Tell me more about Andreus

[bankside]

I think blogspot diverts you to a national server wherever you are. His blog comes up as .ca when I click on it.

 

[Telstra]

Oh yes, I remember those ... just don't recall ever seeing a face pic of him on here.

Andreus was a fascinating, opinionated and somewhat enigmatic presence on J U B, but no more so than many other Jubbers who've come and gone over the years. It's interesting that his 'presence' is still felt here several years after his death, while other long-gone Jubbers, equally as fascinating and influential, appear to have faded from our memories altogether. Perhaps the fact that Andreus was the epitome of a Greek God in looks, and died so young and in such sad circumstances has a bit to do with his memory living on.

I joined joined JUB after Andreus was gone so i don't know much about his postings.
However AndrewD is still in many people's mind about his mental issues ?

 

[Telstra]

I think blogspot diverts you to a national server wherever you are. His blog comes up as .ca when I click on it.

That must be it ...

 

[Telstra]

Perhaps you could make a thread about him Telstra, hopefully it'll be as wonderful as this one has turned out to be.

LOL, if you wanted more, you can create one.
title " Tell me more about AndrewD" ? they both starts with Andre

 

[BostonPirate]

Sorry, I can't find a picture of him on my computer, guys.

I will check with a moderator or admin to make sure that it's ok, and if it is, I will scan the picture of him I have on the wall in my office and post it tomorrow.

It was one of his favorites.

 

[BostonPirate]

I saw his face pics on a number of occasions, plus some nudes. He had wavy, raven-black hair that he wore brushed back from his face.

He had an impressive endowment, which I saw in pictures that also had his face, so I had no doubt that the pics were him. I mention his endowment because this issue--and his attitude towards it--taught me a lesson.

He liked the attention his endowment brought him, but in truth, he found it a curse. He never achieved full sexual satisfaction, he said, because no one could take it all--they'd just nibble on the ends.

Now most of us JUBbers--including me--would like to be a little larger. I have six inches; but I see a six-inch endowment as borr--ring; how much nicer would it feel to have more?

But Andreus told me that he wished he had a more normal endowment, and that people like me should feel happier with what we had.

I realize that bringing up this topic in the context of a deceased man may seem disrespectful to some, but I feel we can learn life lessons from other people--both from those who still live, and from those who have joined the parade that has passed by.

We love you, Andreus. Rest in peace, mon ami.

He was a big man, a little over six feet tall. He shaved his head for the last few years, which I always thought was odd, since he had a few scars on one side of his head that were only revealed when he shaved it. He had beautiful black hair when it grew out, though.

He also had a weird habit of tipping his head back a bit when he looked at someone that was oddly off putting to people. I guess there were a host of little habits that you'd never have known if you didn't spend time with him in person. His voice was a bit rough, but he smoked pot like a chimney. He tended to have a greek accent when he was relaxed, but if he was on the spot, so to speak he knew how to sound generically american.

Do you still have any of the pictures he sent you?

 

[G-Lexington]

Even though I was here with him for awhile, we didn't interact much. He had a sort of "come at me bro" attitude that I found offputting. Our few interactions in threads were pleasant and usually humorous, and he struck me as at least moderately intelligent. But I never formed the connection with him that others did.

...I supposed this is the sentence where I'm supposed to say I really wish I had, and how much I regret not doing so when I had the chance. But I guess I really don't. Not because I don't think he was everything everybody says he was, but I guess because I stand by my five-year-old decision not to attempt to connect with him. I'm happy he enriched others' lives, though.

Lex

 

[Kyanimal]

I am Truly envious of BP, and his Personal relationship with Andreus! As close as I felt that I managed to become a Friend with Dreu, through our interaction "Here", I was always at a physical Distance from an Individual that I Admired, Respected, and held Close, through the mere aspects of the Internet, and the Power of His personality!

We didn't always agree with each other! However, I felt I got to (cyberly) KNOW Him! Dreu was one of those Singular Exceptions in the realm of Human Beings!

Though I have experienced the passing of many people that I've know in Real Life, Dreu's passing may have had more of an effect, a "truer" sense of loss!

Yes, He had his own 'foibles', and 'weaknesses'. However, the way he approached them, and dealt with them, was as HONEST, and Forthright, as Anyone I've encountered since!

And, DAMN IT!, I miss Him!

Keep smilin'!!
Chaz

 

[BostonPirate]

Even though I was here with him for awhile, we didn't interact much. He had a sort of "come at me bro" attitude that I found offputting. Our few interactions in threads were pleasant and usually humorous, and he struck me as at least moderately intelligent. But I never formed the connection with him that others did.

...I supposed this is the sentence where I'm supposed to say I really wish I had, and how much I regret not doing so when I had the chance. But I guess I really don't. Not because I don't think he was everything everybody says he was, but I guess because I stand by my five-year-old decision not to attempt to connect with him. I'm happy he enriched others' lives, though.

Lex

My husband was not particularly fond of him. For him though it was the foot thing. He constantly shook his foot, to the point that you couldn't sit next to him in a booth at a restaurant because it was so annoying.

I am Truly envious of BP, and his Personal relationship with Andreus! As close as I felt that I managed to become a Friend with Dreu, through our interaction "Here", I was always at a physical Distance from an Individual that I Admired, Respected, and held Close, through the mere aspects of the Internet, and the Power of His personality!

