Yes, way too young....he was at the halftime of his life and I could imagine what he would have packed into the "2nd half." A lesson for us all to enjoy this life, laugh more(as I bet Paco always did) and find a way to live it like no tomorrow.
So I feel compelled to write this:
I woke up this morning feeling different. Unfortunately, this is already the second time this year this has happened to me. I read the news about Paco Loco last night and woke up feeling affected and down about it. A little strange for me to feel a sense of mourning because I never met Paco Loco, I never PM'd him, maybe we commented on each others' posts. He was a prolific poster on CRT and one of The Originals(OG's
). His posts were many; informative, insightful, light-hearted & funny(you could easily see he was a good guy), and sometimes even sophomoric and not really my cup of tea... but I get it, he has a bunch of friends here and is having a good time with his buds
. Cool. Btw, I am throwing in some emoticons since he always liked them. It is obvious those around him enjoyed him immensely. But why am I affected by someone I didn't know and why I am I thinking about it so much today? I really don't know except that even though, "I didn't know him, I knew him."
So here I am feeling bummed by this news this morning and I go back and read some of his old posts. And how great they were. And a lot of his "usual" friends and old time CRT'ers who are on now, and some seemingly haven't been on the board anymore. It made me nostalgic for the time when I first started posting on CRT and it was just so different. There was such a wide variance of posters(characters really
) trip reports, and helpful information and Paco Loco was right dab in the middle of it keeping it going wether commenting, helping, or just cutting up with his friends. As I recently just started back on CRT, those times, although, not long ago, were so different with so much passion and posts about this paradise we all found. It used to be in a day or two there were so many posts and posters that just about the full page of every thread topic filled up and changed to new page. Thinking and ruminating on Paco Loco and his posts and those times really made me miss the old days of CRT, and the old posters who were on and commenting all the time. I will miss the posts by one Senior Paco Loco, and thanks for the read as I went back in time today. I said I would have a "salud" for you when I am back in CR, but I may have many, hell, I will dedicate a whole night to you