Someone whom I barely knew died yesterday. He was killed in a helicopter accident. It was his very first lesson ever. It was called "mechanical error".

He was a cousin of a friend of mine, and another friends next door neighbor and nigh-family for her entire life. Now I'm depressed because an aviation accident has pretty much touched me personally. And in a helicopter no less. I would always tell everyone who even jokinly told me I should fly helicopters instead of planes just how dangerous they were. How 'if there was an engine failiure of some sort below 1000' your fucked'. Guess I was pretty right wasn't I? Now I feel like such a fucking ass, and wish I had never said that.

Hell, it showed pictures of the wreckage on the news before I knew who it was. I just thought, "Damn, another chopper accident". All that was left was the main rotor and peices of fuselauge. I knew 2 people had died. And all I thought was "damn, too bad." What the hell is wrong with us, me, when we see loss of life and thats all we think?

IT WAS HIS FIRST FLIGHT GODDAMNIT!!

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When my flying days are over, and my death has come to pass
I hope they bury me upside down, so the whole damn world can kiss my ass

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I may be paranoid, but not an Andriod.

I was brought up a christian, and my faith only really started to abandon me when a friend (and one of the nicest and funniest people I've ever known) got lung cancer and died...

It's all really fscking depressing and senseless...

oh well, I think Depeche mode have it right... "I don't want to start any blasphemous rumours, but I think that God's got a sick sense of humour, and when I die, I expect to find him laughing"

I feel, man.

Sorry for posting seriously into the rants forum, I'm now going to go away.

T

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