I found my file of quotes from Aaron. They mostly happened before we were romantically involved, and some of them are obscure in-jokes, but I preserve them here for anyone.
quotes from my roommate:
a: “Fonts are about the human condition.”
q: “Some of us had to live through the 80s…. all you had to do was potty train.”
a: “Some of those bands made potty training pretty hard.”
q: “I considered converting for the food, but then I realized I could get it anyway, and I was like, ‘fuck your god!'”
a: “Damn! She found our loophole! We need more Manichevitz DRM!”
a: “I think a lot of what I liked about it was sexy shots of Helvetica.”
a: “United sure has come a long way from bankruptcy. I remember the good old days when they couldn’t even afford Helvetica. They had to print signs in Arial instead. It was disgusting.”
q: “I wonder if the United channel is on, I switched to being a United frequent flyer for that.”
a: “I switched because of Helvetica.”
q: stares
a: “I’m not joking.”
a: “Mandatory minimums is your way of locking up people with small penises!”
a: “If skullfucking is wrong, I don’t want to be right!”
a: “Genes load the gun, but it takes parenting to pull the trigger!” (making shooting motion)
a: “I’m part of the Jewish cabal that controls the internet.”
q: “I haven’t actually heard anyone say there’s a Jewish conspiracy running the internet.”
a: “Oops.”
q: “You don’t have crotch prions.”
a: “You don’t know that!”
a: (Looking at his glass) “This fruit juice is making me paranoid.”
a: “Your shirt is in italic, mine’s not.” (We have the same shirt)
q: “No, that’s just my breasts.”
a: (investigates)
a: “Your breasts make a really nice italic.”
a: “I bought a new font. I’m out of my mind with glee.”
q: “I learned a phrase in Swahili.”
a: “Was it ‘My daughter thinks her hand is a pontoon bridge?'”
q: “Oh, you’re not cynical. And the pope’s jewish.”
a: “Don’t say that! it’s a secret.”
a: (Holding a ticking small clock) “Can I take the batteries out of this thing? It’s like a constant reminder of my impending mortality.”
a: (On Lasik) “Lasers are supposed to come out of your eyes.”
a: (looks at aaronquotes file) “You have to put lines between them! See this file, you know how to make lines.”
a: “Give it to me, I’ll do it for you.”
“The 80’s was a really hard thing to put up with.” – Steve Howe (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Howe_(guitarist) )
First of all, My condolences to you, your daughter and everyone Aaron touched.
I giggled reading trough his quotes. The “shots” called Helvetica. It’s a very rare coincidence for me, since I am half Swedish and Half Norwegian. To read out that he enjoyed those shots. Makes me smile of small coincidences in this world.
I must admit that I have never heard about Aaron until. “Anonomous” announced the “Demonstration” in one of their latest videos on youtube. And frankly I bet I was one of the first on the “WWW” to watch that video, and from there “Learn” who Aaron Swartz was, and From there to here, thanking you for your energy to mae this, so I can sit here and thank you for it Thanks to him and the Internet, and Everything He, The Net, and Humanity stands for. So thank you.
And Greetings From Norway 🙂
-Alexander Maxhall