Kim "Joaquin Switch" Serkes

Wow. You taught me how to cook, and to ride a motorcycle. You shaped my life in indescribable ways.

I miss you in my life and always will. You were a bright light, always compelling, thought-provoking, amusing and a true friend. Irreplaceable.

Four years gone, imagine that. I dreamed of him last night, we were just hanging out. He was online, I was reading. Relaxed, no drama. It got late, I went out to the car to drive home. The moon was peeking out from between clouds in the midnight-blue sky.

---a bruxinha

We drove to SF together from Indiana. It was very hot along Route 66. When we arrived somewhere, he would walk me to sit under a tree and then magically find some cold water to share. We lost contact early, but he had given me a little turtle statue, and told me to put it in my window and we would catch up some day. So, since then, whenever I moved, I would put the little turtle in my window, where it is now. And we finally caught up, with me reading his obit today, and celebrating what...

Still missing you fiercely, 'zinho, especially when I drive to the ocean, or when the fog does its cute fog tricks.

Watching the world cup was just not the same without you - your shrieks when Brasil lost the semifinal 7-1 would have been heard all the way to Rio!

This is such sad news. I just came across my old friend Kim's name in my address book and decided to Google him to see what he's been up to. I was glad to see this friendly photo pop up, and then immediately so saddened to realize that it was attached to an obituary. I worked with Kim at an office job 20 years ago and have many fond memories of him from that time. Though belated, my thoughts are with you all — his family and friends — right now.

Though we were not in touch in recent years, Joaquin's presence and personality "loom large" in my life history.

He was/is one of the most brilliant individuals it has been my privilege to know and associate with; from him I learned many things.

He will always be remembered with affection and admiration; my world is diminished by his absence.
And, I confess, I am sure as hell curious about his "other
name".

AC Smith - August 07 at 09:54 AM

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