Tuesday, July 19, 2005

The Missing: A Names Project of Sorts

What a long strange trip down memory lane. Below is a list of people in my past; people I remember as friends, acquaintances, partners perhaps in musical or literary endeavors. Friends from my days at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, or the Pasadena Weekly. Band members, girl friends and one night stands. Platonic, and otherwise, the list goes on. And then there is the online world; with countless faceless strangers I came to know only as lines on a screen, a pen name and the abstract product of their minds: their words, in that transitory, fleeting virtual social scene called cyberspace. This list is far from complete and will continue to grow as I brainstorm and look back on the past decades. If you’re on the list, you may even be somebody I’m still very much in contact with. I wanted to be inclusive as well as comprehensive. Some names and faces gave way to others in sort of a free association. Often the last name eluded me. Or even the whole name. Or maybe all I have is your online personality.

Hopefully, maybe some of these folks will stumble across this blog while doing a search on their name. Others may have already passed on. And that is the sad thing about life, as you grow older. There is less and less time to play catch up with old friends. Some friends to me are virtually dead i.e. I'll probably never see them alive again and that in a way invokes an ongoing sense of mourning. It's like you never had the chance to say goodbye. So if you're name is on this list, then you're someone I still remember, still remember fondly, and I hope you are faring well as you grow in life. Think about dropping me a line or email. I’d love to hear from you.
  • Doug Maas
  • Leslie Mylius
  • John Temple
  • Ken Whiteley
  • Marshall Nagle
  • Tami Bond
  • Mark Comings
  • Scott Comings
  • Bob Greenwald
  • Vicki Anderson
  • Janie Richter
  • Maceo Campbell
  • Dane Johnson
  • Dan Hirschi
  • Jody Powell
  • Shannon of the Presenters
  • Jay with the wild mohawk
  • Terry Burke
  • Suzanne Sellers
  • Andrea Kelly
  • James Martin
  • Reagan Young
  • Goo
  • Trish
  • Jeff Lasee
  • Carnival Dog
  • Patricia Tree Gladwyne
  • Pamela Rasada
  • Lee Ann Kelly
  • Teresa Peterson
  • Greg Harrington
  • Ted Bishop
  • Jim Archibald
  • Michele Bauer
  • Russell and Cathy Masunaga
  • Jeremy Bates
  • Greg Bishop
  • Billy Kohn
  • Jerry Montanino
  • Rick Swanson
  • Jim Burhans
  • Bruce & Kecia
  • Matthew Kahler
  • Robin Hurt
  • Jeff Skaletsky
  • Geoff Martin
  • Sean Hennigan
  • Rocky Armstrong
  • Warren Brunelle
  • The Craig that worked at JPL
  • Doriandra
  • Craig Bartholomew
  • Lisa Cox
  • Mike and Shelly Newman
  • Shawn Adams
  • Dave Feldhouse
  • Rick Ballou
  • Robb Shinn
  • Dawn Tamarabuki
  • Michele Bauer
  • Jamie Jameson Buehler
  • Kerstin Hege
  • Michele Broder
  • Chris Broder
  • Donna Skinner
  • Dave Osti
  • Marci
  • Amy Armstrong
  • Kim Smiles And Allen, of course.
  • Phillip
  • Ben Lovejoy
  • Rick Garabedian
  • Andy Annas
  • Steve Seine
  • Chris Wing
  • Dan O'Heron
  • Rich Gowen
  • Michael Wenzel
  • Brian Sierant
  • Mark Hill
  • Melanie Horton
  • Tim Horton
  • Tish Horton
  • Bob Hezlep
  • Andy Livingston
  • Steve Gormely
  • Kevin Steger
  • Devin Thomas
  • Robb Shinn
  • Mary Tartaglione
  • Dave Davis
  • Ross Curtright
  • Gary & Jack from JPL
  • Eric the Street Poet From Berkeley
  • Nancy from JPL
  • The Bubble Lady from Berkeley
  • Sue Overman
  • Jeff Wood
  • Ann and Jeff Krogen
  • Bill & Sharon Weisman
  • Lori Hardy
  • Judy Desmoreaux
  • Margaret & Eric Jeurmanis
  • Brian Markovich
  • Arnie and Sherry Greif (Fractalvision)
  • The Cubensis Crowd
  • Byron and Sylvia Velasquez
  • Geoff Gwynn
  • Bill Sweetland
  • Adriana Galvan
  • Besty Dabbs
  • Stella Blue
  • Raelle Soares
  • Sea Angel
  • Cadillac Jack
  • JT Westfield
  • The Mininsters Daughter
  • That happy black deadhead from the deadshow parking lots
  • Mark Ferris
  • Poe Sparrow
  • Crystalheart
  • Skye
  • Sally
  • Maggie McGill
  • The Wharf Rat "Wharfie"
  • Eric who worked at Sony with Brian
  • Craig Marshall
  • Chief Broom
  • Cindy Price
  • Don Franklin
  • Joe From Common Denominator
  • Sillohuette
  • Zephyr
  • Love Child
  • Smiley
  • Quemby
  • Matthew Kahler
  • Arpi From Ozland
  • Lance Powell
  • Diane Rodriguez
  • Trish Powell
  • Heidi Nakamura
  • Glenn Holland
  • Tim Hagelganz
  • Bill Evans
  • Serena Wild Love
  • Andrea from FLA
  • Ernest Rubio
  • Chris Bray
  • Burt Voorhees
  • The Presenters
  • Coda Jada Queen
  • Hyperview
  • John Range
  • Gary Pittman Jr.
  • Lawayna
  • Jeremy Goode
  • Carlos
  • Chris S.C.
  • Mike Mulligan
  • Lisa Green
  • John Willis
  • Diane Caputo
  • Sherry
  • Tammy Trips
  • Billy Dale
  • Mark Masonovich
  • Nadine Patterson
  • Lori Phaff
  • Ravenshadow
  • Thomas the Poet from the Golden Days of Dchat
  • Bardman
  • Debbie from MASS (kevin's beau)
  • Beth Scully
  • Eric From Sony
  • Eric Rittenhouse
  • His hot sister
  • Scott whatshisname first drummer for looking blue boyfriend of his hot sister (Shawna?)
  • all the people I am forgetting that will be on this list tomorrow.
  • shit I know somebody that i shouldn't ...
  • and more names tomorrow ...



And so I sit here amazed at my own continued awakening to my self awareness here inside this three dimensional theater of life. It's a fleeting sense of being a part of something greater, beyond me that is in the process of moving itself forward through the parade of history towards apocalypse, the Big Bang but an image glanced at in the rear view mirror. And I am a part of that which happens in between the alpha and omega. It's like I withdraw into what Ken Keyes Jr. calls the witness center where I am just watching my own self as well as how my self interacts with other. And it's like I can't really remove myself from the play, and the words of the song The Wheel by Jerry Garcia and the Grateful Dead echo in my head: You can't hold on and you can let go, you can't go back and you can't stand sill, and everything time that wheel turn around, we're bound to cover just a little more ground.