Inappropriate Gallows Humour

[soulstar]

While scrolling down my entries page (and discovering that wow, I really haven't posted much in the last year), I saw that the post I made about Dad having died was using my default icon.  Cos it was a phone-post.  My current default is really a bit too cheery looking for that post, so I decided to change it.  I looked at my icons, and was overcome with the nearly irresistable urge to use this one instead:


That shouldn't have been as tempting as it was.  I am bad.  But I did resist, and used something more serious and appropriate instead.  My sense of humour wants to go too far, sometimes....

In other Dad-related news, we've finally got news that dates have been set for the inquest, and for the trial of the person who knocked him down.  The inquest is in April (only a few days before Mum's birthday - hmm), and the trial will be in June.  Mum is glad that we know when it will be, and that it will be done and over with relatively soon*.  I think I feel pretty much the same.  I spose I'll know for sure when it comes to it.

Also, I'm going to be taking possession of the hand-made chessboard that Dad used to use - it's a big solid wood square with the chess / draughts layout on one side, and Dad used it to play cards on as well.  It's a very "Dad" thing to me - when I was growing up, he'd always have it on his lap in the evenings, either playing solitare, or we'd play whist or whatever.  So, yes.  Memory board. :-)


* That is, soon from now. Obviously it's not soon from the perspective of when the accident happened. It's 9 and 11½ months respectively from then.

Comments

[snarkyart.livejournal.com]

Your sense of humour is very much part of why I love you, darling. *smooooooooooooooooooooooooches*

It's good to have a something that's very "Dad" to you. I'm glad you found something, my love. *überhugs!*

[soulstar.livejournal.com]

*smooooooooooooooooooooches* Thank you, my darling.

It's good to have a something that's very "Dad" to you.
It is, definitely! I collected it when I went over the other weekend, and I've been using it for writing fic in bed *g*. See, I need a flat, solid surface to put my Palm-keyboard on. The board is perfect!

Also, I'm getting something else: a giant wine glass I got Dad for Christmas one year. It was really sposed to be for a floating candle, but he used to actually use it for drinking from. Hee!! Anyway, Mum was clearing out, and she said I can have it. :-)

[django24.livejournal.com]

I think your post above adequately explains your train of thought anyway. A wicked sense of humour doesn't mean you don't care, especially talking about yourself in your own journal. Sometimes I've had that problem with commenting on other people's journals, where I feel my icons of the time have seemed too carefree or happy for commiserating on someone's bad news.

I hope the inquest really does bring you and your mother some form of release, as waiting for something like that must be such an albatross around the neck at times.

[soulstar.livejournal.com]

Thank you - and yes, I know what you mean about the icons. I've got close on a hundred of them, and I still can't always find an appropriate one!

The inquest and trial dates seem to have changed again... it's all pretty confusing. But hopefully now, we'll have it all done with in April. It has been hard to wait for it. But on the other hand, it's given us time to collect ourselves and get more used to what's happened.