Griff

Eric Husch's roommate. They were both literature Majoring on 20th century. His senior thesis was on Paul Hammond Paul while Eric's was V. M. Straka. They argued about how each other's author wrote crap, but joked about whether Paul could be Straka.

One Sunday he and Eric drove to SF to watch a baseball game. They drove fast all night and morning, watched the game and then turned around to drive back and did just in time to write the first exam on Monday. He told this excited to his father, who was a baseball fan, but he was scolded instead.

They went off to grad school and Griff went to Florida. One night he was totally depressed and called Eric in Pollard State University. Eric borrowed a car and stayed with him for one hard week. Griff agreed to go inpatient for a while.

After he got out he was desperate about his dissertation and asked Eric to look over a chapter. Eric laughed a little as it'd be years before he had to turn it in and said he'd do once he had time. Griff got really angry and insulted him. Eric lost his temper because of his ingratitude and they had a fight and hung up. They never talked again. A year later he killed hiself. Eric learned it in the alumni magazine's obits.