I've been thinking a lot about my own funeral lately. Not in a depressing emo sort of way, but just contemplating on how I will leave this world. I have decided that I want to go out in style, so I think I have come up with probably the greatest idea for a funeral ever, a funeral that I wish I could attend. When I decide to make my will the following things will go in it:
*Nobody will be aloud in if they are wearing black. White would be preferable, bright colours are also acceptable. The reasoning is I don't want people to be mourning me, but rather to be thinking about the good times and bright colours will stimulate happier thinking.
*There will be no set structure when it comes to speaking. Obviously if I leave behind a widow I would like her to speak, and any children I may have. After that friends, family members or whoever is welcome to come up and share a story, a poem, a joke whatever. Everyone is treated equal at my funeral and not just my direct family will get a say in how I will be remembered.
*At the end of the ceremony, before I am lowered into the ground, a television will be wheeled out with a DVD player in which a eulogy I will have filmed for myself will play. I intend to record this eulogy when I am in my late 20's or early 30's so people can remember what I was like when I was young and so they can see how I may have changed or stayed the same. <---This is my favourite and is definitely going into my will.
*As I am lowered into the ground one of two songs will be played. It will either be "The Final Countdown" by Europe or "Salad Days" by Minor Threat. I haven't decided which one yet.
*After I am fully in the ground I would like a young up and coming rapper to pour a 40oz on my grave.
*As of now I want my epitaph to read "I'd be more apathetic if I weren't so lethargic." But that will probably change when I can come up with something of my own that is more clever.
*There will be a reception after the service at a local bar, preferably at a karaoke bar so people can sing songs that remind them of me.
Yes, all-in-all I hope my funeral will be treated like a celebration rather than a time for mourning. Everybody dies right? I don't want people to be sad over my death, just celebrate the fact that they knew me.
*Nobody will be aloud in if they are wearing black. White would be preferable, bright colours are also acceptable. The reasoning is I don't want people to be mourning me, but rather to be thinking about the good times and bright colours will stimulate happier thinking.
*There will be no set structure when it comes to speaking. Obviously if I leave behind a widow I would like her to speak, and any children I may have. After that friends, family members or whoever is welcome to come up and share a story, a poem, a joke whatever. Everyone is treated equal at my funeral and not just my direct family will get a say in how I will be remembered.
*At the end of the ceremony, before I am lowered into the ground, a television will be wheeled out with a DVD player in which a eulogy I will have filmed for myself will play. I intend to record this eulogy when I am in my late 20's or early 30's so people can remember what I was like when I was young and so they can see how I may have changed or stayed the same. <---This is my favourite and is definitely going into my will.
*As I am lowered into the ground one of two songs will be played. It will either be "The Final Countdown" by Europe or "Salad Days" by Minor Threat. I haven't decided which one yet.
*After I am fully in the ground I would like a young up and coming rapper to pour a 40oz on my grave.
*As of now I want my epitaph to read "I'd be more apathetic if I weren't so lethargic." But that will probably change when I can come up with something of my own that is more clever.
*There will be a reception after the service at a local bar, preferably at a karaoke bar so people can sing songs that remind them of me.
Yes, all-in-all I hope my funeral will be treated like a celebration rather than a time for mourning. Everybody dies right? I don't want people to be sad over my death, just celebrate the fact that they knew me.
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sorchablue:
I love it! I would so totally be there for a funeral like that. hmm what great ideas and thought.
sorchablue:
ohh, I always kind of liked balinese funerals, though you so couldn't get away with one in the western world, too many laws would get in the way, but they are amazing celebrations.