What the fuck? I can't believe this. I am so sad. I shared a ton of laughs with him. I know ?What the fuck? doesn't sound very good but that was a little saying Mark would say all the time in a funny voice. I can hear him saying that right now and smile. I sent him an ICQ and hadn't heard back from him and he had always returned my ICQ's sometimes a little late, like Lady said he would sometimes become a bit anti-social. I always thought of it as the "Damn I am sick of people" attitude. We use to laugh about that too. I can't tell you how many times we stood in the back at Adult.com and just cracked up playing jokes on people, laughing at stress, and making fun of things we hear or see making the days at work more enjoyable.
Markus I will miss you and I will never forget you. I will always have a piece of my heart saved for you. I would love to post some pictures but I don't think it would be appropriate at this time being they are super silly and Ice might kill me, just another side of Texas being so funny.
For the 2 to 3 years we knew each other we had been there for each other. When I went through a hard time Texas and Rene came over and spent 2 days with me, just being a good friend and doing everything to cheer me up. We had gotten up at 3am to help each other. I remember Rene and I heading over to his house on two occasions because we hadn't heard anything and we knew his heart was bad, really bad. When he had surgery I would go over and clean his house for him and he would be on the couch crackin' jokes and trying not to laugh because it would hurt when he did, but that was just how he was, a funny guy. I am just in shock I always had in the back of my mind that he wasn't going to be with us for long because I have seen first hand just had bad his heart would bother him, but I thought that funny side to him would have kept him around a lot longer than this.
I am not too sure about this but I do think his mother is alive in Texas. I remember when I booked his moving arrangements to Sacramento when he came on board he brought a Victrola that his mother had in her storage, as a thank you gift to me. I do not recall him saying that she passed away, but I know he gets pretty quite about personal things when he is hurt so he may not have mentioned it or I am just not remembering but I would feel horrible if something wasn't said. I think if she is still alive we need to find a way to contact her.
I am sad. Even though I have not spoken with him except for handful of times, since we both parted with Adult.com, every time we did speak we picked up where we left off and starting laughing or joking about something. He was a funny man, who always found a way to laugh at the negative, and that is what made him special. I am sure all of you who knew him came to know this side of Mark. He was always there for a friend if he could be and he was ready to have beer, share a toast, and laugh until the wee hours.
Let me know if there is anything I can do to help Lady.