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Got your will together yet?

  
 
bitchiekittie
17:25 / 22.04.02
well, have you? and why not?

you never know what your sadistic relatives will allow to happen to your body when you are gone (mentally, physically, or both)....
 
 
Trijhaos
17:27 / 22.04.02
Of course not, I'm young and invincible!

Seriously though, after I'm dead I could care less what happens to my possessions and if I die before my parents, they already know I want to be cremated. No biggie.
 
 
We're The Great Old Ones Now
17:28 / 22.04.02
Oh, God, no, I haven't. It keeps falling to the bottom of the list, for some reason.
 
 
that
17:30 / 22.04.02
I haven't got enough stuff to warrant a will... as long as my dog is taken care of, all will be well. I'd like to be burned and scattered asap and without ceremony - I've made my wishes widely known, so I guess that will have to do...
 
 
bitchiekittie
17:30 / 22.04.02
not just about your dead body, trijhaos - what happens if you are for all intents and purposes a vegetable, living off of machines - would you really want to go on like that? how would your family know either way?
 
 
bitchiekittie
17:32 / 22.04.02
even verbally spreading the message isnt always enough. your mom (dad/sibling/spouse/lover) might want one thing, your dad (mom/sibling/spouse/lover) another. these things can wage on in court for ages and ages.
 
 
Trijhaos
17:33 / 22.04.02
Oh...vegetablism. Never thought 'bout that. I'm not too keen on being vegetablized, so maybe I should get one of those do-it-yourself kits and write out a will saying "I wanna be cremated, all my possesions burned, and don't want to become cauliflower".
 
 
that
17:33 / 22.04.02
My family have an agreement that we'd shove one another off a cliff if the worst came to the worst... go out in a blaze of glory... as it were... or a strawberry jam smudge of glory, really, I s'pose...
 
 
Captain Zoom
17:35 / 22.04.02
I plan on disappearing for 7 years, being legally declared dead and then re-appearing just to see what kind of legal shitstorm it creates.

I think that'd be fun. Anyone want a roomie for the next 7 yrs?

Zoom.
 
 
The Apple-Picker
17:38 / 22.04.02
FAME!!!

Meaning: I'm going to live forever.
 
 
bitchiekittie
17:39 / 22.04.02
*takes notes*

no to cauliflower....

yes to strawberry jam.....


I want to go out in a blaze, too. ok, maybe not jam, but at least not in drug-addled ignorance. Id rather not atrophy in a hospital bed if I can possibly help it, especially if its to be "more comfortable". it was horrible watching my grandmother go like that
 
 
Shortfatdyke
17:49 / 22.04.02
i should do this. thing is, every time i think about it, my situation changes. everyone should make a will, because (in the uk at least) the state can fuck your loved ones around no end, just when they least need it.

so who wants my cds?
 
 
adamswish
18:03 / 22.04.02
have no-one to leave the tremendous piles of crap I call my processions. If I ever get the former then a will will be neccessary (and pardon the pun or bad english)
 
 
Cherry Bomb
18:06 / 22.04.02
I don't really own much of value, other than some comics, some books, a stereo, a five-year-old notebook computer (in excellent condition!), and eleven years' worth of journals. I guess the only thing I'd be concerned about is making sure my journals got a good home.
 
 
Utopia
18:11 / 22.04.02
yeah, zoom! i actualy used to march around and tell people that in high school! i doubt that if i really died many people would believe it. i now tell people that i want to go out in a hail of federal gunfire smuggling guns over the border from mexico. i told this to a drug dealer in a shady part of the city once, and he's been hounding me to buy a gun from him ever since! (gulp)

my family and friends know that i refuse to be a veggie, and i don't plan on leaving a body.

and i'd love to see everyone fight over my cd's and porno mags...
 
 
bitchiekittie
18:17 / 22.04.02
Im more worried about the "living will" bit - about what happens to you if you are in a serious accident or fall violently ill. giving the power to decide to those you trust most (for example, the decisions might default to your parents, and you despise/distrust them), and requesting that certain things be done with your body - again, someone might want to bury you intact, but you want to give everything away to science.

even if you do trust the people to whom those responsibilities would fall - your loved ones dont need to make those decisions in the midst of grief.
 
 
Shortfatdyke
18:22 / 22.04.02
yes, a living will is essential - good point, bk. i'll make that one of my resolutions for this year.
 
 
that
18:45 / 22.04.02
Oh, yeah - that reminds me - all my organs are up for grabs, too. Which everyone also knows.

"Don't leave your body to medical science, leave it to kids to play with!" - Eddie Izzard
 
 
bitchiekittie
18:54 / 22.04.02
"all my organs are up for grabs"

another t-shirt idea!
 
