It's weird. He apparently died about three weeks ago.

I wasn't that close to him- he was my lab partner sophomore year, and we

hung out a few times, but when I spent a year away from UD and saw him again

last semester, it wasn't some tight bond, you know?

Still, this is the first time I've directly known a contemporary who has

died, and it's weird. I mean, the dude was only 21. My friend Alex was much

closer to him, and I'll definitely keep a look out for her and try talking to

her when classes start tommorrow.

He was a sweet guy, though- a total nerd who was completely comfortable with

being himself, and never tried changing himself to fit in. There was a lot of

genunity about him. I'll never forget his attempt to do a stand-up comedy

rountine about proverbs. It was awful, but he was a real trouper about it.

Nice reminder that we shouldn't take life for grantred- because you never

know...