Farewell Etchi
Today, a lot of us had to say a final farewell to our fellow raver and friend etchikoneko. The place was filled with people I knew and especially when the right music came on, it was like a chill room at a rave.
It's not right to mourn a 23-year-old fighting something so big that he didn't feel he could reach out to one of the hundreds of people that I saw today; especially us friends and his family who so obviously loved him.
A lot of the people who were close to him expressed to me their confusion, anger, guilt and extreme sadness. He had tickets to an event, plane tickets to go overseas and a new music set up with decks and gear. I really don't think he was planning to leave this world and I don't think he thought he was leaving us. So please forgive yourselves - we all get busy with different responsibilities pulling at us. Try and forgive Etchi and learn from him to love deeply, laugh hard and look after everyone around you.
It's easier for me to say these things because I don't have as many memories of Etchi to process as a lot of you do. I was glad that my memories of him were reflected in everyone else's memories - the mischievious grin and the joy he spread. It means I did know him at least a little even if most of it was through reading his LJ and listening to you guys tell me about your good times with him even when he was alive. The sadness I have is for all of you who have lost a good friend, and the goodness in him that I saw and never got to really know.
So farewell Etchi... Thanks for being such a joy to run into, to read about and hear about, and finally now, for making us think about what's important to us.
It's not right to mourn a 23-year-old fighting something so big that he didn't feel he could reach out to one of the hundreds of people that I saw today; especially us friends and his family who so obviously loved him.
A lot of the people who were close to him expressed to me their confusion, anger, guilt and extreme sadness. He had tickets to an event, plane tickets to go overseas and a new music set up with decks and gear. I really don't think he was planning to leave this world and I don't think he thought he was leaving us. So please forgive yourselves - we all get busy with different responsibilities pulling at us. Try and forgive Etchi and learn from him to love deeply, laugh hard and look after everyone around you.
It's easier for me to say these things because I don't have as many memories of Etchi to process as a lot of you do. I was glad that my memories of him were reflected in everyone else's memories - the mischievious grin and the joy he spread. It means I did know him at least a little even if most of it was through reading his LJ and listening to you guys tell me about your good times with him even when he was alive. The sadness I have is for all of you who have lost a good friend, and the goodness in him that I saw and never got to really know.
So farewell Etchi... Thanks for being such a joy to run into, to read about and hear about, and finally now, for making us think about what's important to us.