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February 14, 2005
Mike, I Barely Knew You
I've been doing other things since Lady Crumpet called me Thursday afternoon to tell me Mike had died. As I attended to research at work, as I painted our study this weekend, as I rode the subway, as I ate meals, I thought of Mike. My heart hurts. He was taken away suddenly and I feel such sadness and regret.
I should've written something for A Case for Song like he asked. We kept writing back and forth- Let's go for drinks- but it never happened. Lauren and I were invited to his Christmas party, but we couldn't go. I'd planned to go to the last Blogger Bash, but at the last minute, I didn't. The last time we made contact, he IM'ed me, but I didn't realize it was him, so I didn't answer. We emailed back and forth after I had to apologize for my mistake. I'd planned to invite him for my birthday party in a couple of weeks.
I hadn't seen him in more than a year with all of my Yeah, let's... and then nots. And now it's too late. I always enjoyed talking to him...hanging out with him on those rare occasions we did meet in person. Conversation was just so easy with him- as a quiet person, that's rare for me.
The only comfort I can take is that last summer, I finally gave him the mix cd I'd promised him the year before for being one of handful of contestants in my one-year blogiversary contest. I think he liked it, which was a great source of pride to me.
Mike, I'm going to miss you. I'm sorry we didn't get to know each other better.
Z.
Zeebahtronic
Originally posted here but also offered as a contribution here. Thank you.
Posted at February 14, 2005 02:22 PM
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