Debbie Metrusty (@debbiemet) RIP
February 15, 2010 at 8:39 am
There are some people on Twitter who are just generous souls; who always have a kind word to say, who respond to a tweet where you may be thinking you made a bit of an ass of yourself, people whose warmth carries over into the virtual world. Importantly these people also have Real Lives going on, they do not merely exist on Twitter.
Debbie Metrusty (@debbiemet) was one of those people.
I first met Debbie at the Twitter meet-up at Electric Picnic ’08. She was so into her indie tunes, had an impressive list of ‘must see’s’ and I actually count her as the one who opened my eyes to Florence & the Machine… and Marina & the Diamonds…! She had retrained as a landscape gardener and was all excited about her home in Cloughjordan Eco Village. She loved cats. She was an early adopter of all sorts of new Twitter apps. And was one of the organisers of Dublin Twestival.
I couldn’t believe it, when I was dossing in college on Saturday, and I came across her obituary notice in The Irish Times. It couldn’t be. Such a exuberant lovely person has been taken from us – just like that. It is shocking. Alongside the tweet about the Irish Times notice, her reply from only last Wednesday was sitting in the column beside it.
The funeral is on tomorrow in Glasnevin, Sabrina’s blog has all the most updated details (and some really lovely comments too). I think everyone’s shocked and saddened by Debbie’s passing. Rest in peace don’t really work for someone so young and full of life. But they’re all we’ve got. So Debbie – Rest In Peace. You will be missed. And God bless you.
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