Today I attended the most unfortunate of events: a funeral.
It is perhaps the first one I have attended in my (adult) life for someone who is not a relative.
Matthew King was a young, extremely intelligent senior network engineer at the young age of 26. He was a dark, yet intricate human being, capable of mixing with people much older than himself, and able to communicate with them in ways most people of Matthew's age could not do.
I was not close to Matthew, in fact, for many, he was a hard young man to get close to. Matthew was the first metal head I met at work. He approached me solely due to an image on my PC he saw one day, and from there we began to chat.
I had times of difficulty with him, as many did, but I never lost my respect for him. In his final days at work he was very sick, pale with no colour but yellow and on Boxing Day we learned he had collapsed and died.
Matthew had been with his partner Dannica since high school, and she gave a moving eulogy today. They were together for 8 or so years. I can not imagine her pain, let alone that of Matthew's mother, to lose this young man at such a young age, under such sudden circumstances.
Tonight, to the hymms of Burzum and Hekel, I will go to the golf course, light a candle for him and wish him well on his next journey in the afterlife while I overlook the sea.
Goodbye, Matthew. Rest in Peace.
Tuesday, January 09, 2007
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4 comments:
Mindi, your words echo my thoughts well, I didn't know Matthew as well as you did. Regardless, as a co-worker I've known Matthew for many years now and I'm saddened by his passing.
Thanks for passing on my condolences to Matthew's partner at the funeral, I really appreicated it and wish I had been in Oz to be able to attend his funeral in person.
I think Matthew's passing affected us all in similar ways. I just found myself for no apparent reason doing a search for his name in Google and came across your blog. Great sentiments and I agree whole heartedly.
Gleff, I am in the same field.. Came to this via a google search
I met Matthew when I was in high school, and at first, yes, I was probably an annoyance, but he soon taught me the ways of networking, the man was a genius, pure and simple. I honestly doubt I'd be where I am today, if it wasn't for him giving me root access to break and fix things.
It's a shame I could never catch up with Matthew, to say thanks to him for all he'd taught me, you just never expect this at such a young age..
man its been a year, will never forget the banter that used to go down at the NAC
I hope your doing allright where ever you may be ..
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