Shellfish

[god_jr]

Life is decent right now: the project is exciting, I'm going to meet one of my long-time LJ pals in a few weeks for the first time and am stoked about that, I have excellent friendships ... so it might seem odd that I've been thinking about suicide lately, but maybe only because "thinking about suicide" is linked with a stereotypical, and taboo,

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i fully endorse this post

[murdermystery]

basically i think it's selfish to immediately assume that suicide is selfish. i plan on killing myself in the ocean (though not for a long time obviously), with a conviction to the degree that half of my biographical statements with published work includes the fact (hah!).

But also, in terms of suicide, I am pretty interested in the sort of sub-genre of art that involves an autonomously choreographed death, as in, perhaps, Ray Johnson's tale.

I also think that thinking about death, and even suicide, when you're not depressed is pretty healthy. One of my friends/roommates cannot deal with death at all, like to the point where he's neurotic about it, and he yells at me whenever I revel in it, or whatever (because I'm "dark"), and really, I'm much more relaxed about it. It's hard for me to understand that other people aren't willing to recognize that everybody does die eventually.

I am rambling, but yeah. I like this, even if, perhaps, that's a weird thing to say.

i am now at home and thus could watch the video

[murdermystery]

that is INSANE

w.o.w.

[god_jr]

this was her suicide note:
"I don't believe that people should take their own lives without deep and thoughtful reflection over a considerable period of time. I do believe strongly, however, that the right to do so is one of the most fundamental rights that anyone in a free society should have. For me, much of the world makes no sense, but my feelings about what I am doing ring loud and clear to an inner ear and a place where there is no self, only calm."

Re: w.o.w.

[murdermystery]

that is possibly the best suicide note i've ever read