Mortality and Wills

[Ryona]

This topic has been on my mind for a while. A friend of mine passed away last month, and today I had watched one of my fave movies (Autumn in New York) and it had got me thinking again on mortality... when we go, how unexpected it is, and how it's time I should make a legal will.

My friend didn't have a will, so after he died, his brother allowed his closest friends to come and choose and pick out things that belonged to his brother as keepsakes for ourselves.

I don't want to be so unprepared that when I suddenly die, there's no plan on how things are delt with, including what's done with my remains.

So, I'm currently writing a will, and I wanted to pause and make this thread for all who have thoughts on their own mortality and such.

As for what's done with my remains, I want to be a complete donor. I don't drink or smoke, and I'm in good shape, plus I have type O blood (universal donor type), so it would be the best decision for me.
How do you all want your remains handled when you pass away?

[Evenstar227]

I want a Viking funeral pyre when I die. That would rock.

Seriously, I haven't decided. It would be nice to be buried in the same cemetary as a lot of my other family, but it's not really something I've put a whole heck of a lot of thought into. As for wills, I don't really care who gets what. I just want my best friend to spirit away my "adult toys" before the family finds them. ;) My life insurance policy is currently set to go equally to my siblings, as I don't have any kids of my own yet.

From watching my dad and his siblings handle the funeral preparations for my grandmother, I would suggest that anything you can decide, finalize, and pay for ahead of time would be greatly appreciated by whomever handles the funeral.

As for your wish to be a donor, I don't know what it's like where you live, but I was told that here in Ohio even if one wants to donate organs or their entire body, the family still has to ok it after death. Be sure to discuss what your preferences are with your loved ones.

One more thing: my grandma kept EVERYTHING, so it was quite a task to go through her belongings and divvy them up or donate them. Being ruthless during spring cleaning will be appreciated not only in the short term, but in the long term as well. ;)

[The Stryker]

All of my belongings in my casket with me. Screw everyone.

[Hannah]

I want to be ground up and mixed in with beef for fast food.

[cMac44111]

All of my belongings in my casket with me. Screw everyone.

:lol:

I've thought about it, and decided that I want to be a donor. I already left this life, might as well try and help someone else's. I read this story in the paper last week about this kid that died in a crash and helped three people already with organs. That was when I decided I want to help someone. All my money goes to my parents who are having some problems with bills, and I guess all my stuff goes to whoever needs/ wants it the most.

[Leo656]

I'd have everything I own go to my fiancee, but I probably should get it in writing. With my luck a safe could fall on me tomorrow. I'm just worried that once it's on paper she'll bump me off for my collection of action figures.

[Ninjinister]

I've got to update my own will. A couple of the people I wrote into it have already died.

[Leo656]

I've got to update my own will. A couple of the people I wrote into it have already died.


It would be a nice ironic twist if they left everything to you in their wills.

[Ninjinister]

One of them left me something, but neither left everything....

[Leo656]

It's still a smidge ironic...

I'll never get to be buried how I want. I want a casket with a Superman shield made of gold that would be affixed to outside of the lid right over where my chest area would be. And as people came in for the viewing it would be playing the Superman theme instead of that maudlin organ crap. Or maybe that music they play at the start of the first flick, where you see that wide-angle shot of Krypton for the first time. And the S shield would be inscribed on my tombstone. And since neither of our families kept room for either of us in their respective plots, my fiancee would likely be buried right next to me eventually, probably with the same inscription.

But that sounds expensive, so I might just tell whoever to just toss what's left of me in a wood chipper. Compost is good for the environment, the tree-hugging crybabies say, so I'd be helping people.

[ThirdMarioBro]

Everything I have would go to my sis. As for myself, I'd probably go ahead and be a doner as well. I mean, it's either that or feed the worms. I could never let myself be cremated though. I had nightmares a long time ago about being in a coma, then waking up in the cremation furnace. Give my parts to somebody else so they can be happy.

[That Matt Guy]

Everything I have buried with me in a massive pyramid.

[Ra]

I... honestly don't know. I've thought about it from time to time.

I'll probably be an organ doner too. Like TMB said, better let someone live than to let yourself rot in a little wooden box. The whole thing makes me feel squimish, but I won't be using them by the time I die, right? I should probably have some balls and decency to sign my body over to people who are dying well before their time. Espeically when I won't be using them, aye?

[Type 97 Chi-ha]

In my home state of Illinois, I can (and did) indicate on my driver's license that I choose to be an organ donor. I don't know what the local laws are elsewhere.

[Evenstar227]

It's still a smidge ironic...

I'll never get to be buried how I want. I want a casket with a Superman shield made of gold that would be affixed to outside of the lid right over where my chest area would be. And as people came in for the viewing it would be playing the Superman theme instead of that maudlin organ crap. Or maybe that music they play at the start of the first flick, where you see that wide-angle shot of Krypton for the first time. And the S shield would be inscribed on my tombstone. And since neither of our families kept room for either of us in their respective plots, my fiancee would likely be buried right next to me eventually, probably with the same inscription.

But that sounds expensive, so I might just tell whoever to just toss what's left of me in a wood chipper. Compost is good for the environment, the tree-hugging crybabies say, so I'd be helping people.

That would be an epic funeral. :tthumbsu:

In my home state of Illinois, I can (and did) indicate on my driver's license that I choose to be an organ donor. I don't know what the local laws are elsewhere.

Same here in Ohio, yet the family still needs to ok it.

[Ninjinister]

Everything I have buried with me in a massive pyramid.

I actually had the same dream as a youngin'.

[Leo656]

My fiancee insists it be the "opening shot of Krypton" music, so I guess that's it.

