This may just be the height of strange. (At least until the next post. =P) A while back a friend was talking about what she would say at her parents funeral. And for some reason I thought, "hey, that sounds like fun." Not to write other peoples "eu-gugalies", but to maybe write my own. It makes sence when you think about it. It takes the pressure off of the speaker. It grants insite to who you were. It gives the family/friends left behind a chance to say goodbye assuming you adress the topic in the "eu-gugaly". And it would alow others to speak if they wanted to still. It's a win-win, right? You can say anything you didn't get to before or anything that you couldn't before. You could just say hi to those that ment something to you or say what your life was like. Why not go all out and have jazz playing lightly in the background and serve weird coffees like a coffee house. I don't know, the possibilities are crazy if you plan ahead.
Anyway, I have writen one for myself and I'm itching to share it. I suspect it's cause I know I won't be around for it's unveiling. I won't get to see the tears or the smiles. The realizations and the confusions as people come to understand who you became when they weren't looking. Not that I have many secrets, but I understand how people will gather all info they have on you and essentialy limit who you are to them, based on that knowledge. Like writing your name on a rock and tossing it into a super deep/dark canyon. You know it's going to hit the ground and deliver the message you wrote on it, but you can't be there to see how it's recieved, if at all. I guess it's for the best as it would need to change as I do over time and I don't plan on going today. ^_^
Still it was a unique writing experiance.
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lets hear it! ^_^
not that i want anything to happen to ya....
dang, i should write my own about how awesome i was and stuff...and forget the jazz, i'll write my own death music....wait a sec, i think you just inspired me day!
The weird coffee is a good idea. Your post brings to mind the film "The Funeral" by Itami (A Criticization of the traditional Japanese funeral). In that film they do everything "wrong." But the man who dies did get his picture taken prior to his death which I guess is kind of an interesting way that something of him, meaning something of what he did, was contributed to the funeral.
Interesting thoughts, but like astro said we dont really want to hear your real eulogy for a long time to come but I am interested in what some of your ideas were.
haha, glad you guys liked the idea. I think it's pretty kewl too, but figured I was just a freak. =P
At any rate, I may post it after some touch ups. I didn't really think you'd want to hear it so I only have a rough draft.
Astro-
I wanna hear that "death music" you come up with Astro, since you are doing such a great job on the other stuff.
Noah-
I saw (and maybe reviewed a film on the forums) called Eulogy. It is a comedy styled movie and sounds to have similarities to "The funeral" movie you mentioned. Man it was good.
i will have to show you a song i made up a long time ago. i only have guitar, no bass, drums, or vocals. for some reason i always played that song after someone i knew died and that seems to be the only time i could play it flawless. kinda strange i dubbed it the death song in my head since that seemed like the time to play it.
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