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February 9, 2007
Bad news
I know this is usually a place for light hearted jokes and picking on one another, but I just recieved some news that has shaken me to my core, and I need somewhere to put it. Matt Lucas, the friend of mine from CKM died last friday after an 8 month struggle with cancer. I know that a lot of you guys didn't know him or have a chance to talk to him but believe me when I tell you, with him gone the world is in fact diminished. No one was less deserving of the trials of the last half a year and I'll be damned if he didn't take it all in stride. But that much weight is too much for any soul to bear, and last thursday he talked to his doctor and said he was through, and let nature do the rest.
I feel like shit having not taken the time to stay in contact with Matt or to check in regularly on his carepage at mercygeneral.org, but the end would have been the same, it would have changed nothing, and I still would have lost a friend. I think the point of this rambling is that I do in fact love and care about each and every one of you, and I want it to be out there in the clear so that if anything like this ever happens to any of you, know I will get your back in any way I am able. So please, take care of yourselves and stay in touch with one another. Life is too fucking short for this maddness.
Posted by Vilhelm at February 9, 2007 9:30 AM
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Hey man...
I'm really sorry to hear about Matt. I know you mentioned him getting cancer a while back. I only wish I had gotten the chance to know him better.
-Geoff
Posted by: Geoff 
at February 9, 2007 2:07 PM
I knew Matt from CKM, and I have the same regrets. I have lost many family and friends during my lifetime, and I always have the same thoughts and regrets in the end. Take time to remember the good times you had with Matt instead of dwelling on what you think you should have done. Matt would not want you go through that.
You have made your feelings about the rest of us clear Will, and that is not always an easy thing to do. You are all my family, and I have the same love and respect for all of you as I do with the rest of my family. You all know that I will do anything and everything in my power to help wherever it is needed. Stay well, my friends.
Posted by: Ninja McFear at February 9, 2007 4:58 PM
Thanks guys. I am feeling a lot more level since I made the post. And I agree with Kev, I will focus on all the good memories I have of Matt. The funeral is monday, but I want to remember him the way he was at 2nd lunch and during Journalism. Thanks a lot guys.
Posted by: Vilhelm at February 9, 2007 6:37 PM
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