pritch
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Jason was one of the nicest guys I have had the pleasure of knowing online.
He'd often be on IRC to chat when others were not and I spent many hours chewing the fat with him. I was proud to consider him a friend, and I think he considered me one too.
We'd discuss our respective "consumer whoring" - we both liked to spend too much money on gadgetry, and I often ribbed him about being "metrosexual" as he was a real city guy, well, heh, he took jokes very well. I will miss his keen sense of humour.
I am still struggling to come to terms with the fact that I spoke to him on skype the night that this seems to have occured. I think a few of us did and we are obviously rocked a bit by this. I consider myself to be someone who is perceptive about people but talking to him that night, I could not have had the slightest inkling about what he was planning to do. We laughed and joked and I did my extreme British accent and we talked about the show, and he ended the call by saying he had to get ready now for the same. He seemed happy and upbeat, and it just leaves massive question marks in my head and I'm not sure I have truly accepted what's happened yet.
I'm only sorry that no matter how close I thought I was to the guy, as far as the internet will allow us to be close across the oceans, that I was not close enough to share his pain, because I gladly would have. I really, really would.
He was a truly smashing guy who I wanted to meet and I will regret the chance that has gone forever. I have lost one of my best online friends but I feel for his mom more than anything. Kind, sensitive, talented and funny, and this community is tangibly worse off without him.
I will miss you buddy.
He was a man, take him for all in all,
I shall not look upon his like again.
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