Tmo forever

He died. I dated him for 6 years.



Here is a quote from "Unfair Park," a blog on the Dallas Observer, by Robert Wilonsky on January 30, 2009:

That picture you see here is from my 1983 Thomas Jefferson High School Document yearbook. It's of a guy named Tim Watson -- or Temo, as most knew him throughout much of his life. Figured I'd share it, since Tim happens to be the subject of Jeff Liles's Echoes and Reverberations piece for DC9 this week. That's because Tim died last week in a motorcycle accident in Austin, and his funeral, packed with familiar faces, was yesterday, on what would have been Tim's 42nd birthday.
Tim was a year ahead of me in school, but I'd known him most of my childhood; he grew up a couple of blocks from me. Always seemed 10 years older -- couple feet taller too, even without the Mohawk he started sporting his sophomore year. He annoyed the jocks, intimidated the underclassmen and amused the teachers -- that's what happens when a guy skirts the school's no-shorts policy by wearing, well, skirts to class.

I spent the better part of my freshman year at TJ being schooled by Tim on the finer points of American hardcore -- JFA, Dead Kennedys, Fear, all the bands whose logos were stickered over every inch of his skateboard. By the mid-1980s, he'd become a permanent fixture in Deep Ellum just as it was transitioning from ghost town to Thrill City. The Class of '85 TJ Patriots had a real way of making their mark on Deep Ellum way back when -- and a bad habit of leaving too soon. Only last April, Tim's classmate and Da Nu Man drummer David Bindler died in Los Angeles of a bleeding ulcer. Said an old classmate earlier this week, "I miss my friends.

"So, yeah, anyway. Read Jeff's piece.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m97XhAdLTM0

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Here is a little more on him from the Dallas Observer obits.

Tim Bradley (Temo) Watson Tim Bradley (Temo) Watson, 41, of Austin, Texas, passed away on January 22, 2009. Temo was born on January 29, 1967 in Dallas, Texas to Nick and Betsy Watson. Temo is survived by his mother, Betsy Watson; father, Nick Watson; sister, Lauri Watson; three brothers, Moose Watson, Marty Watson and Tom Watson; many nieces, nephews, aunts, uncles and countless friends who loved Temo as a brother. Temo was born and raised in Dallas, graduated from Thomas Jefferson High School and resided in the Dallas area until he moved to Austin in 2007. Temo was a unique, big hearted individual who lived life to the fullest, slowing down only to make a new friend, help an old friend or to celebrate life with friends or live out an adventure. Through his adventures, he made friends all over the country which enabled him to ride his BMW motorcycle or skateboard to almost any location across the USA knowing that he had friends to stay with. A memorial service to celebrate Temo's life will be held at 2:00 p.m. on January 29 at Holy Cross Lutheran Church at 11425 Marsh Lane in Dallas, TX. Dress code for this celebration will be "As Temo Knew You".