"...I won't deny that I'm inclined to isolate..."

[despair57]

    Mitchell Cody Campbell was born in Albuquerque on September 23, 1988.  I met him in elementary school, in second grade.  I don’t exactly remember the moment we met, but we quickly became friends.  We shared many interests, and could always play together.  We’d go over to each other’s houses all the time.  I lost contact with him when I

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[lilaudrey666]

I can't believe it's been 4 years. It's so strange; I wasn't friends with Mitchell long, but the time we were friends felt like a lifetime...I can only wonder how it felt to truly be friends with him for years and years. I'd like to think that wherever his is right now is a much better place than where he would be if he was still with us. Who knows. It's just a shame that we were not able to see him grow up, because I know he would have grown into such an strong, influential person. But he had a bigger impact on people and lived a life more fulfilling than most people will in their entire lifetime.
Thanks for this post, Joaquin. I think it really helps us all to reminisce.

[scotty_lamppost]

No sobs, but three tears made their way down by the end of having read that.

Not to counter anything, but

[syrax]

People talked shit about Mitchell more than anyone else of his grade that year. I was repeatedly warned about him and was assured he was a selfish asshole. I didn't really care, of course, but the only person who specifically tried to defend his being to me was Anthony Marrs (though obviously a large amount of people never talked to me about him so there undoubtedly could've been more who would've done so). There was this annoying uprising around his death, obvious even to me, by morons who talked shit about Mitchell yet then cried over him

Re: Not to counter anything, but

[despair57]

I pretty much agree with everything you said. I wrote about his relationship situation too, but I ended up taking that part out at the end, so as not to cause anger over something that doesn't really matter anymore. Maybe I should've left it in. I definitely didn't mean to convey anything one way or another about his death, because honestly no one knows for sure.

I didn't say it, but I've always felt that the large gatherings being dead was way more from fakeness than time.