I used to want to be buried when I was in middle school, and in high school as well, but ever since I saw that scene in Pretty Little Liars where someone makes a diamond necklace out of someone's ashes (not saying who, in case it turns into a spoiler for anyone) I've been obsessed with that idea.

Moi wrote:

When I think of cemeteries, I always think of what my dad told me:

Dad: I've slept in cemeteries before 8u
Me: Weren't you scared u8
Dad: Why? Everyone there is dead 8u

Has your dad seen "The Crow"? XD

CycloneKira wrote:I used to want to be buried when I was in middle school, and in high school as well, but ever since I saw that scene in Pretty Little Liars where someone makes a diamond necklace out of someone's ashes (not saying who, in case it turns into a spoiler for anyone) I've been obsessed with that idea.

Oh see, I mentioned that earlier back in the thread! Never saw that show though, maybe I should look into it. Wait says it's a spinoff from something else, then I'd have to watch that too, hmm...

Akili Li wrote:Mine is simple stuff, like... okay so right now I'm living in the US, right? And they have these porcupine creatures roaming around, native to the area, but I've only ever seen them in zoos. So one of my bucket list items is to see one in the wild. Which, I am assured by neighbors and family that so long as I keep walking everywhere and keep my eyes peeled at night, it will happen. So it's not even something I have to work very hard to do...
I should probably be more ambitious.

I think seeing weird animals in the world, or even a common animal like a raccoon, is plenty ambitious. Time well spent, I love meeting new animals.

I just opened my front door to go check the mail, it was dark and I turned on the light first, and then I go out and there's movement on my porch. Big ole fat opossom goes trundling slowly away, like not in any hurry! I made kitty-coaxing sounds to try to get him to come back, but then he did hurry more. D:

He'd been drinking out of the water-tub I keep out there for neighborhood cats and things, heh. I've seen him before out the window eating the cat food I put out too.

Akili Li wrote:Yessssss, outer space! I really want to visit Uranus and see why it's spinning on its axis in such a strange orientation. As far as I know it's the only planet to spin on its side like that, but then I haven't really looked into planets since before they decided that Pluto wasn't really one.

Uranus just lookin' for attention, that's what that is. He all jelly that Saturn's got more elaborate rings so he like, "I'ma turn over now that'll teach you!"

Heh, if you take that "before" out of that last sentence it goes: "... but then I haven't really looked into planets since they decided that Pluto wasn't really one" and then it sounds like you're bitter about Pluto, too bitter to continue caring about any of the planets.

That's how I read it the first time. XD I'm sure bitter about Pluto, but now they're calling it a "planetoid" right? To placate the enraged old-timers like me who demand that Pluto's status be reinstated. WE WILL NOT BE PLACATED! FOR PLUTOOOOOOO!! *Charges White House, or whoever's in charge of this probably not the White House but oh well I'm here now* *BASH*

Ah, you're so fierce about it!

I am not so much bitter, as bewildered. Why could not Pluto with its large moon Charon be a planet?
And if it is a planetoid, why are not the other planetoids named?




I haven't seen a wild opossum, either, save on roadsides. How large do they get? As big as a raccoon?

I feel like if it has a moon, you absolutely have to call it a planet. Even if it's some kinda asteroid traveling through space, if it's got a moon it's a planet!

Although actually there are free-floating "rogue" planets anyway, so what is it that makes Pluto NOT a planet...? Okay cursory search shows some kinda garbage about it being cluttered and I'm too lazy to research it further but before they declassified it they considered: "Under a radical early plan, the number of planets would have increased from nine to 12, seeing Pluto and its moon Charon recognised as a twin planet, and Ceres and Eris granted entry to the exclusive club."

That would've been awesome to be able to claim our galaxy has twin planets. :o I feel even more cheated now!

Opossums average a bit smaller than raccoons, but the guy I just saw was pretty big and fat so he might edge out some smaller ones.

Have you seen videos of them carrying babies? I've seen a lot of opossums in my life, but sadly never seen this. So many opossum-baby videos where they just cling to her head and put their feet in her eyes and she just keeps going.

A lot of people just see them as "gross" because of their rat-like tails, but I like rats and have had them as pets so I find them quite cute. Look at this guy, indignant but adorable am I wrong??

Ah, look at his little tiny fingers!

I haven't seen any videos of them carrying babies, now I have to go look some up, because that sounds very cute.

I linked one in the previous post (and a raccoon/opossum video), she's got twelve on her!

His fingers are ridiculously cute.

oooh, I missed the font color change to show the link!
I'll go check them out right now!

edit: you sucked me into watching videos. It's a trap! They keep suggesting others! Although this one on weird materials with strange properties is fun.

Hehe, just a single animal video on YouTube is always a trap that gets me every time.

There's something we can do! Since there's not enough time in the human life to watch them all, we can do it when we're ghosts.

As long as we have enough ghostly power to click the button for the next video...

hmmm, good point!

When my Mom died a few years ago she wanted to be buried, so Dad bought a double plot so they could be buried together. Then he decided he wanted to be cremated. So he went and talked to the monument people and the said they could make a headstone with a space in the base of it for his ashes. I thought that was a nice solution since both of their information will be on the stone for future genealogy projects. I just want to be cremated and have my ashes spread in my rose garden.