My grandmother had a viewing, which I thought was fairly horrific, but I wasn't close to her at all, so it wasn't personally upsetting.
My dad was cremated. We had a short service at the funeral home, played the Brandenburg Concertos, and I thought about punching the minister. But I didn't. My aunt & brother spoke, and probably someone else I've forgotten. After that I guess five of us went to the cemetary briefly, and then people came to our house to help eat the tons of food we'd accumulated.
If I could have skipped the whole thing, I would have. I understand the whole "it's for the survivors" thing in theory, but... for me, all of that was a series of hurdles I had to get over before I was finally allowed to be alone for a while, which was what I'd wanted the whole time.
I have to link to this article because it involves monkeys and pants...
Police: Men smuggled monkeys in pants; also leopard cubs, orchids, birds of paradise
The title makes it sound better than it really was.
Police: Men smuggled monkeys in pants; also leopard cubs, orchids, birds of paradise
But no hippos. Still and yet, hippo dignity is denied.
Weird. I was just reading about a probably-smuggled slow loris, except it was in Japan.
Interview-ma? I'm lining up interviews thanks to some judicious re-writing of my resume, and it would be nice if someone wanted to employ me.
t dusts off her Ann Taylor
Speechless: [link]
Yeah, he's rapidly backing away from that statement.
Still, WTF was he thinking?
Open caskets creep me out, although every time I've been to a funeral (which has thankfully been few) that's been open casket I feel socially obligated to join the line passing by to pay last respects, even though I'd rather keep my distance.
The only funeral I've been to that wasn't open casket was my great grandmother's memorial service. Her body was cremated and the ashes cast into the sea by the Navy where her husband was lost during WWII (she never remarried).
I have no idea what I want done with my remains after I'm gone. I don't think I've quite accepted my mortality yet.
