Chris Bukoski:
CLASS OF 1994
Meadowbrook High SchoolClass of 1994
Richmond, VA
Chris's Story
Chris is from Richmond, Virginia. Chris's schools include Meadowbrook High School. Chris later attended university of deadness, Grateful Dead Lot University. Chris works(ed) at Making Love, Shakedown St, Proffesional Deadhead.
Chris's interests include Animals, Black & White, Fashion. Music Chris likes includes HOT ASS, The Grateful, Reggae. Books Chris likes include 63 Documents the Government Doesn't Want You to Read, Where Did the Towers Go? Dr. Judy Wood, The God Delusion. Movies Chris likes include Creepshow, Full Metal Jacket, Mission to Mars.
One of Chris's favorite quotes is:""choosing the lesser of two evils,is still choosing,evil."...Jerry Garcia
"Never give your love,unto a Foolish Heart."...Garcia/Hunter
"Never cared much for,careless love...Oh,How your bright eyes glow."...Garcia/Hunter
"Thread the needle,right through the eye..The thread,that runs,so true...All the others,I let pass by...I only wanted you."...Garcia/Hunter
"This would be the best of all possible worlds,if there was no religion in it"...John Adams".
More about Chris:"simpLe....i gReW up haVing FUN...found Jerry and G.Dead...that tooK the defInitioN of,"fuN" to hIeghts I caNt begIn to defiNe iN such black and white conteXt aS wordz..iM super spontaNeouS..traVeLing is a hobby,aLong with knowLedge...a vaSt plethera of any and eVerything naughty and niCe...JerryS muSic doeS thingz..befoRe,youRe juSt you,with a jouRney waIting foR a riDer to teLL it wheRe to beGin,fiLLing iN the marGins of a beige,noRmaL DULL eXsistance..with the maGic of whaT IS..the GraTefuL Dead...anD reaLizing.thaT NOWHERE,otheR then a GD shoWnj...couLd you becoMe the beautifuL souL youVe greW into.Without the music filling our wingZ with the eNergy of endLesS addicTion..and dancing to the mooN..and heaVen toO,shaRing unbIeLeVabLe eXpieriences,wiTh the stRangesT of straNgerz...becoMing fRienDz..anD formiNg a famiLy amongst the hustLe and bustLe of shakedown..traVersing a couNtry anD expanding a miNd with the coLorfuL tiNt of tye died LoVe...with a bond thaT reMains unbRoken,as if bouNd by "chaIns"...it changeD me,wheN I wasNt Lookin,taughT me,wheN I waS toO buSy to LearN...anD LoVed me...wheN I hateD myseLf..reaLizing a "SMILE" caN opeN dooRz that neVer exsisted,onLy to be reVeaLed wheN you taKe the time to..not onLy see,buT FEEL the windz of the wingz of other broKen angeLs who shaRe theIr kindnesS and Lift shattered dReaMz with..."a sMiLe"..anD fiLLing youR empTy cup,thaT onLy LoVe caN fiLL..wiTh a heaRt maDe of paper mache,the dew of the staRs stiLL fresh..crafted with patience,taking into mind..the simpLe deLicaTe heaRt,iS intended for thoSe who shaRe it with otheRz...anD knoWing,a "fooLish heaRt"..iS harder to break...And if youRe Lucky,you juSt might staRt to REALLY LOVE the GratefuL Dead,noT foR the graffiti and extras thaT seems to coLLect around objects thaT withouT iTs unsightLy appearaNce.....Expand for more
wouLd SHINE...shiNe aS briTe aS the dReamZ of a SuN dReamiNg of iTs RiSe ...the LoVe,iS foR the freedoM,the emoTioN thaT pouRed the teaRz froM eyeS needinG to seE ...danced itS way into ouR souL,backs in the bReeZe,"waTch ME daNce!"...anD foR moSt impoRtantLy,memoRies......the kiNd thaT floods the present,with a consTant song...one thaT caN maKe youR "todaY"..a endLesS yesteRday,one thaT iS accompanied by a sMiLe,one thaT caN fiNd waYz to stRaighteN youR confusIon...a soNg thaT,no matter the posiTion presented to you,wiLL aLways,tiL tiMe iTseLf faLLs tumbLing to the gRouNd...maKe you ,"Laugh,dance anD cry,"...memoRies thaT weRe creaTed by letting go,haVing FUN...FUN without directions..a recklessnesS reserved for thoSe whoSe LiNe inwhich Life iS baLanced iS viSibLe onLy wheN fouNd by the persoN intitLed to taKe it from us...the purest form of LiFe...buILt froM onLy whaT iS needed,anD by leaving the rest behind..wieghtless and free...and desTroyed with aLL thaT waS eViL...suddenLy it was oVeR..we woKe up..froM dreaMs into a niTemaRe that haS trieD to taKe iT aLL back..aLL the threadz that are kept to weaVe thoSe memorIes inTo reaLizations foR us to KNOW it was moRe then a concert..more then a band..moRe then needed..couLdnt geT enuff..buT neVer ran out!..iTs aN experience..start to finish..thaT wordz aLone caN do nothing foR the wonderful times I try fooLishLy to maKe seNse of..to otherz..anD to myseLf..hiS death toRe the fabric from space and time...the saiLz of shipS drift aimlessly in phantom seas foR the magic that inspired countLesS fooLs to board a ship...thaT onCe commited to itS capTain,youR heart dependz on hiS magicaL inspiration that feeds a hungry souL,and yet,the unimaginable destination of a LiFe,perfect and beautifuL,without the tradgidty of a most unkind,overwheLming and all too eneVitable END....thaT waS aLmosT cerTaInLy NEVER taKen into accounT...becaMe and stiLL is,a sorrow that even his wordz find hard to ease the souL..ceLebraTing a birThday onLy8 days prior to hiS death...one thaT without saYing..shoWed "no meRcy."..found jerry defining the "days that lie between"..simpLy lie there,waLked by person abLe to fiLL ssuch space..the unbeLievabLe amount of respect, and loVe we gifted upon him,is all too managble a task,the dark shadows that grudges a person in ways our eyes as peopLe who LoVed him ..caNt begin to carry,only addicts know such baggage...,goes onLy shoW,even with the weight of the worLd and unsurmountable pressure to perform..waS handLed with what he always did best...doin what he LoVed..he pLayed..that space between iS onLy for ones that neVer wanted to be,and really never knew how "BIG" he was to us...and its LoSt..finding ouT hoW faR whaT waS fouNd aLways waS away from wheRe we hoped it wouLd aLways be..juSt outta reach...of ReaL LoVe~NFA!...Ive drifted through limbo since August,9..'95...but never lost my smile..WE MISS YOU JERRY!".
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