Jesse a.k.a TRiP!

"There he goes. One of God's own prototypes. A high-powered mutant of some kind never even considered for mass production. Too weird to live, and too rare to die" -Hunter S. Thompson

I’ve known Jesse since 7^th grade and for the most part we were only acquaintances with mutual friends for most of Jr. High but that changed in when we started going to Roy High School. We sat next to each other in child development class and it would be during those times of goofing off that we would become real friends. After I graduated he would eventually move in with me and for about a year we would live in my parent’s basement having hundreds of drug fueled conversations.

One of the reasons I loved talking to Jesse knew that no matter what I told him, he would never judge me. When it comes active listening, Jesse was always king of that castle and I always knew that he was listening and not merely waiting for his turn to speak. I don’t think I have had a relationship as perfect an example of the listening process as mine with Jesse. Because of this I learned to be a better listener myself as I would start to know him on such a level that I could tell something was bothering him right off the bat, even when he tried hiding it. Though we may not speak much these days, I still know what’s up before speaking a word to me because of his body language.

Just as importantly though, we can still talk to each other when there is impairment such as being on the phone because of inflection of our voices. Same when we would sit for hours and play video games or anything else but I wonder what we could have accomplished to help each other talk through all the mental pain we were both in at that time in our lives but sober.

At at WWE show in 2002

Partying in 2000

Grabbing my boob in 2000

Jesse and his wife Crystal 2005

Jesse and I 2005

Heck if I can remember....

Getting his head wet while hiking up Malans Peak 2008

Taking a break of Malans Peak 2008

Hiking up Malans Peak 2008

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