Wow... It really has been a long time...
But I was going through both my Ipod and my iTunes. And I find it more than a little bit weird that I do not have any music post 2001.
Is it me? Or is it them?
I used to be a massive punker. Not so much an more but I still have the pedigree. Which means my taste in music has always been a bit questionable, but recently I have been feeling old.. Is it the fault of my music? I havce downloaded Guns and Roses, Wings, Traveling Wilburys, John Lennon and the list goes on.
Is modern music so rubbish. And my answer is yes. Yes it is. And I blame you. It is all your fault. My proof? Justin Beiber. Katy Perry (Whom despite her super hotness is still rubbish) and my biggest point. X-Factor. If you have ever seen this show then you know what I am talking about. Basically if you aren't attractive and sing pseudo pop songs then you dont belong in mainstream media.
Bu then that doesnt explain why I dont own any modern music. And I'd like to bring that to a point right now.
Modern Music is rubbish.
Every demographic has always thought their music/art is better than their predecessors and in our case the next generation will be more than right. Secretly our Mums and Dads are laughing behind our backs. They grew up with music that was awesome ie:
http://youtu.be/moCf_pghM-U
And our generation is stuck with "I kissed a girl" and other such rubbish.
Modern music is rubbish. Go see a proper band and learn to live with yourself
Random rumblings of a twenty something year old moron
Specifics and shit
- -Makin-
- Perth, Western Australia, Australia
- I'm a 20 something year old dude from Perth WA who likes to hear himself talk or in this case hear himself write. All I'm doing is talking crap and going on about what dumb things my friends and I do...
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I will miss your blogs and our chats so much
RIP Dan xoxo
I like coming here and reading your ramblings. I can almost hear you speaking out loud. I still can't believe you are not coming back. xx
Still missing you. I think about you every day. I think you took over my radio and had a laugh playing songs that reminded me of you & reduced me to an emotional wreck with tears streaming down my face, mascara smudged across my cheeks. I have missed you at so many events, where you would have been loud, obnoxious and funny. I don't know if this will ever seem real. I am glad you left such a large internet presence so that I can re-read your blogs, twitter and Facebook pages. Your passing has been tough for so many people, I hope that wherever you are now you are at peace. xx
We had our beer pong tournament last weekend. You would have loved it. Sam managed to make it to the final but Brad & BJ won. It was a long and messy day but such good fun. I still have trouble dealing with the fact that you will no longer be coming to any of these events and that we can't talk about books, tv shows, movies or the girls that you are dating. We could have such good chats even if we didn't tend to agree. You always made me laugh. I guess at some point I will start to think of you and smile at the memories and thoughts but at the moment it is all still so fresh and just thinking of you makes me sad. Sad for everyone that knew you and misses you. I really wish we could have had one last chat. Although I must admit I am glad that the last time we saw each other we did have a bit of a chat, although I can't remember anything we talked about and at the time it just seemed like a normal night, i would never have been able to comprehend that would be the last time I saw you. I really hope you are somewhere wonderful and looking over everyone and being thoroughly entertained by us and loving that we all miss you so much! Haha! xx
I am back again. It's the middle of the night and I am drunk and missing you like crazy. I am working very hard on not crying but that's because I am not an overly emotional person- you know all too well what a nasty person I can be if the mood so strikes me. We have missed you at so many events of late. There have been slights and strife that only you would have been able to smooth over. You are so greatly missed, I still don't think you understood how much you meant to so many people. As sad as it is your passing has brought many of us together. We appreciate each other more and try to spend time in each other's company; friendships have developed. There are so many things you were looking forward to that are starting to occur and it only emphasises the hole your passing has left. You would have been an amazing uncle. You would have had so many bad jokes to tell but you would have also passed on so many hilarious stories and taught him anything no one else would have taught him. He shares your middle name though which is such an honour. If only you could know. For all of your annoying habits (and you definitely did have some) the world is a much poorer place without you and we are a different group of people. It really is so devastating. I hope you are in a place to know that you are an Uncle and to see the myriad of ways you have affected so many people. I like to think you do. Good luck, we love and miss you. xx
Everyone has really missed your presence and not just in the loud, funny way but in more subtle ways such as how you could impact your friends, change the atmosphere and ensure everyone had fun and just bring everyone together. Although life goes on and we can still have fun, it is different without you.
You are indeed greatly missed. Particularly by those closest to you, your family. Your departure terribly hurt so many people, and three and half months later we are still coming to terms with it. You were going to make an amazing Uncle and were so excited about your impending niece/nephew. It is devastating that you cannot share in that or in so many of the other things you wanted to achieve but it is quite perfect that you will forever remain awesome in everyone's mind and your nephew will grow up hearing stories about the person whose name he shares.
It is really frustrating and sad to look at your twitter page, blogs and Facebook and to see them in a permanent state of paralysis. I wish they would change and you would add a funny or snide comment or a status update about what you are doing/drinking & whether your friends want to do it with you. I hope they stay accessible for a while yet.
