Death by computer
Sun Mar 20, 2005 20:16 (UTC -5)I thought I had heard the name before: Jonathan Krix. A year my senior, so it’s likely that I had seen him around school. If I had indeed heard of him, it was never as Jonny Krix, as the obituary said. I had no idea he was the Student Government president. Oh. Well. Before I go any further:
This link won’t last long, but here’s his obituary in full, and that page contains a link to a guestbook. The saddest thing of all is that although I didn’t know this guy, there are several people I kind of know who did. And remember the orchestra concert I wanted to go to on Thursday, two posts ago? If I had gone, I likely would have seen him as he was the day before he died. He was there.
So how did he die? I heard [hearsay deleted]. That is juuust great. [Update Fri May 15, 2009 23:26 UTC-5: I've been told by someone close to Jonathan that this is not at all how or why he died. I regret the appearance of spreading misinformation, especially about a subject that is so close to so many people. I really do feel bad about this. Please don't consider it an insult to his memory; it's just the words of a foolish teenager projecting his own concerns, one who would think twice about saying such things again. Read the rest of this post for what it is, i.e. introspection, without regard to the misinformed thoughts that brought it about in the first place.]
[Potential reference to what my own obituary might be like will not be included here. Actually, what the heck, we all die sometime.]
Actually, it would probably be more along the lines of this:
Obituaries are very expensive.
Let not the reader think that I’m trying to make this into a joke. ‘Cause I’m not. I’m lucky that most of my friends and relatives are still alive, but I know how hard it is to have a loved one die, and how hard it is even for someone you hardly knew. It happens too often, far too often.
The viewing is tomorrow. Some people from school are going to go, but I don’t think that I should, considering I didn’t know him at all. Next Monday — when school resumes — is going to be a sad, sad day.
And if computers kill, lots of us (including me) would be dead by now.
Here’s an exercise in thought: write your own obituary, as if you had died right now. The comment board, as always, is open.
3 comments
#1 by kevin: Mon Mar 21, 2005 15:46 (UTC -5)
good one.
#2 by jake krix: Thu Jun 15, 2006 00:01 (UTC -5)
the good die young in this case the great die younger go heat i love you jonny boi jake
#3 by Frank: Fri Jun 05, 2009 09:06 (UTC -5)
I was not in his grade but i sure do remember him in Hope Lutheran being on the track team playing recess with him. Friend told me this back in 05 i was like you are kidding. So young and such a great guy from the years i have known him i wasn’t very close but close enough to remember who he was. He will always be remembered.