Memento Mori

You shouldn't assume from the sequencing of these posts that Lily Prune is in any way a dangerous flyer. I've had some experience with sky boys and girls and I'd say that she's more conscientious than your average bear in a world of already pretty responsible people. I'd be lying, though, if I said that being in a light aircraft doesn't make me contemplate my own demise - in fact, that feeling of fragility is the pay-off for the exhilaration of whizzing around at 3,000ft in something you could park in my front room.

I think, though, that I'm more than usually aware of my own mortality. I can feel it there ALL THE TIME, along with the whole, "this is ridiculous, we don't even know what we're doing here" phenomenon. This isn't a morbid thing, mind you - quite the opposite. I hope that I'm a better person for always knowing that I could go under a bus tomorrow morning. I am trying to live according to how I would like to be remembered whenever I die.

(By the way, if I DO go under a bus tomorrow morning, it was an accident, dammit! Just because I'm thinking about it doesn't mean I'm in any hurry :)

A friend of mine tells a story about being on a spectacularly unsafe piece of funfair equipment in her teens with a friend of hers. "We're going to die! We're going to die!" her friend is screaming. "And I'm the only one who knows your funeral songs!"

So, lest I find myself on a rollercoaster to early disaster,
this is DJ Magnifico's Funereal (Burned to a Crisp) Remix:

- Flute theme from 'Scheherazade' by Rimsky-Korsakov
- Flower Duet from 'Lakme' by Delibes
- Brahms Lullaby
- 'We're All in This Together' by Ben Lee
- 'Blackbird' by The Beatles

It's not an exhaustive list, and I'm sure as soon as I post it I'll think of something else, like some completely inappropriate head-banger to horrify my mother. I think I need at least one of those. I'd be interested to hear your picks for your own bon voyage.