maybe … don’t cry?
when i die.
this post is dedicated to a friend of a friend … JB.
he passed away last friday at 34 years old … his heart just stopped.
we never kicked it hard or really at all but you know he was the homey of one of my best friends … i have been hearing JB stories for years now … he was a good friend to my girl … he loved to live his life … he traveled a lot … he liked to party and have a good time … one time he dressed up as a banana (yes, that’s him in the pic) … that’s what i call LIVING.
he’s going to have a wake and a funeral tomorrow … but my girl and i were talking and we both thought a party might be a more appropriate celebration of JB’s life …
so i’m saying it here:
if i die. tomorrow. or the next day. or in 60 years. i want my friends and fam to throw a party. cuz they know how i got down. they know i tried to live every day like it was my last. they know that i was forever saying: tomorrow is not promised. they know i LOVE to party. they know i love to dance. they know i believe that everything happens for a reason … that i try to find at least a kernel of goodness in everything that happens in life when life happens …
party for me! dance for me! get drunk for me! find the dopest DJ! tell stories about me! laugh at my ass and the shit i used to do! laugh at how i used to dance in the club! laugh at the songs i used to like in the 80s and 90s …
i don’t want a weepy, formal, sad funeral … i just don’t … i truly want a party … maybe some afrikan drummers in addition to the dj … wear white … no black … and you can cry if you want to …
just dance while you cry. it’ll make you feel better.
and it’ll make me happy in heaven to see you all dancing and loving and living.
i love you JB! thanks for teaching us more about life!
shit, i might cry …
October 28, 2008 at 7:08 am
[...] wrote an earlier post about my friend, JB, who passed away … i just added this pic of the time he dressed up as a banana to the original blog … i [...]