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a mixed update
Dec. 19th, 2010 11:07 pmI have completed my beta'ing obligation (and now owe a myriad of people a myriad of other things) so I am free to give update:
The wake went better (and weirder) than I thought. My friends are Mexican, and apparently they "go hard" when it comes to religious observances at wakes/funerals. People who are familiar with me know that I'm not a shrinking violet of a Christian -- I wouldn't call myself bold as brass either, admittedly -- but this was wildly unexpected. The funeral home was easy enough to find, as well as the chapel where the viewing was, but instead of milling people, a constant line of viewers, and small groups taking over sections of chairs, I came in to a section of the rosary being done in Spanish. I took French. (If you're amused, be amused. Even I found it funny at the time.) ( Read more... )
( Or you could read happier news... )
So I'm basically back on the grid. I think. I may be lying to myself. The day after my friend died someone else I know, from my childhood, died. He's older than my mom, but he and his brother worked at the community center I all-but lived in when not at school/home. I was always closer to his brother than I was to him (he was always this unreachable, uber-cool artist guy who did murals everywhere), but I still may be reeling from my friend's death. His wake is this Wednesday. I have a holiday party Tuesday, a Christmas show Thursday and Christmas Eve is Friday. Jag, I guess this means I must post tomorrow or get sucked into a vortex of not-having-any-time :s
The wake went better (and weirder) than I thought. My friends are Mexican, and apparently they "go hard" when it comes to religious observances at wakes/funerals. People who are familiar with me know that I'm not a shrinking violet of a Christian -- I wouldn't call myself bold as brass either, admittedly -- but this was wildly unexpected. The funeral home was easy enough to find, as well as the chapel where the viewing was, but instead of milling people, a constant line of viewers, and small groups taking over sections of chairs, I came in to a section of the rosary being done in Spanish. I took French. (If you're amused, be amused. Even I found it funny at the time.) ( Read more... )
( Or you could read happier news... )
So I'm basically back on the grid. I think. I may be lying to myself. The day after my friend died someone else I know, from my childhood, died. He's older than my mom, but he and his brother worked at the community center I all-but lived in when not at school/home. I was always closer to his brother than I was to him (he was always this unreachable, uber-cool artist guy who did murals everywhere), but I still may be reeling from my friend's death. His wake is this Wednesday. I have a holiday party Tuesday, a Christmas show Thursday and Christmas Eve is Friday. Jag, I guess this means I must post tomorrow or get sucked into a vortex of not-having-any-time :s