You know what's depressing? I'll tell you what's depressing.
What's depressing is when a good friend just up and disappears for no reason. Beepbeepzipbangbuhbye. Not a goodbye, not a "fuck off and die", not even mamushka. He just disappeared, with not a word to anyone at all, ever. He's still around (I think), but for the life of me I just can't fathom somebody doing that with utterly no warning. It really sucks, to be quite honest about it.