a multitude of musings
What's up with LJ lately? Anyone know? I figured it was another round of DDOS attacks, but if that's the case then what's the motive? I can't help but wonder... *shakes head* By now I should probably be ready to put a fist through my screen in frustration and kick LJ's butt for being so uncooperative, but truthfully I just want to pull it close and hold it, pet it and stroke its hair and tell it everything is going to be okay. I posted what I thought was a really creepy status update about it on Facebook last night. My God, my fondness for LJ is causing me to view it as a small child or a cute, fluffy animal that needs comforting (I'm leaning toward the latter since I'm pretty crappy with/around kids).
Alright, so, while browsing a Glee community a few days ago I came across this gif. Now, I do realize it's likely meant to be funny in some way-- especially knowing Chris Colfer and his penchant for dark humor, assuming that he wasn't directed by somebody else to do this during the video shoot. But, honestly, I just find it... well, horrifying.
The more time I spend watching it the gloomier I become because, yeah, I get it. The Glee kids are all 'losers' at their school and of course it's hard for them, of course they hate it (although, at this point in the series it's a label they've come to embrace... "Loser Like Me", anyone?). But here's the thing: if anyone in that club was ever to be considered a suicide risk... it would be Kurt. Or, at least, it would be the Kurt from back then, from season 1 and early season 2, which I'm pretty sure is the time period in which this gif is set. So, sure, maybe it's less applicable now, less true of the Kurt of the present; it's still a terrible and distressing thing to consider.
I don't know, guys. Suicide can be a sensitive subject for me sometimes. Probably because some of my closest friends in high school were depressed, bipolar, self-harming and at least somewhat suicidal. The possibility of losing someone I cared about because they couldn't bear to live with themselves / continue living seemed very near, then. Very real.
Also... okay, this is admittedly a little morbid. I can't even remember how I got started looking into it since it's not something I anticipate happening for a long time, years down the road hopefully, but I've done some research and here's what I've come up with. I think that when Remi passes away, if the option to bury her in my own (preferably large) backyard of a home where I'll be for a long time is not available to me, and if I can afford it, I think I would like to have her cremated. And when that happens I would like to store her remains in one of these urns.
I like them a lot. I think they're simple, sleek, and stylish and would fit with whatever decor easily, and no one would know or even suspect that it's an urn containing the remains of my pet. Maybe I could get an engraved name tag to drape around the figurine's neck, even.
It's important to me that my pet(s) not receive the same treatment our old family cat was given: left at the vet's office after euthanasia to be disposed of in whatever way was convenient. We shared our home and hearts with Calli for 13 years and in the end her body was probably dumped in the trash, or possibly mass-cremated. It really bothers me that the process was so careless. As long as I can afford it, I intend to treat my pet(s) with the respect they deserve after years spent at my side.
Alright, so, while browsing a Glee community a few days ago I came across this gif. Now, I do realize it's likely meant to be funny in some way-- especially knowing Chris Colfer and his penchant for dark humor, assuming that he wasn't directed by somebody else to do this during the video shoot. But, honestly, I just find it... well, horrifying.
The more time I spend watching it the gloomier I become because, yeah, I get it. The Glee kids are all 'losers' at their school and of course it's hard for them, of course they hate it (although, at this point in the series it's a label they've come to embrace... "Loser Like Me", anyone?). But here's the thing: if anyone in that club was ever to be considered a suicide risk... it would be Kurt. Or, at least, it would be the Kurt from back then, from season 1 and early season 2, which I'm pretty sure is the time period in which this gif is set. So, sure, maybe it's less applicable now, less true of the Kurt of the present; it's still a terrible and distressing thing to consider.
I don't know, guys. Suicide can be a sensitive subject for me sometimes. Probably because some of my closest friends in high school were depressed, bipolar, self-harming and at least somewhat suicidal. The possibility of losing someone I cared about because they couldn't bear to live with themselves / continue living seemed very near, then. Very real.
Also... okay, this is admittedly a little morbid. I can't even remember how I got started looking into it since it's not something I anticipate happening for a long time, years down the road hopefully, but I've done some research and here's what I've come up with. I think that when Remi passes away, if the option to bury her in my own (preferably large) backyard of a home where I'll be for a long time is not available to me, and if I can afford it, I think I would like to have her cremated. And when that happens I would like to store her remains in one of these urns.
I like them a lot. I think they're simple, sleek, and stylish and would fit with whatever decor easily, and no one would know or even suspect that it's an urn containing the remains of my pet. Maybe I could get an engraved name tag to drape around the figurine's neck, even.
It's important to me that my pet(s) not receive the same treatment our old family cat was given: left at the vet's office after euthanasia to be disposed of in whatever way was convenient. We shared our home and hearts with Calli for 13 years and in the end her body was probably dumped in the trash, or possibly mass-cremated. It really bothers me that the process was so careless. As long as I can afford it, I intend to treat my pet(s) with the respect they deserve after years spent at my side.