i originally started composing this post in my head. when i realized that particular grey blob wasn't reliable enough to record all the details, i dictated it to my iphone thinking i'd transcribe it here. upon re-listening to it several weeks later, i came to the conclusion that i didn't want to subject it to the rules of grammar and the inevitable edits and minor adjustments posts go through before, and sometimes after, hitting "post".
it doesn't conclude and it doesn't include a lot of other things i might add if i were to type it out, but that's okay. some things don't need to be finished.
.m4a link because the embedded player broke the internet.
you may never know it, Derek K. Miller, but you've touched my heart. i wish yours nothing but joy in every moment you have left.
update: Derek passed away at home with his family by his side on May 3, 2011. if he wasn't what a great man is supposed to be, i don't know what else to call him. you can read his final post here.
