From jdyson@techreports.jpl.nasa.gov Mon Sep 13 23:58:30 1999
From: "Jay D. Dyson" <jdyson@techreports.jpl.nasa.gov>
To: cult hero <jericho@attrition.org>
Date: Mon, 6 Sep 1999 22:13:17 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Re: looking

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On Sat, 4 Sep 1999, cult hero wrote:

> Looking for any quotes, pictures, posts, or mail from Krystalia.
> Anything that stands out about her, reminds you of happy times, etc. 
> 
> This and more will be used for a digital collage of sorts. 

	I presume there is new news on that front?  I haven't heard
anything lately.

	Some of the happier times...  I recall Krys writing me personally
on a number of occasions following someone on dc-stuff being brusque with
me.  This is when I was first on the list and she didn't know me from
Adam.  I was pretty much a nobody at the time.  But she took the time to
offer encouragement and a kind word when it would have been far simpler to
just say nothing.

	Not long after that, when my "Strangers" article came out, she
honored me a great deal by posting my article to the list and saying a lot
of nice things about my writing.  The kindest words of all were that I had
restored her faith in the true ideal of what a hacker is.  That in itself
spoke volumes as to where her heart was at with respect to hacking and
technology.

	In IRC chats with her, we had many heart-to-heart conversations;
ones that I will long remember.  And though we discussed many poignant and
deeply philosophical things, we always had a moment for light-hearted
banter.  Whenever she was about to sign off, I always made it a point to
(virtually) take her up in my arms, rock her to sleep and then tuck her
in.  She really took a shine to that.  I remember smiling in real life
over that as we bid each other good night.

	Krys is a rare friend.  She's the kind of friend that leaves one
with a sense of honor mixed with bewilderment; honor from the privilege of
having her as a friend, and bewilderment sired from wondering what one
possessed that earned her unique friendship.

- -Jay

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