This is Shawn Kiernan, lover, hater, hated, enemy, best friend, life of the party, biggest loser, happiest guy, player, sweetheart, sweet talker, slacker, and comedian. For those of you that know him, you most likely miss him, even if he was on your bad side, and for those of you who don't, you really missed out. Today in class, someone brought up Kierns to me when we were talking about analyzing a community member, now Shawn was far from a beneficial member to the community, but it reminded me of him. Not a day goes by, that I don't say hi to the picture of us I have in my room, or think about what a shame that this fool died so young. Kiernan was killed in a motorcycle accident a few months back. It was unexpected and probably the first hard death I've had to deal with. The whole city was tuned upside down. Shawn was far from perfect. I remember playing hookie with him, smoking during school, getting wasted, wanting to fight him, almost fighting him, almost kissing him, going to starbucks with him, driving his broke-ass to school, talking on the phone with him. This kid had probably girlfriends, from different cities. (who by the way all met at his viewing...that was funny) Kiernan was the first guy at the party, and the last to leave, the biggest shit talker, and the best person to just talk to when you needed someone. Shawn's funeral was just so nice, it was casual, they were playign his cd's in the backround, they didn't try and hide who he was at all, it was kiernan. He was burried in a&f, we all wore pink (he was a fan of pink). He was a riot. He was too wild for the world, so God thought he'd take him on. He lived his life to the fullest EVERY SINGLE DAY and he never regreted anything that he did. Me and Shawn got close our senior year. I miss the kid and I know God, or whoever, is watching over him.

Meet Kiernan RIP babe, we miss you.