09.10.05

Dinner at Shogun, Jordan Kirkland

Posted in Memories at 2:03 am by Tarlie Harris

I’m sure all of Lucas’s friends aren’t surprised to hear that Lucas made
such a strong impact on my life and the life of my friends over the past
year. I was fortunate to know him for quite a while because of Kristen
and Jacob, but it wasn’t until Jacob moved back to Montgomery from
Auburn that I really got to know him on a real personal basis. One of
my favorite memories came on one of the legendary weeks that Jacob
babysat for Marshall Long. Lucas was there the entire time (even when
Jacob was at work then at night school). He would call me when school
got out to find out when we were coming over to hang out. One night,
Jacob, Lucas, Marshall, and I went to Shogun (by Lucas’s
reccomendation). As they served up the noodles, veggies, and rice, we
noticed Lucas would not even think of touching his plate. I asked him
what the deal was, and he told me he always waited until all of the food
was ready. Then he would devour it all at once. After about 5 beers,
this monster plate of food was ready in front of Lucas. No exaggeration
– before any of us were even 1/4 of the way done with our main meal (we
had already eaten the noodles and rice), Lucas’s plate was clean. Over
the 45 minutes we sat there, Lucas managed to make friends with the
cook, and he cheered him on through each stage of the cooking. I
remember he stood up and let out a good “Choo choooo!” as the cook
pushed the flaming volcano of onions across the grill (picture the
Arsenio Hall fist pump). He introduced himself to everyone at the table
and had these strangers laughing so hard that they were having trouble
even beginning to eat. Afterwords, Jacob had to go to class at AUM.
Lucas, Marshall and I rode around blaring the Dukes of Hazzard Theme,
some Ben Harper songs, and everything else on “Lucas Mix #3”. He
enjoyed hanging out with us just as much as we did with him. I feel
privileged to say that Lucas Harris was my friend. Lucas called me on
August 1st at about 5:30pm to tell me that some books Jacob had ordered
had been delivered to the house. Sounded goofy and happy to talk to one
of his “little brother type” friends as he always did. I had plans to
go out there in the next couple days to pick the package up for Jacob
and just to get a couple of good Lucas stories. I’ve never met an
individual before who could make people laugh harder than him. Every
time he was around, people were rolling on the floor. Lucas Harris
played a huge role in my senior year of high school, and I will never
forget how much fun we all had listening to his stories.

Jordan Kirkland

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