MY ADDICTION WAS DUE TO RUNNING AWAY FROM MISSING ERIC. SECOND YEAR OF HIS DEATH 6/13/2017 REALLY IS THE HARDEST. I REREAD LAST TWO YEARS OF POSTS AND I WAS A MESS. PARTIALLY SHOCK I GUESS.
HIS TRAGIC LIFE AND DEATH COULD HAVE BEEN MINE. GROWING UP JAPANESE IS TOUGH. HE TRIED SO HARD TO BE THE GOOD JAPANESE SON AND I SUPPOSE HE DIED FOR IT.
WHEN I MET HIM 1992 HE WAS LIVING IN THE HOUSE HIS MOM OWNED DOWN THE BLOCK FROM TOGAMI AUTO REPAIR SHOP. HE WAS STILL PAYING RENT. HE PAID RENT WHEN HE LIVED THERE TAKING CARE OF HIS GRANDFATHER 'TIL HE DIED AND PUTTING HIMSELF THROUGH SAN JOSE STATE. HE WORKED HARD AND PLAYED HARD. IT STILL AMAZES ME SHE CHARGED HIM RENT.
HES THE ONLY PERSON I EVER SAW ACTUALLY GREEN. HE AND GLEN WERE DOING A SHOW AT THE COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS AND I WENT TO SUPPORT KARAOKE KIDS. GLENN MACHIDA WAS STILL SETTING UP WHEN I GOT THERE AND ERIC WAS IN THE VAN LITERALLY GREEN FROM ALCOHOL POISONING. I MADE HIM DRINK LOTS OF WATER AND SLEEP IT OFF. HE WAS STILL SICK WHEN WE SHUT DOWN THE SHOW BUT HE SURVIVED TOO MUCH FUN FROM THE NIGHT BEFORE.
I GUESS THAT'S WHY HE FELT LIKE A LITTLE BROTHER. HE NEEDED LOOKING AFTER.
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