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you got a ritual or something for a guy who just killed himself? a cousin of mine killed himself yesterday. he was 38, two years younger than me. i assumed he had shot himself, but i was talking to my mom today and she said he asphyxiated himself with a plastic bag, even though he had a gun with him. i said "who the hell kills himself that way?" she said "well, that sercey boy did." i had no idea who the sercey boy was. turns out it was some young guy in wheelchair (crippled like me: t-12 complete) who had visited me 20 years ago when i was in rehab. i had a vague memory of him but i think i was on too many painkillers at the time to have a clear memory. she said he had been schizophrenic but very intelligent. his mother was a very positive and outgoing woman who was artsy and ran a gallery somewhere in dallas. a few years after they had visited me in rehab, the mother killed herself and not long after her son killed himself by asphyxiating himself with a plastic bag. this is texas for christ's sake! one of the few good things about being able to get guns so easily is that you can off yourself quickly and cleanly with one shot. |
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i remember that thread, antigone. all my mother said was that he used a plastic bag, so my imagination had him thrashing around in agony as he slowly suffocated. the funeral is tommorow. i don't suppose i'd be able to go up to any of his family and say, "hey - when you stop weeping, could you tell me if he used an inert gas to off himself?" we've already missed one romuva festival back in june, but there's another one coming up in september. i'm thinking a bonfire out by the lake. |
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i stayed awake until 5am last night drinking whiskey. tonight i'm drinking whiskey and milk. |
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