...I really don't feel like I should be the person writing this.
So, I'm sure a lot of you remember 42. He was one of the people who spent a lot of time on the Yaplet, getting it up and running... I think he spent a while in the games forum, too.
He passed away last weekend.
I mean, either that or it's an incredibly elaborate hoax he pulled. I dunno if I'm gullible, or if he just managed to trick me OVER AND OVER again, but when I first saw an e-mail from someone on Campus asking for obituary details I thought, "Haha, April Fools. Right?"
Jack and I weren't really all that close... he's on my MSN contact list. We spoke a number of times. Admittedly, a lot of the time he was kind of trying to invite himself over... he apparently wanted to "get drunk with an NPF member at least once." I kept pussying out because I'm underage, and I didn't feel right asking any of my housemates to buy me booze.
...I'm turning 19 in a week. He would've turned 19 in a little less than 3. The timing is pretty crappy... oh wow I really don't know what to say.
I'm still not 100% sure it's true. Gonna ask the administration tomorrow. Might be a "boy who cried wolf" scenario. If it's a hoax, pulled over facebook, with somehow an official bit of university news involved... You got me, okay 42? You got me good. Just tell me what an idiot I am, okay? I've got a midterm in 5 hours. I can't be thinking about this.
If it's true... I guess I'll raise a glass to him next chance I get.
RIP Jack Windeler, aka 42PETUNIAS