I am deeply saddened by the news this morning that the most rude, crude, and hilariously funny comedian passed away last night at 5:55pm.  I may only be 25, but I have for years collected every piece of material this man put out.  I have laughed out loud while reading his books, thus making passersby think I was nuts.  When they looked at me funny, I just quoted what made me cackle.  I made t-shirts when the election started that read in big, bold letters “VOTE GEORGE CARLIN FOR PRESIDENT”.  I have just about every movie he was in, even if it was so much as a cameo.  He was a legend.  He was my legend.  My dream of one day watching him perform live died last night.  My heart is broken.  I am trying to control damaged feelings and not cry, because I feel ridiculous crying over someone I never met.  My eyes never met him, but my mind was enriched by the words he spoke, and my heart knew every aspect of who he was. A genius in his own right, a legend, I say.  Someone once said that legends never die…they were right.  George Denis Carlin will forever live in my feisty attitude, my fiery heart, and my fierce play of words. XOXO