NDN
Posted in *sigh* on September 18th, 2007One of the people responsible for a pretty good chunk of the laughter & good times in my life died today.
I hadn’t talked to him in a year or so, but he was always still there. Something would remind me of something & there would be a great NDN story to be told that went along with it.
One of the scariest moments in my life was when NDN was driving that damn Geo Metro, giving me a lift to work. He was talking about what a good driver he was and suddenly slammed his seat back into the full reclining position and was driving completely blind down Peoria at about 35 miles an hour.
Of course when we went to Denver to see Xpy that one New Years Eve, he had to bring up that terrifying moment on the drive home and repeat the whole scene, this time in a minivan, just to make sure I hadn’t forgotten it.
I will remember:
NDN firewalking through burning couch bonfires behind the Argonne.
Walking into Dave’s apartment one night after a party and seeing NDN sitting serenely cross-legged shirtless on Dave’s couch. He just looked up at me, saw my expression, and said “I’m Buddha”.
NDN later breaking that couch.
NDN passing out all over. Seriously, he passed out in like 5 different places in what seemed a simultaneous feat of time warping.
Blowing a triple giant fireball with Xpy & NDN.
The night of 1001 jello shots.
NDN always dicking with my shitty computer to make it better.
The fact that he had the balls to give his son the middle name “Zaphod”.
All his drunken diatribes about what I needed to do with my life. Heh. I did most of them too. And he was about 80% right.
Spontaneous road trips (“We’re going to OKC to see Bruce Campbell – be ready in 10 minutes”).
And… the fact that NDN took me to the Center of the Universe and made me a man.
He was a dick sometimes, but all people you consider family usually are.
I will miss you, my friend.
I’ll go through my old video tapes/pictures if I can & post some choice videos & pics of him.
Oh – and just because he thought it was the most clever thing he had ever said when he saw the video tape the morning after and would quote it from time to time:
“See Lisa, all those times you thought I was drunk… I was only ACTING stupid!”
- NDN, NYE 2000
