Tag: life

I found out today an old friend from high school passed away in a car accident this morning. It really smacked me in the face in a lot of ways but I’m sad a young guy with a full life ahead of him passed unnecessarily today. It’s a head shaker and makes you forgot your own shit. You can’t help but wonder why the fuck something like this should happen. I haven’t spoken to Cody in many years but I remember him. I knew a good man.

Cody and I attended the same high school and met through the few punk rockers on campus. It was a small number of kids and I didn’t know how much punk and alternative styles of rock and metal were about to change me and make an impact on my life. Cody was there for an early portion of it. He’s tastes in music influenced mine. He was a big Ska, Operation Ivy, early pop-punk, and hardcore fan. We had great conversations about DIY shows and scenes of the past. We were both huge fans of Black Flag. I remember him favoring My War the most of their records. Cody and his friend maybe a really funny diss track about me called “Hey Sebastian!” by his band Skunk and The Cantanis Monks.

This death reminds me of the many I’ve experienced over the past 12 months. This one hurts in a different way though. This could have happened to me. It might happen to me. Cody certainly didn’t deserve to go this way. It makes me wonder if I should be grateful or regretful to be alive. For one, I’m lucky I still get to go on but yet I wonder if it should have been me. It shouldn’t have been him. That’s for sure.