To Sean Carrington, Last Friday seemed to be just another night hanging out with Sean. He had come by late, with a twelve-pack of Sierra Nevada in his hand and a smile on his face. He was excited to see what records I had pulled from storage, what hidden gems I had found. We went through a few, records and beers, and ended up dropping the needle on Pink Floyd’s “Wish You Were Here”. We yacked it up, talking about our usual topics, the Giants, music and past adventures. Someone brought up our first night in Colma and our adventure through the Chinese Cemetery in the middle of the night. That night, we snuck in the back side looking to climb to the top of the hill but to get there we had to get over an ocean of blackberry bushes. They were so thick, we ended up treading lightly on top of them but I was not as light on my feet as Sean and Nick. My foot went through and a sank into the bush up to my hip. After they pulled me up, I was so cut and bruised I through in the towel and headed back to the apartment while Sean and Nick soldiered on. But that was Sean, always down for an adventure! Whether it was road trips to So-Cal, Tahoe or Santa Cruz, Sean was always down for the ride. Like when last minute Sean decided to jump in the car with Elise Mackie and I to head down to San Diego for Alex Riveras wedding or the countless times Sean would check the surf report and decide, “yeah, todays the day!” The beach was always his favorite destination. I remember trying to learn to surf with him but mostly being beat up by the waves. After a long day of struggling to keep my head above water i asked Sean what I was doing wrong, “Every time I push up, the board sinks and I go flying...what am I doing wrong?!” “Well, you’re pushing down on the board...you’re supposed to pop up!” Sean replied. He had a knack for making complicated things simple. Circuit systems, bass riffs, doesn’t matter how intricate or elaborate they were, he understood them and could make them look like childs play. I used to think I could play bass, until I lived with Sean and saw what a true bass player is! I lived with Sean for a very pivotal point in my life. Technically, I lived with him 3 times: once in Petaluma, once in Colma and once in Daly City. Though he wasn’t the easiest people to live with on a day-to-day basis, I look back at those places as some of the greatest times of my life. I will always cherish our scoreboard notebook which chronicles every game of dominoes we ever played. The illustrations he made are one of a kind! When I met Sean, he was doodling. It was in Mrs. OConnors class in the at Petaluma High School. He was drawing a bass guitar, sitting next to me, paying way more attention to the detail on the ‘pick-ups’ then the role of checks and balances in our government. I still remember David Rosefield and Sean each paying me to take a dive in front of the class during finals. Sean was always up for a good time. Disc golf, surfing, snowboarding, didn’t matter what it was, he just wanted to get out in the world. That’s way I was so proud to see him in his new job, traveling across the US, seeing things most people will never get to see. He was a nomad, living out of a suitcase and loving every minute of it! He took risks and I will always admire him for that. Travel was always on his mind and I wish we could have gone to all the places we talked about. There was the plan to meet at Sydney for new years after he traveled down Surfers Paradise and I traveled up from Melbourn. I know Tony Montijo will remember the idea of driving down the west coast of Mexico with a veggie oil diesel van and surf boards. I might have been hesitant, but I would have love to see it done! And how can “Team Ireland” go back to the motherland now… We spent so much time together, I wish I could just remembering all the good times, there were too many of them. All the places we went, I wish I could list them, but there’s no way to list them all. Wherever you are now, I know you’re in peace, and I know you’re happy. I wish we could still talk...I wish we could play one last round at Stafford lake but most of all… I wish you were here... https://youtube/watch?v=NavVfpp-1L4
Posted on: Thu, 04 Sep 2014 21:39:35 +0000
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