Paranoid by Black Sabbath
from Paranoid (1970)
(Source: tweexcoreunderground, via goingt0california)
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Fuck off.
It’s strange how everything has changed to seem either very important or of little importance in the last few days.
I’m in a really weird state of mind right now. It’s going to take me a while to explain it, especially to myself. God, this is so weird.
Rest in peace Kevin
An amazing kid who could always make us laugh. He will be greatly missed.
To Kevin.
We love you Kevin and we are all going to miss you very much. I never knew anybody like Kevin Patterson and it broke me tonight to here that he passed away. Jokes were always made about how someday he would die doing something extreme; Never was it expected to actually happen so something.
Tonight I learned that my friend, Kevin Patterson, passed away in a mountain climbing accident. My mom received that call and I could tell from her tone that something was going wrong. I remember her walking out the house onto the porch as she listened to the other person. As soon as she opened the door, I saw a black bird fly up that had been sitting in our front yard. It was a bizarre feeling because I had heard her repeat “Kevin?” and I knew something bad had happened; I just had the feeling. She came back inside and told me the news, beginning to cry, that Kevin had passed due to an accident. Soon after, my mother and I had my arms around each other-something that hasn’t truly happened in a long time-and she wept. I felt like I should have been as well, but I never can in those kinds of moments. My eyes teared up, but soon became dry, along with my throat.
It still is hard for me to get my head around it. I found out the news almost an hour ago and it still doesn’t seem credible for some reason. Maybe it’s because I have never actually had someone this close to me die before. I really don’t know how to react and I feel like it should come naturally. Maybe that’s why I’m writing anyway.
I know Kevin because he has gone to my church ever since we were very young. We were confirmed together, have gone on mission trips together, went to the National Youth Gathering together, and have hung out a lot throughout the years. He was always someone who liked to take risks and put his body in danger, kind of like a character would on Jackass. He always had great jokes and he was an amazing person to be around.
Back in eight grade (maybe seventh, I don’t remember), Kevin was taken to the hospital for something that would define his personality for the rest of his life. He was flipping off of a trampoline and kneed himself in the face, knocking out the top front row of his teeth (earning him the nickname ‘Toothy’). Of course, when he came to church, he told everybody an untruthful story about him getting into some crazy fight, getting hit with a lead pipe, etc. That was just who he was and all of his friends and family loved him for it.
Kevin, I will forever miss that toothless smile of yours. We all love you and all of your friends will be here together to support your family. Have fun in Heaven; I hope that you will be able to pull off a million crazy stunts with the angels up there. You will be in my heart forever and I will never forget you. Thank you for being a friend to me and the thousands of others that knew you. I appreciate all of the memories that I have of you and me spending time together. It still hasn’t hit me that you’re gone and I know it will be even more hard when it finally does. You always amazed me with your positive attitude, your crazy choices, and your memorable jokes. I can’t wait to see you again when I come up there to join you. I love you, Kevin. Forever rest in peace.
-Jens
