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Post by Barbara on Apr 9, 2007 17:46:09 GMT -5
That's a great idea, I like it.
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Post by Meredith on Apr 9, 2007 18:38:57 GMT -5
That must have been strange to watch the UT show... I still haven't decided if I am ready to re-read any of his posts from past threads... I was just thinking, it'd be a good gesture maybe to Give the next Melon of the Month to Jon, & instead of questions(of course) we could each on our own, repost from of his past posts, and maybe write a bit of what they meant to us. a nice memorializing idea, i was thinking. I think that would be very appropriate.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 9, 2007 18:51:19 GMT -5
That must have been strange to watch the UT show... I still haven't decided if I am ready to re-read any of his posts from past threads... This is really sticking with me, so sad. I could tell from Chris Shinn's myspace page that Jon communicated with him a bit. Has anyone let Chris Shinn know about this? I messages Chris... Not sure if he read the news yet... He's really busy right now. I'm sure he'll be saddened by the news...
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Post by Gabbee on Apr 9, 2007 19:46:37 GMT -5
I was meant to send him a copy of BTM as soon as I got my own tape back from another melon... Now that I finally have it I'll never get the chance to send it to him
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Post by ishbell on Apr 9, 2007 20:35:54 GMT -5
Aww Matt thanks for posting this. I'm going to print it. Jon also wanted a charcoal rubbing of Shannon's headstone. I wonder if he ever got one. Mini vigil is comming soon. If someone from this forum is going, he could do a charcoal rubbing of Shannon's headstone and send it to his wife I know it's not the same as if he would get it while he was still alive That's a great idea, it meant a lot to him and we spoke of it several times. I still can't believe this happened.
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We Don't Mind Being Blind
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Post by Keith on Apr 9, 2007 23:21:46 GMT -5
Hey guys - I've only been able to check on the forum sporadically over the past month and i never imagined i would find this when i logged on tonight. I'm stopped dead in my tracks and completely saddened.
Jon was the very first person to welcome me to the family after I made my first post here in September of last year. In fact, many of you can probably be say the same thing as I ALWAYS saw him among the first responders to any welcome thread message - greeting new melons enthusicastically and with an open heart.
I've been reading the messages left for him on his Myspace page the past few days with watering eyes. Matt - I couldn;t make it all the way through your video.
It definately makes you stop for a minute and truly realize how strong of a connection we can feel with people who we may have never met in person. Each of you who post here on a regular basis have become a part of my life - maybe a larger part than I realized before these past few moments - and with this horribly sad news, we have all lost a good friend and one of our own.
As many of have already said - my thoughts and love go out to his family - his children, and his wife who if you ever read any of one of his posts you know that he adored.
I'm not sure what else to say guys. I know i am days late in seeing this, but floored by it nonetheless.
I hate saying cheesy things like this, but I love you all.
RIP linwoodlarsons
-keith
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Post by Joel on Apr 10, 2007 2:26:55 GMT -5
I haven`t been here the last couple of days and came back to this today.. I don`t know what to say or think right now.. Like Liette and Karen,i was wondering too why he hasn`t been posting lately but never ever thought something was wrong.. I`ve been complaining to myself about alot of small things lately and how messed up everything seems to be.. How ignorant and stupid it feels now.. I didn`t get to know Jon that well but we talked a few times. He loved his family like nothing else.. His many posts starting with "Me and the wife" made me smile everytime. I my thoughts and best wishes to Jon`s family and friends. Rest In Peace Jon! I`m shocked...
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Post by charityholyfield on Apr 10, 2007 7:42:28 GMT -5
I think it was the same day I found out he was gone that I got it into my head to read his old posts. It was strange, though, it made me feel almost pissed off or something-- the posts were all so damned NORMAL. There was no drama, no funny sense of something being up, no "hey, I'm feeling like something's going to happen," nothing. That really bothered me for some reason. It's like, the craziness and emotion spreads out along the timeline from that moment that he died in only one direction? Surely there'd be SOME perceptible disturbance heading the other way, wouldn't you think? But there wasn't, not even in retrospect. That just really upsets me, you know? And it's probably because of what it implies for all the rest of us, probably a somewhat selfish thing, to see that a person doesn't even get their two-minute warning, last call for alcohol, hey grab your shit, get your ass ready to go. There's only AFTER, with people sitting around and talking together about it and how they never suspected a thing.
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Post by Bogo on Apr 10, 2007 16:22:16 GMT -5
I found this old post and in spite of everything happening it still made me laugh, hope it will do the same for you I don't like ketchup on my cheese burger!!!!!!! Well done, with mustard, pickles, and onions. Ketchup on my cheese burger!!!!!! Just the thought of it makes my blood boil!!@!! I won't be able to sleep tonight. With thoughts of Heinz bottles racing through my brain!!!!!! Ketchup!!!! Ketchup!!!!! KETCHUP!!!!!!!! AGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!...........................By the way, it's actually pronounced catsup.
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Post by shanamelon on Apr 10, 2007 17:59:22 GMT -5
He was always so funny. I read through my old messages from him and they made me smile. If you go to his best friends myspace page, you'll see comments from Jon there too.. and they are all funny.
Just a shame that we won't read his jokes anymore.. but remembering the ones that we did, matters most.
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Post by Meredith on Apr 11, 2007 5:43:18 GMT -5
Ive been reading his old posts too.... its a good way to remember him.
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Post by jonsfriendmark on Apr 12, 2007 20:42:06 GMT -5
So many people were touched by him - makes me proud to have known him. Thanks all you melons - I never new how much he actually posted on this site. I guess this site is proof positive how special he was. - Mark Drake
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Post by 8807 on Apr 13, 2007 10:39:42 GMT -5
Unbelievable!He really was a Valued member Here.Let's all continue to count our blessings & telling the people in our Lives that we Love them/Care about them.So that's about all I got right now.
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Post by Fréhel on Apr 15, 2007 8:27:18 GMT -5
I'm shocked! I haven't posted in a while...oh no! Now I wish I had! I never had the chance to say goodbye Does anyone..um..know what happened? I don't mean to be insensitive but he was so young, you know?
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Post by *Sonya* on Apr 15, 2007 9:18:59 GMT -5
I talked to Jon's best friend, Mark, about what happened. I know a lot of members are curious about how he died because it is total shock to all of us. It was no secret that Jon was disabled. He had been in a really bad 4-wheeler/quad accident years ago and shattered a hip. He healed from it but was still in a lot of pain. He had recently had hip replacement surgery that was supposed to help relieve some of the constant pain he was in. After the surgery he obviously was still in a lot of pain. The Dr. had prescribed him a new medication for the pain and the night he passed away he had been having some trouble breathing before he went to bed. Apparently the medication had an adverse reaction in his system which caused him to stop breathing during the night. He passed in his sleep. Wendy woke up in the morning and discovered what happened.
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