I don't mean cry as in a cheap young kid story like in Grade 1 the bully stole my lunch, I mean like actually tear up at school for something. I was damn near openly crying a few school days ago. I had tears in my eyes and I didn't even give a damn.
We had a guest speaker at our school, a guy who drove while drunk, got in a car accident, and is now paralyzed from just below the shoulders down, he can only move his arms and his neck. His whole story was just a usual night for a lot of people about how he met up with an old friend and they were drinking together for the night. Hell, it was even his graduation weekend. Him and his buddy were driving to a different party, they hit a turn to hard and rolled on the pavement.
Well, his story ended with him being in intensive care for months (of course) he ended up severly tearing his arm, seperating his one shoulder and dislocating the other, smashed his face on the pavement, tons of horrible accidents. But, his friend who was riding shotgun with him, died during the crash. I was sad as hell for the guy (even though they made a stupid decision to drink and drive).
Then, before we left he showed us a slideshow, he showed a bunch of pictures of him, his friends, and his friend who died while playing "Nothing Else Matters" by Metallica. I had tears in my eyes and I'm pretty sure i was actually crying*. Hell, I was listening to my iTunes and Nothing Else Matters came on and I had tears in my eyes thinking about it, it was just a deeply moving slideshow. He then told us to comment on his website because someone said "Let's get tanked sometime except this time I'll drive," and he wants to get rid of that...I don't blame him. Anyone with similiar experiences?
*The guys ripped on me for how moved I was by this presentation, but I didn't care it was depressing and it hit home with me.
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