So 25 years ago today dec the 8th 1980 john lennon was shot dead outside the dakota in new york city by that scumbag mark david chapman 
today has been a horrbile day i have been crying on and off remembering about johns life and death and wondering what could have been if he was alive today still, he was much more to me,(and millions of others) then just a musician we enjoyed, he touched my life at least in a profound way, and i realize he wasnt a perfect man but none of us are, its hard to explain how much he meant to me, but if i could trade my life for his i would in a second. thats all i have to say
today has been a horrbile day i have been crying on and off remembering about johns life and death and wondering what could have been if he was alive today still, he was much more to me,(and millions of others) then just a musician we enjoyed, he touched my life at least in a profound way, and i realize he wasnt a perfect man but none of us are, its hard to explain how much he meant to me, but if i could trade my life for his i would in a second. thats all i have to sayVIEW 21 of 21 COMMENTS
And, um, dude that's one of the oddest journal entries ever. Never mind that he'd been dead before you were born, but that's just a relatively scary kind of attachment. Do you feel the same for Mozart or for Shakespeare? The world is full of what ifs - perhaps in an alternate reality Chapman would never have killed him, he would have just put out three really shitty albums in a row? Or he'd be hit by a bus? How hilarious and pointless it would be all at once if some unbalanced fan were able to trade their life to prevent the assassination, and then the next day some other tragedy took him out. Don't be sad and junk for him not being here, be happy for the life he led and the music he shared.
~Trilo~