Tuesday, May 19, 2009

Sad Day...the UC Berkley Naked Guy committed Suicide!

For those of you who weren't UC graduates (Go Slugs!), you may not remember the UC Berkley Naked Guy. He attended class naked, politely bringing a little towel to sit on to not get his butt cheese on the next sitter at that desk. His notoriety permanently altered my UCSC experience, because the rules about a "clothing optional" campus changed after my freshman year. My friend's boyfriend who would sit in a field overlooking the Monterey Bay in nothing but his tattoos playing flute (not the skin flute, the bamboo kind) suddenly started getting hassled everywhere he went.

Anyhoo, there was news in the SF Chronicle today that the Naked Guy killed himself in jail recently. I guess the guy suffered from schizophrenia and wasn't getting the treatment he needed. Sad.