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PrintableStymie said: Gosh, you're wierd Todd.
But I have no plans to be buried. Too much money to have a funeral for a bunch of people who didn't give a damn about me in life to come and cry and boo hoo over my physical form. 
 That's so sad.
There's a saying in spanish that goes something like this; "When I die don't bring me flowers. What you have to give me, give it to me in life." By St. Boogar and all the saints at the backside door of Purgatory! | |
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TMPletz said: I suppose it'd be wrong to be buried in my Jedi robes and then choose this for my casket:
That is AWESONE!!!! 
Personally though, I think that I want to be cremated, and have my ashes thrown from the top of the great temple at Chichén Itzá.  By St. Boogar and all the saints at the backside door of Purgatory! | |
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DanceWme said: ArielB said: The screen is sideways. I hope you have a good chiro for your neck. I may be decapitated. That way my head can sit on my chest and I can use the screen. duuuuh   the visual on that is guhhh-ross!due to the content i suggest you like this... | |
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wildgoldenhoney said: Anxiety said: i still have my mom's ashes. i put some of them in our back yard over the summer when we planted a tree, so there could be part of her there as we watch the tree grow. the rest of her ashes i'm taking whenever we get a chance to go to england. she loved the beatles and 60s british hipster/"mod" culture, so i'm spreading the rest of her ashes in liverpool. she never had a chance to visit when she was alive, so i figured she can at least be put to rest there. That's cool! 
My dad still has my brother's ashes but I don't think it's good for him to hang on to it because he has a measure of guilt because of my brother's death (but that's a different thread), at one time he was going to bury it but never did, so it's around somewhere. But I like the idea of it putting it in the ground when you plant a tree. i keep the urn out in the open until i get to spread the ashes the way i want. it's not way out in the open but it's also not hidden away, either. it's among plants and books and music in my little library room. she's surrounded by her favorite things and it makes me feel like mom's at peace. i do feel like getting rid of the bulk of her ashes will be a healthy symbolic act for me - i might save just a little vial's worth, though. i know they make pendants and miniature urns. it would be nice to keep just a little bit behind, but i'm not 100% sold on the idea. i don't find it morbid, but i don't know how necessary it will be, either. | |
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The mummification process takes around 70 days. There's also an actual ritual involved. Given the choice, I'd rather be buried like this for the visual effect, but I'm not of a particular faith, so the actual ritual wouldn't apply to me. Who would I find in the U.S to perform the mummification process anyway?  I never had any interest in being cremated, but I know that it would be less of a hassle on those responsible for me after death. It would be a hell of a lot cheaper too. Funerals are so damned expensive....particularly the caskets & headstones. I do have a desire to pick out a really nice tombstone or some kind of statue for my gravesite. I really like gargoyles. I've started collecting little gargoyle statues. Maybe I'll have one looking over my tomb. I also have it planned out as to what music will be played. What outfit I'd like to wear is something I've thought about too. Being buried with my prized possessions.  I think being buried would be more of a comfort to those I leave behind. I used to joke about being stuffed by a taxidermist and have them play circus music at my "death celebration". I doubt if it was possible, my parents would even go through with it. They'd write it off as another crazy plan of mine. It's definitely something to think about. I could die tomorrow. Never too soon to start thinking about these things. looking for you in the woods tonight Switch FC SW-2874-2863-4789 (Rum&Coke) | |
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Pretty much everyone picked cremation. I didn't realize it was becoming so popular. looking for you in the woods tonight Switch FC SW-2874-2863-4789 (Rum&Coke) | |
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EmeraldSkies said: morningsong said: That's too gross. Thank goodness that's some photoshop stuff. Nope that is an actual coffin you can get.  http://www.creativecoffins.com/
[Edited 8/15/08 16:18pm] I kinda like the box of chocolates idea.  I'd pick something silly like that. I wish the carving wasn't so simple though. The shape of it is too plain, but I do like the painting. I love chocolate. Why not be buried in something you love. I did see the wine bottle in the box coffin. Ugh.....I'll pass on that one. looking for you in the woods tonight Switch FC SW-2874-2863-4789 (Rum&Coke) | |
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TMPletz said: I can go with cremation as well.
Only about $800 as opposed to $4500. Not as cool as the casket, though. That's still pretty expensive for an urn. Would you have the theme song played at your funeral? You should. I mean if you're gonna go with the Star Trek theme, then you might as well go all out. I'd have laser beams and shit too, like a light show.
