Well Aidy, I knew you for so long, through so many times. You are one of the most intelligent, most funniest people I ever knew. Damn boy, I miss you. I am crying for you. This Monkey's Gone To Heavon...Sleep well, Aidy.

People who didn't know him well would characterise Adrian as quiet and brooding. I've even seen people intimidated by him, with his long hair, dressed all in black and so thin that he looked even taller than he really was. In reality though, to those who knew him well he was a solid friend, he was polite, gentle, fair, conscientious and above all else, he was exceptionally intelligent. I am going to miss our often meaningless, but always meandering conversations that went on and on for hours and usually ended abruptly with a food or toilet break, only to be taken up again the next day, the next week or the next month as if we had just paused for a breath. 25 years is a long time to know anyone, but not long enough to really get to know someone like Adrian. I feel for his family, I feel for his friends and I feel terribly sorry for myself because I have lost my best and most enduring friend.