Although your life has been extinguished you are still almost everywhere I go. I have not been back to the Paddo and it will be extremely difficult when that time comes because the Paddo and Makin are synonymous in my mind. The quiz nights and Oktoberfest, all of that beer! :)
It is still inconceivable that you are really never coming back. Sometimes I hear truly beautiful ideas and thoughts regarding the afterlife and although I have no idea or beliefs of my own about what comes next, it would be lovely if some of them were true.
Still thinking of you! xx
Hello.
I have been thinking about you a lot lately. It has been so long since I last saw you and since you left. We are coming up to the grand final, Oktoberfest and your birthday- none of which will ever be the same again. I do wonder about what has happened to your essence, whether you watch down over us and the world, whether you have a new existence on some other plane or whether you were just extinguished? I will never know but I do like to think of you as being around.
It was at the Queens that I saw you for the last time and you would not have believed it but when I went back for the first time (I was pretty drunk) I burst into tears at the bar trying to buy a drink. I was a bit of an emotional mess and never did get that drink because the bar closed before I managed to compose myself!
So much has changed over the past year and much has been set in motion that will change everything in the year to come. Everyone is starting to get settled, houses, weddings and babies- not necessarily in that order. I still say yuck to that and whilst it is a shame that you will never move in to that next stage, you will eternally be in the prime of your life, 20 something while the rest of us become 30 something.
I think the loss hits in two different ways, the loss of the potential for what you could have achieved and experienced but will never get the chance to and also the pervasive sadness for the loss of you, the bad jokes that made me smile, the interesting conversations and even your digs.
I do still miss you and think about you often. Lots of small things remind me of you and usually they make me smile rather than being sad.
I do hope everyone who still feels pain over your passing starts to feel some peace. I also hope that you are in peace wherever you are.
Still thinking of you.
xx
Hello me again
Well we are almost at a year since you passed away. It's been a year since I saw you. We are coming up to the last anniversary - 1 year since you died. I don't think there will be so many get togethers or anniversary's after this one. I am sure people will continue to remember, privately or in discussions but there won't be too many more big events which are all about you! You would have enjoyed your birthday celebrations- it was very you in every way.
You have been on my mind a bit again of late. I suppose you will always be there 'forever 28, obnoxious and funny'. I think your passing marked the end of an era, after you left a few people decided, consciously or not, to get serious about life and settle down. Consequently you will always be in their memories of the days of youth. Your death must have resonated in different ways with many people, encouraging them to form relationships they otherwise may not have done, change jobs in which they are not happy or try to buy a house a set their own roots. Many people have come to realise that they are not so young and that death can claim anyone at any time.
Your family love and miss you terribly. They still celebrate your life and presence and you will forever be a part of their family events. Perhaps that is why you created so many outrageous stories that will continue to be re-told for many years.
Forever in my memories
xx
Hey Daniel
I dreamed about you last week. I can't quite remember the details, just the gist and the sad feeling I had when I woke up. I was hanging with you and the boys. All having so much fun. Then you died. No one could fix it. We were just devastated and their was this sense of wrongness and heartbreak. I woke up with such a sense of sorrow and loss and a determination to spend time with and cherish my friends.
I didn't know the date. Then I saw the red balloons on facebook from your sister. It was 3 yrs to the day. I have not had a dream like that before. It stayed with me all day. A strange coincidence or something more?
I remember, a few months after you died, 3 songs came on the radio, in a row, all of which were played at your funeral. Of course I couldn't stop thinking about you, tears rolling down my face as I sat in a parked car.
I wonder what the dream was about. What sort of reminder? What does it mean? What was the message to take from it.
I still think about you. So many of us will never forget. You will be forever young. Always in your late 20's. The rest of us will grow old, fat, wrinkly, get divorced, destitute and have a thousand other adult problems, but you will forever remain the hilarious, wonderful & annoying friend. You will always be etched in our mind at the same age. You will be a reminder of our youth. A particular time in our lives, when we all lived in the same city, hung out at regular events - Al's house, the paddo. But now we have all moved on. Different cities, new jobs, some of our friend's partners never knew you. But when we all return to Perth and get together, for Christmas or a wedding we will always notice the emptiness that is because you are missing.
I often think of you when I am in a bookstore. Wondering what you would have thought of a new book, or if an old one whether you read it. I will never like Terry Pratchet but every time I see his name I think of you. I think its hilarious that Rebecca Miles thinks of you every time she looks at her shower head! Haha! What would you think of that!
I know how much your family cherish every reminder of you, especially the unexpected & poignant. I hope they always continue.
I don't believe in heaven or hell. I don't know what if anything happens after death. Whether it's final. Whether we do have a spirit and that lives on. I tend to think there is nothing. But sometimes, something surprises me and makes me wonder, just like the dream I had about you last night.
Good bye Daniel, I can't believe it's been three years already.
xx
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