Because Death Should Make People Feel Like Crap

The Separation Of Church And Wake discussion on Plastic has some interesting tidbits. I think it is sad that people are being told they cannot send off their loved one in the fashion amenable to those grieving.

If they want to party, let them party. If they want to be somber, let them be somber. Why fuck with them any more than the death of the loved one already has?

Personally, I want to be fried to dust quickly, quietly, efficiently, and CHEAPLY, and then I want all of my friends and family to crank up the music, dance, drink, and sing the song of my former life until dawn. I don't want any more tears than are necessary, and I want all of you to relish in the life you will still have after I'm gone. Party. Enjoy. Let down your hair. That's what I want from you out of life, and that's what I would want out of you after I'm gone. My ashes? At dawn, aportion me out into flowerpots mixed with soil and a few seeds...let me be plant food to a flower that will provide color to the lives of those who knew me...