A friend of mine killed himself yesterday. He apparently went out to the beach just before dawn, watched the sun come up over the ocean, and popped himself.
He just turned 21 two weeks ago, he was in a high pressure college program, had a rocky relationship with his "redneck/traditional asian" parents, uncertain relationships with friends and women, but there were no indications of this coming...
It's almost a cliche really; he's the demographic suicide...
God it's offensive to say that, but it's true.
He was known for proposing these wildly bad ideas, like bullpup pump shotguns with riot triggers, or fire on bolt close mode for barrage fire rifles or other somesuch crap; jsut as thought excercises.
We all used to make fun of him for it, even coming up with a term for it, the "Bad Idea Thread".
A few days ago he came up with such a stinker I rponounced it his "worst idea yet, and tha'ts saying something...
Well, I changed my mind. Frank, this was your worst idea ever; and that's saying something.
We grieve, not for the dead who are beyond the pull of grief; but for the living.
Let us not grieve; but celebrate the life of those who have left us, and take joy in what they have done, and how they have touched our lives.
Rest in peace, Frank Chen, 1986-2007
