what to do with my carcass
I was so
bored during OrgChem yesterday that I started thinking. Yeah yeah, I
know I'm supposed to care about naming alkynes and how to prioritize
those stupid zigzag lines but I was just not up to it yesterday. To
ignore the pounding pain behind my eyeballs, I started thinking about
how I want to be dealt with after I die. I don't really want to buried
like the traditional casket-six-feet-below kind of thing because for
one thing, caskets are pretty expensive and it'll just rot away anyway.
I'll be wormfood after a while. Maybe they should just toss me in
wrapped in a sheet or something.
Cremation is another option, I kinda want them to burn my carcass and scatter the ashes over the water or something, but that's kinda hokey. What I DON'T want is for anyone to monopolize my ashes, stash 'em in a vase and keep them at home. Hello?! Why would you want the inorganic portions of my remains displayed at your residence like a freaking jar of spices?!
I also considered having my body tossed into the water, plain and simple. Consider it my contribution to the chain of life. I'd rather have the carnivorous underwater dwellers get at me than stupid worms. My 4th year CVE teacher (Ms. Binas) pointed out, though, that my family might not take too kindly to that idea. But hey, can they refuse the request of a dead woman? (assuming of course that I am still a woman by then and haven't undergone a certain kind of surgical process) My friend Eia raised another good point: What if a ship or a boat fished my body out of the water and reported it to the police? Oh yeah that. I can't very well be tossed into the water with a note around my neck that says "I REQUESTED THEM TO DO THIS" right? Well then let's just hack my body into small, bite-sized pieces, that way, no foul play can be suspected AND we'll be preventing choking among our sea-dwelling buddies.
Or maybe I could just tell my family to get me a cheap casket when the time comes. Yeah. I could do that.
Cremation is another option, I kinda want them to burn my carcass and scatter the ashes over the water or something, but that's kinda hokey. What I DON'T want is for anyone to monopolize my ashes, stash 'em in a vase and keep them at home. Hello?! Why would you want the inorganic portions of my remains displayed at your residence like a freaking jar of spices?!
I also considered having my body tossed into the water, plain and simple. Consider it my contribution to the chain of life. I'd rather have the carnivorous underwater dwellers get at me than stupid worms. My 4th year CVE teacher (Ms. Binas) pointed out, though, that my family might not take too kindly to that idea. But hey, can they refuse the request of a dead woman? (assuming of course that I am still a woman by then and haven't undergone a certain kind of surgical process) My friend Eia raised another good point: What if a ship or a boat fished my body out of the water and reported it to the police? Oh yeah that. I can't very well be tossed into the water with a note around my neck that says "I REQUESTED THEM TO DO THIS" right? Well then let's just hack my body into small, bite-sized pieces, that way, no foul play can be suspected AND we'll be preventing choking among our sea-dwelling buddies.
Or maybe I could just tell my family to get me a cheap casket when the time comes. Yeah. I could do that.