"r" [Edited 8/18/08 18:50pm] looking for you in the woods tonight Switch FC SW-2874-2863-4789 (Rum&Coke) | |
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AnckSuNamun said: The _____ process takes around 70 days. There's also an actual ritual involved. Given the choice, I'd rather be _____ like this for the visual effect, but I'm not of a particular faith, so the actual ritual wouldn't apply to me. Who would I find in the U.S to perform the _____ process anyway?
I never had any interest in being _____, but I know that it would be less of a hassle on those responsible for me after _____. It would be a hell of a lot cheaper too. _____ are so damned expensive....particularly the _____ & _____. I do have a desire to pick out a really nice tombstone or some kind of statue for my gravesite. I really like _____. I've started collecting little _____ statues. Maybe I'll have one looking over my tomb. I also have it planned out as to what music will be played. What outfit I'd like to wear is something I've thought about too. Being _____ with my prized possessions. I think being _____ would be more of a comfort to those I leave _____. I used to joke about being stuffed by a _____ and have them play circus music at my "_____ celebration". I doubt if it was possible, my parents would even go through with it. They'd write it off as another crazy plan of mine. It's definitely something to think about. I could die tomorrow. Never too soon to start thinking about these things.this reply is better left to my imagination. | |
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I'm holding a garage sale and a barbecue. Organ donation, then cremation, scatter the ashes in Panama and/or Jamaica. | |
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sweet said: DanceWme said: I may be decapitated. That way my head can sit on my chest and I can use the screen. duuuuh the visual on that is guhhh-ross!Half the stuff I say I have no idea where it comes from | |
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Screw the coffin...I'm gonna STAND at my funeral!!!!
The body of deceased Angel Pantoja Medina stands erect and leans against a wall by his coffin during his own wake in his mother's home in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Monday, Aug. 18, 2008. The last wish of Medina, 24, who was found dead on Aug. 15, 2008 underneath a bridge in the capital, was to be standing at his own wake, and was embalmed for the occasion.
(AP Photo/Juan Alicea Marcado, El Nuevo Dia)  By St. Boogar and all the saints at the backside door of Purgatory! | |
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magnificentsynthesizer said: AnckSuNamun said: The _____ process takes around 70 days. There's also an actual ritual involved. Given the choice, I'd rather be _____ like this for the visual effect, but I'm not of a particular faith, so the actual ritual wouldn't apply to me. Who would I find in the U.S to perform the _____ process anyway?
I never had any interest in being _____, but I know that it would be less of a hassle on those responsible for me after _____. It would be a hell of a lot cheaper too. _____ are so damned expensive....particularly the _____ & _____. I do have a desire to pick out a really nice tombstone or some kind of statue for my gravesite. I really like _____. I've started collecting little _____ statues. Maybe I'll have one looking over my tomb. I also have it planned out as to what music will be played. What outfit I'd like to wear is something I've thought about too. Being _____ with my prized possessions. I think being _____ would be more of a comfort to those I leave _____. I used to joke about being stuffed by a _____ and have them play circus music at my "_____ celebration". I doubt if it was possible, my parents would even go through with it. They'd write it off as another crazy plan of mine. It's definitely something to think about. I could die tomorrow. Never too soon to start thinking about these things.this reply is better left to my imagination. You again!  looking for you in the woods tonight Switch FC SW-2874-2863-4789 (Rum&Coke) | |
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PurpleJedi said: Screw the coffin...I'm gonna STAND at my funeral!!!!
The body of deceased Angel Pantoja Medina stands erect and leans against a wall by his coffin during his own wake in his mother's home in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Monday, Aug. 18, 2008. The last wish of Medina, 24, who was found dead on Aug. 15, 2008 underneath a bridge in the capital, was to be standing at his own wake, and was embalmed for the occasion.
(AP Photo/Juan Alicea Marcado, El Nuevo Dia) I like that. looking for you in the woods tonight Switch FC SW-2874-2863-4789 (Rum&Coke) | |
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AnckSuNamun said: PurpleJedi said: Screw the coffin...I'm gonna STAND at my funeral!!!!
I like that.dude, 3 day wake? in your mom's living room? that's like going downstairs at night for a drink when no one's there, and seeing your dead relative chillin out in the corner still standing. 
naw mang. [...i think i can, i think i can, i think i can...] | |
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AnckSuNamun said: magnificentsynthesizer said: this reply is better left to my imagination. You again!  | |
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sammij said: AnckSuNamun said: I like that.dude, 3 day wake? in your mom's living room? that's like going downstairs at night for a drink when no one's there, and seeing your dead relative chillin out in the corner still standing.
naw mang. I agree, that's just too weird. I'd freak if I saw this dude standing there at midnight. | |
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