X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f996b,cc8cf6e45c4730f1 X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-09-28 23:01:37 PST Path: news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!logbridge.uoregon.edu!HSNX.atgi.net!newsfeed.iinet.net.au!newsfeed.iinet.net.au!freenews.iinet.net.au!not-for-mail From: Bateau Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art Subject: Re: My Brother Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2003 14:00:10 +0800 Message-ID: References: X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.91/32.564 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lines: 30 NNTP-Posting-Host: 203.59.174.120 X-Trace: 1064815162 freenews.iinet.net.au 23595 203.59.174.120 Xref: news1.google.com alt.ascii-art:40 ____ On Sat, 27 Sep 2003 03:54:32 -0000 \__/___ Quong Nguyen ran through the LI-\o-' streets of alt.ascii-art | waving an axe and screaming: / \ >I have sad news. >My name is Quong Nguyen and I am Tran Nguyen's younger brother. Last >weekend Tran and I went out late to a Taco Bell for some food when we were >caught in the crossfire of a drive-by shooting in downtown Oakland. >Tears are streaming down my face as I write this because Tran pushed me >down to safety behind his Honda. He died four hours later at the Alameda >County Medical Center. The doctors said he was dead the minute he entered >the emergency room but they did their best. >I've never really read the internet but he always talked about his friends >on alt.ascii-art and making his buffoonish cartoons. He also wrestled with >his alcoholism which had haunted him since early high school and his way of >overcoming this demon was through laughter. >Tran's ashes were scattered over the Pacific on Tuesday in a traditional >Buddhist ceremony. His ascii art "farts" will remain on the web for >generations to come so he won't be forgotten. Let's have a contest to see who can do the best ascii picture of Tran and his stupid Honda getting blown away. -- | _ .\ ~~ _ ^~ | <')_,/ , ; .\ >(')__, . ` ' , | (_~=/ \._`.'. .\ (_~_/ _, _..-''-._,____,----,____ | ='- \=~_) ; .\ ~^~~^~ ` (_~_/ `'--'` `~~~~)_)=\_\-.( | -'= .\ ~^~ ~^~~^~ ICQ:11367619 EMAIL:bateau:-)jupiter-io.net WEB:http://tyrian2000.cjb.net