Submitted by EmoJean (user info) at 2007-04-30 07:44:59 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
yeah I'll keep bringing this to the MRR
Submitted by EmoJean (user info) at 2007-04-25 16:11:32 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
surely someone else will see this, should be required reading for all noobs
Submitted by EmoJean (user info) at 2007-04-25 15:22:35 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Still fucking awesome.
If you see this in the MRR, read it.
Submitted by WingedFoote (user info) at 2006-09-05 16:24:33 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
goosebumps all over
Submitted by Axolotl (user info) at 2006-06-01 12:31:40 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Nominated for best ever
http://www.ubersite.com/m/88572
Submitted by DeathJester (user info) at 2006-06-01 10:55:42 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Thanks for pointing this out, Axolotl.
You are a good friend.
Submitted by badassmofo (user info) at 2006-05-31 23:22:08 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
I'm not sure why I didn't rate this before.
I'm not really sure what to say, I read it once and got a little misty, I read it out loud to my wife the second time and the pregnant witch cried for 20 minutes.
Great tribute man, you-friend-John-what-mightily-would-appreciate-this is a lucky man to have friends such as you.
Submitted by jgreening (user info) at 2006-05-31 23:07:17 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
So, g_prime is the streakfucker?
Submitted by Chazzy (user info) at 2006-05-31 22:48:24 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Beautifully written
Submitted by thecaes (user info) at 2006-05-31 22:12:31 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Very touching, but avoids sentimentality. A very manly post, in the best possible way.
Thanks.
Submitted by Anansie (user info) at 2006-05-31 12:01:47 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
I read this a while back, but never rated it. It's great.
Submitted by EatMeCompletely (user info) at 2006-05-09 16:58:03 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Just awesome. I needed to rate this again.
Sorry that I missed this the first time.
Submitted by inion_de_trua (user info) at 2006-05-09 16:57:04 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
still best EVAR!!
Submitted by EatMeCompletely (user info) at 2006-05-09 16:37:09 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Awesome tribute.
Submitted by Jimmo (user info) at 2006-04-20 10:05:13 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Crying in the office again damn you.
Submitted by G-prime (user info) at 2006-03-04 13:06:59 EST (#)
Ranking: 1
This was alright.
Submitted by gonefiguring (user info) at 2006-02-28 22:23:10 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
I think it may be the drink, but this really affected me.
+2...
Submitted by gonefiguring (user info) at 2006-02-28 21:54:42 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
No Comment
Submitted by Method (user info) at 2006-02-26 07:31:14 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
absolutely loved it
Submitted by MandaPanda (user info) at 2006-02-26 06:03:29 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
I like country songs.
Submitted by fried-green-potatoes (user info) at 2006-02-25 21:00:34 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Sorry I missed this the first time.
Submitted by EchoBoxing (user info) at 2006-02-25 20:39:36 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Excellent
Submitted by Axolotl (user info) at 2006-02-25 20:16:51 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
This was good
Submitted by JillTheLass (user info) at 2006-02-25 19:58:03 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Fabulous.
Submitted by sl4tt3ry (user info) at 2006-02-22 19:10:43 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
I'm really glad my girlfriend isn't at my house right now
I've never shed a tear in front of her and I would have hated to break my streak
Great fucking post
Submitted by Wrightcopy (user info) at 2006-02-18 22:27:01 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
I remember when I first read this. Glad it popped back up on MRR, it's worth reading again.
Submitted by Unabonger (user info) at 2006-02-18 22:13:43 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
"There's no rape, lemonparty, tubgirl, peeners (spelled "poeeners" in Britain, by the way), rabbits, kittens, politics, bajiners, goatse, or necropedobestiality in this post, sorry. Skip to the end if you like. "
I got this far.
but I also trust uber folk tastes so +2.
Submitted by AlexorGM (user info) at 2006-02-18 21:52:35 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
very.. excellent
Submitted by awesome_face (user info) at 2006-02-17 18:26:15 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Fucking incredible. I think I love john.
Submitted by MichelleNJ (user info) at 2006-02-15 13:38:51 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Very nice.
Submitted by ugoat (user info) at 2006-02-15 12:28:49 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
An emerald in a mountain of coal.
Submitted by matnotharry (user info) at 2006-02-15 12:28:38 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Excellent
Submitted by BLITZKREIG_BOB (user info) at 2006-02-15 12:18:25 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Awesome.
