dave dehay
There is so much to say, and no words good enough. This week we lost a friend, and it's impossible to make sense of it. We're hurt, we're sad, we're angry, we're confused. We've banded together to share our disbelief; we've laughed and cried. It's not possible, yet we're not waking up. He can't possibly, truly, be gone, yet we are making arrangements to attend his funeral. What can you possibly say about that that does it justice?!?!
Goodbye Dave. You will be sorely missed.
posted at 9:53 PM
7 Comments:
Pls. email me, v. I'm clearly way out of the loop... your post is my first news of Dave's passing.
6:20 AM, September 24, 2005
oh god shannon! i'm so sorry! i'll email you.
6:27 AM, September 24, 2005
Thanks for posting the pic, that brings back good memories. Dave will be sorely missed.
(Justin seems to have had the same sort of week you did, and apologetically called me while I was running errands a couple hours ago to tell me, "Oh god, Shan, I have news I forgot to give you."
12:47 PM, September 24, 2005
Yes, thank you for posting the photo, Ashley.
I was desperately looking for photos of him at home, only to find a small batch of side-shots of him playing classic videogames at Videotopia in El Paso. (What a great road trip that was...) But no straight-on pictures. :(
Side-shot after side-shot only served to make me feel like I was forgetting him already. Try as I might, I could not see his face. :(
But how can anyone forget Dave???
-Lee
7:09 PM, September 25, 2005
I think some of us have been feeling a bit guilty about not calling Dave as much as we probably should have after he quit his job at That Fucking Place, but we need to get over that bullshit.
Dave was one of my closest friends. He constantly surprised me with his wit, knowledge and wisdom. I was always eager to share funny stories and articles with him, and loved talking about film, music, art, everything with him.
Every time I can't remember some actor's name, every time some crooked politician makes a fool of himself, every time I learn something new I will think of Dave, because I will involuntarily wish I could seek his counsel or share my new insight with him.
We don't have to worry about forgetting him. Knowing Dave altered us in a very fundamental way, and we will have no choice but to look out at the world with a perspective that he helped shape. And I believe that we did the same for Dave.
A better tribute I can't imagine.
1:45 PM, September 29, 2005
I am an old friend of Dave's from Austin--hadn't seen him in about 12 years--and just now found out about his death from an old mutual friend. Needless to say I'm deeply shocked, saddened, and reeling. Although I hadn't spoken to or seen him in so long, I never forgot Dave or his humor, spirit and obvious longing for a better life and world in which to live it.
8:17 AM, December 04, 2006
I am an old friend of Dave's from Austin--hadn't seen him in about 12 years--and just now found out about his death from an old mutual friend. Needless to say I'm deeply shocked, saddened, and reeling. Although I hadn't spoken to or seen him in so long, I never forgot Dave or his humor, spirit and obvious longing for a better life and world in which to live it.
8:18 AM, December 04, 2006
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