We didn't always agree with each other! However, I felt I got to (cyberly) KNOW Him! Dreu was one of those Singular Exceptions in the realm of Human Beings!

Though I have experienced the passing of many people that I've know in Real Life, Dreu's passing may have had more of an effect, a "truer" sense of loss!

Yes, He had his own 'foibles', and 'weaknesses'. However, the way he approached them, and dealt with them, was as HONEST, and Forthright, as Anyone I've encountered since!

And, DAMN IT!, I miss Him!

Keep smilin'!!
Chaz

We had a memorial here in Boston for his friends because his body was sent to be buried next to his mother. This is the song that was played at his service. It was one of his favorites.

 

[bankside]

Despite my reputation for aloof buttoned-down rigidity, I think I can still muster a louche grin when I say, I cannot imagine that he shook his foot whilst making love.

 

[BostonPirate]

Despite my reputation for aloof buttoned-down rigidity, I think I can still muster a louche grin when I say, I cannot imagine that he shook his foot whilst making love.

Neither can I.

But that was usually the last part of his body people actually noticed when he took his clothes off.

 

[Kyanimal]

Perhaps because of, or rather in spite of, His physical, Sexual, allure, the Beauty of his Mind, and the Respect, though HONEST Aggressiveness, that he pursued with his beliefs, and perceptions, were more Sincere than most Anyone I've interacted with before!

With all of his Human "weaknesses", Dreu was a Guy that Earned my Utmost Admiration and Respect! And, given my own foibles, and perspectives, in all Humility, that's not an easy thing to do!

Keep smilin'!!
Chaz

 

[BostonPirate]

It was the greeks that had the whole body mind soul thing happening a few thousand years ago. I guess they meant it...LOL

And Both the Thanos boys were OBSESSED with this greek pop star... I am told it's rather common in gay greek men and young women. I just thought it would be nice to actually hear his native language in a thread about him. He loved this song and this singer.I have no idea what the lyrics are, what they mean in greek. If anyone can understand greek, I would really like to know the translation

 

[T-Rexx]

I did not know him well. I understood that he was a correspondent for some media organization, and that he was obliged occasionally to travel to the Middle East for this.

A few people here didn't like him very much. He was very passionate about things, especially his Muslim religion, which he was frequently defending in posts. I could never understand why he clung so faithfully to a religion that hated him so much. But, that was Andreus.

He once told me that one of my posts here (a commentary on GWB's understanding of democracy in Iraq) was the most insightful post he had ever read on JUB. I will always love him for that.

 

[BostonPirate]

I can't imagine that he wouldn't have like you Huntneo.

T-Rexx... One thing about the guy.. he never complimented people unless he meant it. You write very carefully and express ideas well. That alone would have attracted him. Yeah he got caught up in the media thing. It happens. We considered it a great loss when he gave up his tenure to go do that. He liked the thrill of chasing a picture. Interestingly enough, the photography was not really his main source of academic interest. His degrees were in languages. He was a translator by trade. His specialty was converting Arabic, three dialects, into modern French. He had opportunities to become wealthy once the Gov't got hungry for Arabic translators, but he refused to work for them.

 

[BostonPirate]

Didn't Andreus have a lover who also posted on JUB?

If I recall correctly, his Muslim faith played a key role in their breakup.

I remember him having a fascination with one or two people online but I have no idea if he met them here. The first one was bad, both for him and the other guy. It was an unhealthy obsession that messed him up a lot. I believe his father finally had to intervene on that one to put a stop to it.

There was another guy from the south that he really liked, but his brother and his health sort of took that away.

The people he slept with were all very different. He rarely made a romantic choice that I understood much less agreed with. He was fond of telling all of us ... well he just told us to fuck off if we meddled, so we didn't. Never get between a greek man and his passion.

 

[Telstra]

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When did he died?
was it before November 2007 ?

 

[HoodedRat]

Just out of interest. How do you think he gave himself away? Because there were some of us that, at the time, were sceptical, wrongly it seems, about his story, if I remember rightly.

'Andreus', posting as 'Mitri', gave himself away by his posting style ... much as he has given himself away yet again in his very first post in this thread under the nom de jub that he has been using for the past couple of years.

I am not the only Jubber who realised this; but most of them have long since moved on, so I doubt that anyone will support my view in this thread.

 

[BostonPirate]

'Andreus', posting as 'Mitri', gave himself away by his posting style ... much as he has given himself away yet again in his very first post in this thread under the nom de jub that he has been using for the past couple of years.

I am not the only Jubber who realised this; but most of them have long since moved on, so I doubt that anyone will support my view in this thread.

You're playing s areal sick game there, Champ. Do you kick children at the circus for fun as well, or are you one of those mentals that sees Elvis Presley at the grocery every week?

Seen Santy Claus yet this year?

How about the tooth fairy?

Sad and pathetic, to have to admit that you are one of these people that carries on like a loon for fun, but you stand in line.

Once again.....


Bullshit, fantasy, and more bullshit,

 

[HoodedRat]

^
You've just given yourself away yet again 'Andreus'/'Mitri'/'BostonPirate'/'Whatever'.

You're the one who has been playing a sick game here for many years.

Why not simply put me on ignore and then feel free to carry on with your pathetic twisted little fantasy life unchallenged.