Submitted by nitty34 (user info) at 2006-02-13 14:53:52 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Writing like this belongs somewhere better than here.
Well done.
Submitted by LadyJay (user info) at 2006-02-12 23:13:26 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Well written, 2's well deserved, got 11secs yet?!
Submitted by Circe (user info) at 2006-02-12 22:42:05 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
No Comment
Submitted by Kale (user info) at 2006-02-12 22:22:53 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
No Comment
Submitted by electrictoothsyndrome (user info) at 2006-02-06 17:10:48 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Submitted by NotSteve (user info) at 2006-02-06 15:42:16 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Awesome
Submitted by AshK (user info) at 2006-02-06 14:33:29 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
No Comment
Submitted by FilthyAssistant (user info) at 2006-02-05 22:31:11 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
This is a really nice thing.
Submitted by coley (user info) at 2006-02-05 21:54:31 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
I imagine your friend likes this very much.
Submitted by coley (user info) at 2006-02-05 21:54:10 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
fuck you, cancer. FUCK YOU
Submitted by inion_de_trua (user info) at 2006-02-02 10:17:41 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
holy crap i've been looking for this story, yay to whoever the hell found it and rated it again.
Submitted by kthsgoodgrl (user info) at 2006-02-02 10:07:48 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
my-husband-what-had-him-a-red-car-but-died-too-young would have loved this story. I did...It made me cry
Submitted by honoursystem (user info) at 2006-02-02 09:49:12 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
This was great. Props to such a great friend.
Submitted by EAZEDZT (user info) at 2006-01-20 19:21:18 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Submitted by Teephphah (user info) at 2005-11-29 18:09:34 (#)
Ranking: 2
Submitted by scourge (user info) at 2005-11-23 23:49:18 (#)
Ranking: 2
skrapmetal-what-knew-how-to-appreciate-his-friend
This needs more attention than what it has got. One of the better things I've read here, so I came back and read it again.
Submitted by EAZEDZT (user info) at 2006-01-20 19:20:30 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
still deserving
Submitted by Nellypaal (user info) at 2005-11-30 09:00:53 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
No Comment
Submitted by SPECIALk (user info) at 2005-11-29 21:12:50 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
No Comment
Submitted by Falconer (user info) at 2005-11-29 18:20:29 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
A fitting tribute, i'm sure.
Submitted by Teephphah (user info) at 2005-11-29 18:09:34 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Submitted by scourge (user info) at 2005-11-23 23:49:18 (#)
Ranking: 2
skrapmetal-what-knew-how-to-appreciate-his-friend
This needs more attention than what it has got. One of the better things I've read here, so I came back and read it again.
Submitted by DanielH (user info) at 2005-11-29 17:59:15 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
That's true friendship, and well written. It's a story I'll never forget. + + +
Submitted by Phinch (user info) at 2005-11-29 17:25:13 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
wow.
Submitted by ruthless (user info) at 2005-11-29 14:51:08 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Holy fuck this is awesome.
Submitted by Cracked_out_cali (user info) at 2005-11-26 20:57:56 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
You made a grown man tear up.
Are you happy now? Well, are you?
Submitted by krissi (user info) at 2005-11-26 20:39:07 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
This is the best post I've ever read. Amazing.
Submitted by Bubba2341 (user info) at 2005-11-26 20:12:26 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Where the fuck is the +99 on the list? Fuck you, Bart.
Great car, awesome writing.
Submitted by garcon_fou (user info) at 2005-11-26 19:42:15 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
No Comment
Submitted by Bickerstaff (user info) at 2005-11-25 19:38:21 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
No Comment
Submitted by Kindred (user info) at 2005-11-25 19:37:41 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
"Kicker of all Ass" just doesn't seem to sum it up.
Submitted by BananaPhone (user info) at 2005-11-25 19:19:36 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Beautiful.
Just abso-fucking-lutely beautiful.
Submitted by skrapmetal (user info) at 2005-11-25 19:08:17 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
Thanks, y'all.
Thanks.
Submitted by scourge (user info) at 2005-11-23 23:49:18 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
skrapmetal-what-knew-how-to-appreciate-his-friend
This needs more attention than what it has got. One of the better things I've read here, so I came back and read it again.
