I... still have a hard time believing he's gone.

[wolfwings]

Farewell, Furp. I've known you almost as long as I've been in the fandom, off-and-on as is my way in life... you always were there when others needed you, including me. And you were, in many ways, why I tried so hard to find those that didn't like me, to try to find out why so I could hopefully change myself for the better.

0:00 - Victory, Not Vengeance Nation - Beloved (6.8MB MP3)
1:09	It's colder than before...
1:13	The seasons took all they had come for...
1:18	Now Winter dances here.
1:21	It seems so fitting, don't you think?
1:24	To dress the ground in white... and gray.
1:30
1:35	It's so quiet, I can hear...
1:40	My thoughts touching every second, that I spent...
1:45	Waiting for you...
1:50	Circumstances afford me, no second chance to tell you...
1:55	How much I've missed you.
1:57
2:02	My Beloved, do you know?
2:05	When the warm wind comes again,
2:09	Another year will start to pass.
2:12
2:16	And please don't ask me why I'm here...
2:20	Something deeper brought me, than a need to remember.
2:25
2:29	We were once young and blessed with wings.
2:34	No heights could keep us from their reach.
2:37	No sacred place we did not soar...
2:40
2:43	Still great things burned within us!
2:47	I don't regret the choices that I made.
2:50	I know you feel the same...
2:53
2:57	My Beloved, do you know?
3:00	How many times I stared at clouds;
3:04	Thinking that I saw you there...
3:07
3:10	These are feelings that do not pass so easilly.
3:16	I can't forget, what we claimed as ours...
3:20
3:54	Moments lost and time remains!
3:57	I am still proud of what we were!
4:01	No pain remains, no feeling...
4:05	Eternity awaits!
4:07	Grant me wings that I might fly,
4:11	My restless soul is longing...
4:15	No pain remains, no feeling...
4:18	Eternity awaits!

I'm sorry, I just couldn't transcribe any more of the lyrics at this point... Enjoy the song though, I hope.

Comments

[fareme.livejournal.com]

Beautiful, fitting song... can't say I knew him, but he obviously touched many lives...
*hugs tightly, leans*

[wolfwings.livejournal.com]

*trills, hugging back* Thank you, Fareme. I'm just happy to have been one of those whose lives he touched.

[genmaicha.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry.

[wolfwings.livejournal.com]

I am too... so many chances left for later, thinking he was safe again, back home in the US, I'd have another chance.

[jurann.livejournal.com]

Only knew him in passing, but it seems he was a well-loved person under the radar because I never really heard of him or saw him much. I guess I can only hope that so many people will be so upset and concerned when I die... But I doubt that will be the case.

He was one person I moddelled myself after to some extent.

[wolfwings.livejournal.com]

He never needed credit for his actions. Not never wanted, simply never needed it. So few knew him directly, or realized how often they interacted with him even if they did, because much like myself he just went along and Did. Wikipedia life philosophy, so to speak. Do, don't debate, find a way to act, then move on and see what else there is to see.

The fact he was Medical Staff (sometimes unofficial, just bringing his personal EMT backpack and walking around cons at unholy hours) is another example. He just wanted to help, and often did, then just stepped back into the shadows and went on a'walking again.

Re: He was one person I moddelled myself after to some extent.

[jurann.livejournal.com]

It's nice to get so much positive attention and love, esp after you're dead and can't appreciate it and realize it. Would be mighty keen of folks to give this kind of attention BEFORE people die, so they can know that they're doing something right in life. =P Anyway, despite everything I do, I don't expect I'll ever get any praise or appreciation for it since I'm so readily villainized for my attitude and beliefs. I really should care less about furries and their selfishness.

Re: He was one person I moddelled myself after to some extent.

[wolfwings.livejournal.com]

In this case, I actually can at least re-assure you that Furp knew on a frequent basis that he was Doing Something Right™, and had numerous folks planning and participating in the adventures of his life. There's a motorcycle ride he was planning that's turning into a memorial ride for him, several folks had skits and what-not planned for cons coming up, the whole reason there's so much outpouring is because he was so active in so many places.

But he never was 'in charge' or had his name attached to things, so those he didn't interact with directly frequently didn't realize how active he really was. SMOF in that way, I suppose.

And you have done some amazing things, many of which I think are quite praiseworthy. Even I and Furp have had our share of detractors though, I'll be honest.

[uplinktruck.livejournal.com]

A lot of people in fandom knew him. It is amazing how many people I know that mentioned him. I'm sorry I never got to meet him.

He was one of those furry nexuses.

[wolfwings.livejournal.com]

And the world is far poorer with his loss, the fandoms he ran in doubly so I feel.