so i was outback eating cereal on my break.. and overheard a conversation. it wasn't something that was super secretive, but not really anything that was important for me to know... in the business sense at least. it's good to know at least in a social sense .. just so that i can be aware.

there was this guy who used to work here, i guess for a long time. i never had met him because i started after the new year. but i got an email (that was distributed to the whole company) saying that this guy who was vacationing in thailand with his girlfriend had still been missing after the families had hired a private investigator, and although they didn't want to give up hope, there was only so much you can do you know? they still hoped for the best.. a miracle.

a few weeks ago they had a reception/memorial for this guy at our work, for his friends, family and co-workers. i didn't go but it started as i was getting off, and there were quite a bit of people gathering. they made up these nice programs and really just wanted to celebrate his life.

today my overheard conversation was that they found his body. it's kind of a .. i don't even know. they didn't find his girlfriend's body, but it's a little over 2 months later and it's closure, but also kind of sad. i guess the options were that they could ship the body back as is, or they could cremate it and then ship that back. i started thinking about what i personally would choose, and i'm not really sure. i mean.. everyone says "no one wants to see the body that decomposed" and while that's true, would it make it any easier to say goodbye (again)? i am no fan of dead bodies, or decomposing ex-living things.. heck i don't even like to be in, around or near cemetaries, but ashes seem so much less if you hadn't had a chance to say goodbye. i don't know... i can't fully wrap my mind around that stuff.

there was a guy who went to my high school that died while he was backpacking in spain. i think i vaguely knew him, i think he was the kid who used to bug me while on the bus. sweet annoying harmless freshmen... but they had the body shipped back and i guess there was a service.... i can't really fully understand, but it's just something to think about. sorry for being morbid on a friday.