close to death

from yesterday's wedding, straight on to funeral. Do not stop at children's christenings, graduations or golden wedding anniversaries. Do not collect £200.

it's a hard life innit.

I haven't given much thought to my funeral as I'm not planning on attending. I don't really care what music gets played. I suppose one could see it as a last chance to make a stamp on the world. For example, I could insist that the whole of der Ring des Nibelungen gets played and anyone who complains will get stuff thrown at them. As my last chance to introduce the children to Wagner without them saying "this is shit, this is weird, put the radio on" because they'd have to respect the dead. But I bet they'd chuck that bit of my will away and play something like this instead using the spurious claim that it's in the right language. And I won't even be able to turn in my grave because otherwise I'll prove myself wrong. Dammit.

Anyway, I hope that whoever says a few things about me doesn't neglect to mention my amazing rainwater collecting thingy.