Submitted by Faidel (user info) at 2005-11-23 22:45:00 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Well written. It sounds like your friend John-what-had-a-life-worth-celebrating was a good guy, and a good friend.
Submitted by Dead_0hi0_Sky (user info) at 2005-11-23 19:31:02 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
anyone got a tissue?
Submitted by EAZEDZT (user info) at 2005-11-23 19:19:02 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
If ever a post deserved a +2 this'd be the one,
Fuckin'A
Submitted by JonnyX (user info) at 2005-11-23 19:05:02 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Too bad there's not a Lifetime channel for men, you'd made a fortune selling this teevee screenplay
Submitted by inion_de_trua (user info) at 2005-11-23 13:57:53 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
utterly and completely worth the tears.
Submitted by Wrightcopy (user info) at 2005-11-23 13:39:38 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
<sniff sniff> I kept telling myself that I wasn't going to cry, that this wasn't that kind of story or something. But I did anyways.
I love the writing style. Though I don't know you, your-friend-John, or anything about this story, it somehow seems very appropriate. It just... fits.
And that's a beautiful car.
Submitted by Teephphah (user info) at 2005-11-23 13:17:06 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
This kicked unspeakable amounts of ass.
Thank you for sharing this.
Submitted by skrapmetal (user info) at 2005-11-23 11:50:21 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
Submitted by Shlongy (user info) at 2005-11-23 11:17:26 (#)
Ranking: 2
Nice tribute. Were you two planning on marrying?
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Nope. Just racing.
Submitted by Mike00295 (user info) at 2005-11-23 11:30:28 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Submitted by Maddog (user info) at 2005-11-23 09:52:46 (#)
Ranking: 2
Excellent. Fucking excellent.
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This was amazing.
Submitted by Shlongy (user info) at 2005-11-23 11:17:26 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Nice tribute. Were you two planning on marrying?
Submitted by JohnGalt (user info) at 2005-11-23 11:09:27 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
No Comment
Submitted by scourge (user info) at 2005-11-23 10:46:05 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
All your emotional type reminiscing almost made the pain water come out my eyes.
This was excellent.
Submitted by HighVoltage900 (user info) at 2005-11-23 10:34:58 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Very touching.
Submitted by indoninja (user info) at 2005-11-23 09:53:32 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
No Comment
Submitted by Maddog (user info) at 2005-11-23 09:52:46 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Excellent. Fucking excellent.
Submitted by Brdn_Nkd (user info) at 2005-11-23 09:38:08 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
No Comment
Submitted by yeahthatme (user info) at 2005-11-23 01:06:49 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
A touching story, very well written.
NO, I'm NOT crying. I had um, garlic earlier.
Submitted by Bob_Dole (user info) at 2005-11-22 23:30:03 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
::emotions usually reserved for um stuff::
Submitted by MrSparkle847 (user info) at 2005-11-22 23:17:25 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
That drew a tear.
Submitted by skrapmetal (user info) at 2005-11-22 22:24:10 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
It's not plagarized, I promise. It took me two days to write because I kept misting up.
Here's a link: http://www.koontznet.net/skpage/Redcar/redcar1.htm
I'm the fat one in the tie-dye; my-friend-John-who-had-much-to-teach is the tall skinny fucker. We're brewing beer when this pic was taken.
Fuck.
Submitted by RyuFu (user info) at 2005-11-22 22:16:39 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Wow...I don't know where to begin with this one...
1. I really enjoyed this somewhat unorthodox writing style, despite the grammatic flaws.
2. You have accomplished the near-impossible task of writing a sentimental post that kicks ass (I guess the subject of the post helped out in this aspect)
3. This better not be plagiarized, or so help me I will be pissed. That about it.
Submitted by apollo88 (user info) at 2005-11-22 21:42:02 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
I can't think about death at all.
I push it to the back of my mind otherwise I feel sick.
This was excellent.
Submitted by DropItLikeItsDisgusting (user info) at 2005-11-22 20:54:23 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Sad, but fucking awesome story.
Submitted by FallenZer0 (user info) at 2005-11-22 20:47:48 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
wow the end brought a tear to my eye..
beautiful story, one of those life lessons that never leaves you. sorry about such a good friend dying, but it's nature, and you're mature enough to accept it. have fun with the pretty red car!