Lets see, the original plan to put up a blog post this last Friday sadly went completely out of the window and unfortunately for a very sad reason. My beloved pet, my pooch Saffi who I had for twelve years sadly had to be put to sleep because in the early hours of that morning she suffered from a massive stroke and after a long night staying up with here and then what seemed to be an even longer conversation with the vet and realising there was nothing that could be done, I had to make the decision. Thankfully she didn't go alone in a corner of the house somewhere only to be found later, I was with her at the end and I was the last thing she saw, even though it did take every ounce of strength I had to put a smile on my face so she didn't see me sad.
It got me thinking about allot of things, especially life and death. In all the nerdy, geeky and probably stupid things I watch, read and play death is a common thing. Die in a game, Simple respawn, Die in a TV Show / Movie and just wait a series or a sequal cause chances are they magically bring the character back. Die in a book they become a hero ..... And we get so desensitised to it in these forms it kind of numbs us to the fact it actually happens, until it does then it hits us like a brick because it's not a game, A TV Show / Movie or a book.
It certainly makes you think .....
I'm going to miss my furry little gaming buddy, the faithful companion who would sit beside me and watch as I slaughtered zombies or saved a galaxy. The self heating foot warmer that would snuggle up to my feet as I lay on the sofa watching Red Dwarf or Star Wars ..... The member of the family who would sit with me and fall asleep on my lap as I was reading a book.
I'm going to miss my best friend
It's not a very happy week, but then not everything can be happy or awesome in the weird and wonderful .. if sad ... world of a nerd
Saffi - 2002 - 2014
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