There's a few things I'd wanna have buried with me, actually I'd need a pyramid too, most likely. In my family we usually bury someone with one or two of their favorite things, so if I had to pick only one it would be the stuffed fox my grandmother gave me when I was a year old. It's my oldest possession.

Yes I'm overly sentimental.

[Evenstar227]

My fiancee insists it be the "opening shot of Krypton" music, so I guess that's it.

There's a few things I'd wanna have buried with me, actually I'd need a pyramid too, most likely. In my family we usually bury someone with one or two of their favorite things, so if I had to pick only one it would be the stuffed fox my grandmother gave me when I was a year old. It's my oldest possession.

I wonder what's allowed and what isn't when it comes to being buried with stuff...my grandma had on earrings and a brooch at the wake, but was not buried with them. My aunt said it wasn't allowed. She did have a rosary, however, so who knows what determines which items are verboten. Maybe whatever won't cause the body to have to be dug up to settle disputes down the road? o_O

Yes I'm overly sentimental.

That's sweet!!

[cMac44111]

My fiancee insists it be the "opening shot of Krypton" music, so I guess that's it.

There's a few things I'd wanna have buried with me, actually I'd need a pyramid too, most likely. In my family we usually bury someone with one or two of their favorite things, so if I had to pick only one it would be the stuffed fox my grandmother gave me when I was a year old. It's my oldest possession.

Yes I'm overly sentimental.

You should have the funeral parlor decorated up as the Fortress of Solitude.

[Leo656]

Now that's an idea...:o

[Voltron]

I would have myself chopped to bits and sent to people that I didn't like in life. Then, when I was made a demon, I would use my spiritual connection to those parts to haunt those people and their families for all time.

[XERO]

I'd probably leave my best friend all the music I ever created, since he's the one who inspired me to become a composer. All those years of playing the piano together at our college student room, it's what I would desire the most.

Besides my other belongings, all I really have is a GameCube and a PS2. Not much to be considered will material. I just don't see my mom or my dad busting out the cherished PS2 to play God of War for the first time and then curse the devil for filling my head with such hellish designs. :lol:

From a spiritual standpoint, I really wouldn't care who gets what of my stuff.

As long as I was a good person who did all he could to make people smile on the darkest hours of their lives and mine, I accomplished my job.

That goes for here, too. It irks me a lot about me kicking the bucket and you guys NEVER knew.

I guess that if it's been a year and I never signed on since, you'll know why.

[Ryona]

Makes you wonder how many people in the Technodrome has died over the years. Would explain some long absenses.

[ThirdMarioBro]

That's popped into my head from time to time over the years since I joined. It would really bother the hell out of me if I kicked and none of you guys even knew, because all of you are just as much family to me as anybody I know locally.

And another thing. I've always hated that distinction between your "real friends" and your "internet friends". There shouldn't be a distinction, and I don't even factor that in. Friends are family. Period. I don't separate them into priority groups depending on how I met/communicate with them on a daily basis.

I left instructions with my sister to post should anything happen to me. Hopefully that won't be necessary.

[Ra]

I've often wondered about that too. Although I can't really think off the top of my head any really active members on here who suddenly stopped posting... well, I always hope any members who no longer sign in just don't want to come here any more.

If I suddenly kicked the bucket one day, I doubt any one here would know. None of my friends would sign in as me and deliver the message... none of my family would like to as well. It's a sad thought, but at least I would have left my mark here, right?

[Leo656]

I wonder how many people thought I was dead? What was it, like, two or three years?

Actually, fun story, I did almost die on Memorial Day weekend about a year and a half ago. Long story short, I got a really nasty boxcutter gash in my palm. I pretty much usually have to be already dead to go to the hospital, so my dad pretty much just helped me stick it back together with butterfly bandages, gauze and tape. Bled off and on for three days even after all the blood that ended up in and around the bathroom. It was pretty intense, I actually couldn't fall asleep for a couple of days because I kept seeing blood every time I closed my eyes.

So now I have this cool scar that goes from the base of my thumb to the top of my wrist. The cut was so deep that once it wasn't bleeding anymore, it looked like I had some sort of vagina growing out of my hand. That was hilarious.

Oh, wait, before I forget... ((votes on himself in Technodrome Dead Pool)) Just in case. My luck's been running cold lately...

[KROW]

I really have no preference. My belongings can go to whomever wants them. Besides, I have too much crap to just simply catalog it and dole it out to specific people.

I would have myself chopped to bits and sent to people that I didn't like in life. Then, when I was made a demon, I would use my spiritual connection to those parts to haunt those people and their families for all time.

Just wondering here, but would I get a piece?

[Hamato Yoshi]

"would have myself chopped to bits"

Be careful what you wish for *starts chainsaw* :evilgrin::lol::P

Mankind pretty much died in Hell in a Cell '98....or at least close to it :lol:

[Voltron]

Just wondering here, but would I get a piece?

Oh, you'd get two pieces, my good man!

[KROW]

Oh, you'd get two pieces, my good man!

Ooo, sa-weet.

[Bigfoot]

I actually joined these forums in 2003, under a different name. I had some life-changing things happen to me, and took a break from everything. I cut communications with EVERYONE I knew for over a year while I figured out what my problem was. I realized how important family and friends (online and otherwise) are. I came back here with a new name looking for old friends but found out nobody even knew I left.

If I donated my organs with the stipulation that the person getting my organs had to donate them when they were done with them, it would be like living forever. I wonder how many times you could reuse something like that. Otherwise, I want to be buried with all my organs, all my toys, all my sports cards... actually I might need a pyramid too!

[XERO]

So, who were you then, Bigfoot?

[Katie]

bah who cares what happens....I'm dead. box...ashes...stuffed and mounted....whatever...