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My Michael Kors collection
January 5, 2012
He was found collapsed in his home early that morning and was rushed to the hospital, where he was declared dead. The cause of death has not yet been identified.
It was a tragedy and a great loss.
David was an excellent student who got a perfect score on the SAT and had a 4.6 GPA. He was a peer counselor, Academic League captain, Science Olympiad president and a member of quiz bowl. He qualified for the U.S. National Chemistry Olympiad and was a U.S. Physics Olympiad semifinalist. He was a varsity swimmer. And he had just been accepted into MIT.
But these are all things I’ve read in articles. I’ve never met him. I wish I had. Everyone said he was a great guy, someone who could truly change the world. Just a couple weeks ago, I bet few could appreciate that, in a lot of ways, he already had. Who could foresee such a tragedy? Who could foresee someone so inspiring, so essential vanishing from their lives? On that day and in the days to come, there would be lengthy posts on Facebook commemorating him and students bursting into tears in class.
I, as a stranger, could never write anything moving enough to express the deep sorrow that those whose lives have been touched by him are experiencing now.
But in its own way, from this misfortune comes a love story.
This is a love story because it is the collective aching love of friends and family who have lost someone dear to them. This is a love story because of all the emotions and thoughts that have been sent to him, wherever he may be now. This is a love story because he was loved.
Rest in peace, David. I hope our love has reached you.
You will never be forgotten.
by anonymous
This x That:
Know This:
- Rick Santorum in Sioux City: “I don’t want to make black people’s lives better by giving them somebody else’s money”; Santorum on CNN: I didn’t say “black,” I said “blah”; giving Santorum the benefit of the doubt, he’s still said some pretty terrible things that can’t be yada-yada’d away.
- Newt Gingrich tells African-Americans to demand paychecks not food stamps.
- Typo could take 20 Iowa votes away from Mitt Romney; Santorum: I would still lose.
- Make that $2 million donors have given Santorum since Iowa.
- Santorum compares same-sex marriage to polygamy, gets booed by college students.
- RIP: Eve Arnold, world-renowned photojournalist, dead at 99.
Read This:
- Follow Up: Deported Texas teen to come home tomorrow; what she’s been up to all this time.
Look At This:
- Lina Sanz looks a lot like Angelina Jolie.
The Other:
- NewsFeed: Girl Scouts Introduce New Cookie for 100th Anniversary.
- Tea x Time List: 10 Old Toys That Made Sense In Their Era (And Nowhere Else).
- Above: The “Moody Aquarium Sink” from Opulent Items.
This ia fucking dope
quote>Some kids placed strong firecrackers in the mouth of this animal and made sure he could not open it. The world is like this. To these kids it must have been a macabre fun for a few minutes and then they continued with their life like nothing happened.
To this animal, his life ended during those minutes, with a pain so deep that is better to forget.
If you are against the mistreatment of animals, reblog this so that more people see what we are capable to do and how inhumane we could be.
REBLOG THIS IF YOU ARE AGAINST ANIMAL CRUELTY !
That is so fucking disgusting. I hope they die.
