Something I've been meaning to write for a while...
Saturday 10th April 2010. A sad day for many people and one that caused me to shed a few tears (I feel we are familiar enough with each other now for me to share this detail).
It's difficult to describe the loss of something in your life that you take for granted, something that you always assume will be there during the good and the bad times. Something that has shared your life and touched it in more ways that you can possibly fathom.
People deal with loss in different ways. Some are quite open about it, some are more stoic. Some look to other places to try and fill the gap that this sudden departure has left in their lives, while others seek to withdraw and retreat. Others still choose a bitter path, ranting at the unfairness of it all and how things could/should have been different. Personally, I've chosen a path of resigned acceptance. All things considered, the writing was on the wall for a while and this knowledge didn't make it much easier to deal with but it did allow me to focus on what was important. The good times. The smiles. The laughter. The joy.
I wish that circumstances in my life had been a bit different - that I was able to spend a bit more time on the things that were important rather than assuming what once was there will always be there. Hindsight is a wonderful thing is it not? Even the greatest and noblest of institutions eventually fall, the passage of time is something that no-one should consider trivial.
It's been over a year now and the loss is still felt keenly amongst those of us that cared. I have so many fond memories that will forever live with me, each one bittersweet as there could have and should have been more. Time is apparently a great healer, but the repercussions of that day will still be felt amongst those of us blessed enough to have been touched by something greater than the petty miseries of day to day existence.
Rest in peace my friend. You were one of a kind, never to be equalled.
I'll miss you Gabe.
Shame on any of you who thought I was talking about Jilly's...
Saturday 30 April 2011
Thursday 21 April 2011
Perhaps we'd better start from the beginning...
Hi,
Lovely to see you! You look great! Are those new shoes? Have you lost weight?
So, why a blog? A couple of reasons really. First and foremost, it's nice to have an outlet to express one's thoughts, be they positive or negative. Secondly, because I enjoy writing and it's a good opportunity to practice the craft. Thirdly, because some pushy bastard got it into their head that apparently I'm vaguely amusing in some manner or another and actually have something relevant to share with the world. I won't specify who though, that secret will go with me to the grave.
After Ian Saul's badgering though, I saw his point and so have set this up in order to share some of my nonsense with the world (and by world, I obviously mean the two people and five cats that may well read this shit). I'm very much aware that as I'm a bit of a gobshite, I should perhaps lay down a couple of disclaimers before I start getting into the meat of it all...
1) Everything that will be written here will be my opinion and not the opinion shared by any organisations/employers/chosen deities that Imay have any involvement with.
2) As such, you are more than welcome to dis-agree with my opinion and I'm more than happy for folk to leave comments, although it would be nice if they were sensible and not of the 'ZOMG, y do u h8 the 'Biffy so much?!?' style. If I'm using proper sentences, you should too. It's only fair.
3) I won't be passing anything off as fact unless I can support it with documentation. As the reader of a blog that is far more amusing for the attitude of the writer than the actual content, I would like not to come across as the complete tool that this person does (or that most of you know me to be...)
4) Should anyone have any suggestions as to something to write about, send 'em along. I lack imagination after meal times.
I may add more disclaimers as we go - I'm happy that the majority of the people that are likely to read this aren't complete cranks so I think we should get along famously.
Nothing much more to add other than I hope the posts following this introduction provide suitable entertainment. I don't know how often I'll post but let's say once every couple of weeks, provided something worthwhile pops into my head. Otherwise I'll just be blogging about cereal and the state of my underwear.
Think I'm gonna enjoy this...
That colour really suits you by the way.
Lovely to see you! You look great! Are those new shoes? Have you lost weight?
So, why a blog? A couple of reasons really. First and foremost, it's nice to have an outlet to express one's thoughts, be they positive or negative. Secondly, because I enjoy writing and it's a good opportunity to practice the craft. Thirdly, because some pushy bastard got it into their head that apparently I'm vaguely amusing in some manner or another and actually have something relevant to share with the world. I won't specify who though, that secret will go with me to the grave.
After Ian Saul's badgering though, I saw his point and so have set this up in order to share some of my nonsense with the world (and by world, I obviously mean the two people and five cats that may well read this shit). I'm very much aware that as I'm a bit of a gobshite, I should perhaps lay down a couple of disclaimers before I start getting into the meat of it all...
1) Everything that will be written here will be my opinion and not the opinion shared by any organisations/employers/chosen deities that Imay have any involvement with.
2) As such, you are more than welcome to dis-agree with my opinion and I'm more than happy for folk to leave comments, although it would be nice if they were sensible and not of the 'ZOMG, y do u h8 the 'Biffy so much?!?' style. If I'm using proper sentences, you should too. It's only fair.
3) I won't be passing anything off as fact unless I can support it with documentation. As the reader of a blog that is far more amusing for the attitude of the writer than the actual content, I would like not to come across as the complete tool that this person does (or that most of you know me to be...)
4) Should anyone have any suggestions as to something to write about, send 'em along. I lack imagination after meal times.
I may add more disclaimers as we go - I'm happy that the majority of the people that are likely to read this aren't complete cranks so I think we should get along famously.
Nothing much more to add other than I hope the posts following this introduction provide suitable entertainment. I don't know how often I'll post but let's say once every couple of weeks, provided something worthwhile pops into my head. Otherwise I'll just be blogging about cereal and the state of my underwear.
Think I'm gonna enjoy this...
That colour really suits you by the way.
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