 
Tuna Ghost: Pratt knot hero
18:54 / 22.04.02
I plan to sell my body to science as quickly as possible. I hear you can do it before you actually die, and get the money then. Sounds like a deal!
 
 
grant
18:57 / 22.04.02
Yeah, I left it all to the fiancee. She panicked during the anthrax.
I actually do want certain of my things to go to certain people, but I haven't written that bit down.
 
 
betty woo
19:18 / 22.04.02
I don't really care what happens to everything after I die - there's not much of value, except maybe copyright on the film/scripts, and I've made organ donation arrangements already.

My best friend has stated his wish to be the guest/dish of honor at his funeral banquet. It's currently illegal, so he's looking into ways of getting around that problem, such as holding the bake-off and feast on a ship in international waters... no luck so far, which I think is lucky for the rest of us.
 
 
bio k9
19:25 / 22.04.02
Anyone want my penis when Im gone? You can try it out now if you want.
 
 
bitchiekittie
19:34 / 22.04.02
Ive always thought it would be a nice idea to have my ashes put into little vials, and taken home by whomever wants them. because I dont care what is done with them (no sentimentality connected to any particular place, and anyway, Im dead) I thought each person could do what makes them feel better. something sweet (like take me on vacation, scatter me across my favorite park!), funny (flush me down the toilet!), or just keep me around a while.
 
 
The Apple-Picker
19:43 / 22.04.02
Hey, I want some of your ashes! I'd probably talk to them alot. And slip some into men's drinks as an aphrodisiac.
 
 
bitchiekittie
19:49 / 22.04.02
holy hell, woman! that would have awful consequences - all the evil will be released by the crisping of my flesh, you know.


its a fact
 
 
Baz Auckland
22:13 / 22.04.02
I've got the organ donor box ticked off on my health card.... hopefully my family will stick my body in a boat and set it on fire or something.... I told them to just bury me in the backyard, but they seem reluctant.
 
 
Shortfatdyke
08:21 / 23.04.02
i think the main stipulation on any kind of will i draw up is a polite request to be really, really sure i'm dead before anyone does anything with my remains.
 
 
Less searchable M0rd4nt
08:32 / 23.04.02
I'm not really that bothered what happens to my mortal remains (tho' I like the idea of some kind of preservation like being slung in a peat bog, or being plastinated). But I recently found out that the most commonly played song at funerals is Imagine and therefore I'd like to make it abundantly clear that nobody is to play Imagine at my goddamn funeral. Or I'll come round and haunt them.
 
 
STOATIE LIEKS CHOCOLATE MILK
08:34 / 23.04.02
I want my ashes to be snorted.
Totally concur with sfd on the "actually being dead first" part, though.
Having the dog looked after would definitely be a priority... apart from that, I kind of like the idea of all my friends fighting over my stuff. And then knowing from beyond the grave which one ended up with all my goth records who laughed at them while I was alive. And I'd leave lots of keys to things that didn't actually exist, to create a sense of mystery (and maybe even get Iain Sinclair round to write a book about my room).
 
 
autopilot disengaged
16:07 / 23.04.02
(ComicStoreGuy)"Most depressing thread, ever."(ComicStoreGuy)
 
 
that
08:14 / 24.04.02
On the definitely dead note: I read in the Fortean Times once about this bloke who was going to a fancy dress party as a vampire, and all coffined up for his big entrance. I can't remember exactly how, but he (allegedly) ended up down the crematorium instead. Not even a chance for anyone to play 'Great Balls of Fire' for him.

There is always the Edgar Allan Poe route - get buried with a bell above your grave, attached to a string you can pull if you wake up not dead (or, presumably, undead). Judging by a recent TV programme (that shall remain nameless in case I get my arse kicked for spoilerizing all over the place), if you are the hairy sort, you might want to consider getting buried with some sort of haircare product/implement on hand too, just in case.
 
 
bitchiekittie
14:41 / 24.04.02
poe - I used to work where he died. people swore the old stairwell where his room was (well, before it was a stairwell) was haunted. I used to drag my girlfriend into the back maintenance halls beneath it, or to the autopsy room or the little fridge they kept the bodies in..*sigh* I miss those days

so my point is that maybe Im a bit morbid. but I dont find my own death to be a depressing idea - its gonna happen, at this rate most likely before I or any one who cares about me is ready. I just want to make sure that when I am dead - or very ill - that no one is left unprepared or trying to make hard decisions while in the midst of grief. people regularly get ripped off, or make poor choices in those situations, and it leads to problems later on.

my imminent end makes it easier for me to enjoy my today - you never do know.
 
  
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