:(

[alias_sqbr]

My grandma is dead :( Unexpected reaction to the cement used around a pin in a routine hip operation, though obviously her general declining health is not coincidental.

You can tell where I get my non-hugginess from, I said to mum that I'd give her a hug if I was there and she pointed out that neither of us would enjoy it, so I should give agnostic prayers (grandma was agnostic too, mum isn't. I wonder if she'll have a religious funeral like dad did for his atheist father. Hmm)

And then we talked about how I was evil for introducing my sweet innocent (lol) 23 year old brother to True Blood, because we're not big on talking about our feelings in my family.

Speaking of which: no supportive comments! Links to cheerful things will be accepted but are not mandatory, this is the sort of slow burn sad that doesn't suit that sort of thing so much.

Comments

A link to a cheerful thing

[triestine.livejournal.com]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PH9W7Qu_0Fk - this is bizarre but brilliant.

Re: A link to a cheerful thing

[alias_sqbr]

That was certainly bizarre :)

[auntpol.livejournal.com]

that is a cute photo! I like it's blurry childhoodedness, like blurry childhood memories. It's cool.

[alias_sqbr]

Heh. Yesssss, it's an artistic effect, it's not that I copied them all before I got a scanner :)

[stephbg.livejournal.com]

May I offer a cautious "bummer"?

[alias_sqbr]

Absolutely.

[aris-tgd.livejournal.com]

Well, all right then: The most recent Waybacks concert on the live music archive. (http://www.archive.org/details/waybacks2009-08-29.mtx.flac16f) I humbly suggest starting with song 24, "Beyond the Northwest Passage," because it is awesome.

You have all my virtual internet cake and good thoughts.

[alias_sqbr]

Thankyou.

[baby-elvis.livejournal.com]

It's us in a nutshell!

http://questionablecontent.net/

[stephbg.livejournal.com]

I for one feel naked.

[baby-elvis.livejournal.com]

Without the right hat?

[alias_sqbr]

Hah, yes.

[hobbitblue.livejournal.com]

"Unexpected reaction to the cement used around a pin in a routine hip operation,"

That's a good definition of unexpected, eep.

Cute blurry pic as you say...

If your brother was innocent til now a couple of episodes of True Blood will definitely sort him out!

[alias_sqbr]

My brother was definitely not innocent :D

[bunny-m.livejournal.com]

Here (http://www.dailycoyote.net/), have a link to a blog that I find fun and cheerful.

Hope you do, too.

[alias_sqbr]

There's a daily cute picture of X for everything isn't there?

[bunny-m.livejournal.com]

See Rules #34, 35, and 36. ;)

[alias_sqbr]

That's not the sort of cute I was talking about :P

[elaran.livejournal.com]

I really like Leigh Sales' blog: http://blogs.abc.net.au/offair/leigh-sales/

[alias_sqbr]

I hadn't seen that, thanks.

[furikku.livejournal.com]

Sucks when people you love die. :(

I'm never sure about the funeral thing; like I personally have the stance that funerals are for the living, so hey whatever helps them grieve, but I guess there are probably at least religious standards about it that'd make it weird if the deceased is atheist/agnostic/not that religion. (If not like ethical things plus the general weirdness factor.)

[alias_sqbr]

I'm pretty sure at least half the (living) family members at my grandad's funeral were atheists (or in one case buddhist), but since they're all in my generation had no say :/ I wouldn't have minded so much if the priest hadn't have been kind of a smug prat about it.

I'm kind of ambivalent about it, since I think not having a religious ceremony is plausibly more upsetting to a religious family member than having one is to an atheist, but it did make me uncomfortable knowing that he would've thought it was all stupid damaging bunk.

And then there's the fact that if grandma was any religion it was jewish, but the only living jewish family member in the country is my uncle who noone likes.

[furikku.livejournal.com]

I wouldn't have minded so much if the priest hadn't have been kind of a smug prat about it.

uuugh, fuck smug priests! >:(

And then there's the fact that if grandma was any religion it was jewish

OK, for some reason that bothers me. (The not-Jewish funeral part, not the being Jewish part.) Possibly the whole appropriation/whitewashing/whatever thing. Though I wonder if there's a way to make some kind of mixed ceremony, or if that would just muck up the whole thing. >_>

[alias_sqbr]

Having spoken to mum, grandma didn't want a funeral at all, so we're just having a wake. Which neatly sidesteps the problem :)

[furikku.livejournal.com]

I love it when things work out nicely! :D

[grahame.livejournal.com]

Have you seen Letters of Note (http://www.lettersofnote.com/)? It's something I find awesome :)

[alias_sqbr]

I had not. How fascinating!

[girliejones.livejournal.com]

I wish you long life.

[alias_sqbr]

Thankyou

[http://users.livejournal.com/drayke_/]

umm, have you seen www.lamebook.com ?
It's a bit like any number of those sites (Bash, FML, failblog etc etc)

[alias_sqbr]

ABLEISM

:)

[red-elf-49.livejournal.com]

What about random comments?

Like, in regards to your icon, can I have a vegan cake with no artificial flavours which is chicken flavoured? Not that I'd want a meat flavoured cake, that would be odd.

[alias_sqbr]

Absolutely! Any flavour you want! But then you have to eat it :D (and I'm pretty sure you can get vegan "chicken" flavouring)

[ataxi.livejournal.com]

Here's awesome: was the Empyrean software that was a partner of the Italian Film Festival distantcam's company or something? Because I remember him having roughly that same logo in about ... 1992 or something.

[ataxi.livejournal.com]

Hmm maybe not. But I swear, that moon logo. Hmm.

[alias_sqbr]

If it was he didn't tell me about it *eyes husband suspiciously*

[goth-kittie.livejournal.com]

It's interesting you say slow burn sadness... I like that.. I think that is an absolutely perfect description that no one ever takes into account.

I have no awesome links, as facebook sucked my brain out and turned it into a rollercoaster, cafe running, aquarium, farm and desert island keeper. Heh.

I will offer commentary though. True Blood is fantastic. I've just finished watching the first two seasons. :) The only problem I had with it was that now I find I accidentally speak with a bad, bad southern drawl at odd times.. Especially when people mention Jesus. :)

Oh, and I can't get the opening credits out of my head. :P

[alias_sqbr]

The opening credits are fantastic aren't they? That's what got me to give it a shot, after I saw them on a post about "best opening credits".

[sanguinity]

Here is a piece of interactive art that made me think of you (and your grandmother, too). Perhaps it is something that you would find cheerful.

[alias_sqbr]

Heh. Actually just thinking about a hugging machine set off my hugging squick, but the thought behind you linking it made me cheerful anyway :)

[sanguinity]

Aw, I earned partial credit! :-)