I’m two days late, but I just want to scream this out so people can at least send their thoughts and love out to the families/people involved.

COLUMBIA, S.C. - A Learjet has crashed while departing from a South Carolina airport, killing four people and critically injuring two others including rock band Blink-182’s former drummer.

My mum came into me on Saturday night saying that Travis was in a plane crash, and that someone called ‘Little Chris’ had died. At first she was like, “yeah but you like that kid called Little Chris don’t you? You know, the one on Celebrity Scissorhands? That one with the really annoying voice?” I was like, “wait, did you say ‘Little Chris’ or ‘Lil Chris’?” She was like “Little Chris”. I couldn’t help but feel relieved then, as Lil Chris is like, my hero. It would’ve been another Mark Speight reaction if that’d been him.

But then it sunk in.. there was a plane crash? Travis fucking Barker was involved? Four people have died, including Travis’ personal assistant and his bodyguard? Both the pilot and the co-pilot didn’t make it, and the other guy, DJ-AM (Adam Goldstein) has got fatal burns to his face? Wait, Travis has got fatal burns beneath the waist, which could mean LEG AMPUTATION?

(There’s loads of articles I could point you to, but I’ll for now just point to this thread on our forum. It has everything.)

For those who don’t know, Travis Barker was the drummer for a band named Blink-182 (I highly recommend them to you) who split in 2005. In my eyes, he is the most incredible drummer in the whole goddamned universe. He’s brilliant. Absolutely amazing.He’s on my wall in three different places, looking like a total legend compared to sell-out Tom Delonge (love ya) and whatever-happened-to-Mark-Hoppus. ^_^ (Although I think Travis and Mark are in the same band together, +44 or something, and I really like SOME of Angels and Airwaves (Tom’s new band)’s stuff.. Everything’s Magic is my favourite song ever I think.)

Barker had performed the night before at an event with former Jane’s Addiction singer Perry Farrell, Gavin DeGraw and DJ AM. Travis and Adam Goldstein, who perform together under the name TRVSDJ-AM, had been playing in Columbia, South Carolina.

It’s totally heartbreaking, really. Four people died. Four goddamned innocent people. Hell.

My thoughts are with them all. All the relatives of the four people who died, and with Adam and Travis. I swear on my life, if what the rumours are saying are true, and Travis may never be able to drum again, I may just completely break down. He’s simply such an awesome drummer. There’s no one like him.

Obviously I feel for the others, too, it’s just my reactions always go towards the people I’ve heard of. Crikey, it’ll still be so upsetting/it still is so upsetting knowing that all those people have died so suddenly, and that Adam has got burns to his face. He could die, or be seriously injured for the rest of his life. That’d be another soul lost.

That poor baby and Chris’ wife. Any girlfriends/boyfriends/husbands/wives of the pilot+co-pilot. Parents, grandparents, sons, daughters.. my thoughts go out to them all.

RIP.
x

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I know I’m boring, but no one’s spoken to me in like ages. =[ Busy? Yeah. I know how that feels. I hate this year.

And I feel like crap right now. Headache, cold, dizziness.. I’m on here for the first time in like ages, and that’s only because I wanted to sync my iPod. I get so distracted. Meh. Talking of iPods.. who’s seen the new Nano? Urgh. I don’t like it. I thought they were going in a new direction with the last generation, but obviously not. Apparently you shake it and it shuffles songs for you.. can you imagine just walking round with it then suddenly a new song cuts in? Haha. Anyway. I don’t like any of the colours either, I think the one I’ve got had better ones. Especially the green one. Mind you, I suppose the brighter colours appeal more to younger people? Meh, dunno. My iPod Nelliot is still my love, so I’m not too worried.

I’m just gunna plug something for a second. Because of my authorship overtaking my musicianship (don’t ask) I’ve decided to make a whole new site to show off my writings. If anyone fancies a read, please head on down to Pocket of Words (pocket.forgotten-twilight.net). I still don’t know whether putting each thing in a PDF was better than just putting it on the page itself.. any suggestions, let me know.