Comments | scarlettina: Of shoes and ships and sealing wax

scarlettina

Of shoes and ships and sealing wax

Aug 01, 2013 07:20

It's Thursday, but I'm still thinking about last weekend. Last weekend I was in Portland for JayWake, jaylake's pre-mortem wake, the gravity of which was defused somewhat by his recent good news, about which we are all pleased ( Read more... )

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mcjulie August 1 2013, 17:11:11 UTC

A great post and a great picture ( ... )

scarlettina August 1 2013, 18:21:02 UTC

But the pain is still there, isn't it?

Yep. It's lessened for me, at least right now, by being part of a community and all of us managing it together. Inside my own head? Well, I guess I'm back to "My mourning is my own business"--and that's another subject for another post at some point, I suspect.

joycemocha August 1 2013, 17:12:31 UTC

I wish I could have been there, but...I had a previous commitment, involving the husband, and, well...

jaylake August 1 2013, 19:28:48 UTC

I am so glad you were there.

PS, did you get my recent email?

scarlettina August 2 2013, 15:22:42 UTC

I did indeed. Things have been so nuts this week, I've barely had time to answer any email at all. Answer coming this weekend.

Why the badge? the_same_andrew August 2 2013, 13:54:03 UTC

Why are you wearing an ID badge in the coffin photo?

Re: Why the badge? scarlettina August 2 2013, 15:22:08 UTC

Because JayWake was organized like a science fiction convention and everyone got badges. Also because the numbers allowed the organizers to run a door prize and to designate hapless victims to participate in the "floor show" (by which I refer to the random Q&A: How do you know the pre-deceased? and so on).

prettyshrub August 5 2013, 22:51:54 UTC

Your post made me think of the funeral scene in "Waking Ned Devine" where Jackie O'Shea is actually speaking about his still-living friend, Michael O'Sullivan, who is currently pretending to be Ned Devine.:

Michael O'Sullivan was my great friend. But I don't ever remember telling him that. The words that are spoken at a funeral are spoken too late for the man who is dead. What a wonderful thing it would be to visit your own funeral. To sit at the front and hear what was said, maybe say a few things yourself. Michael and I grew old together. But at times, when we laughed, we grew young. If he was here now, if he could hear what I say, I'd congratulate him on being a great man, and thank him for being a friend.

*HUGS*

scarlettina August 6 2013, 03:00:15 UTC

That is very cool. I've never see that film. Perhaps I should.

prettyshrub August 6 2013, 16:58:27 UTC

It's a really good movie, I think you would enjoy it.