Grave Goods: What would I want to Bury Myself With & What would others Bury with Me?

Archaeologists seems to have a an intriguing job trying to find out the life of a past human being. Beginning to plot my own funeral seems to be a little odd, but nonetheless, I have actually had some interesting conversations about how I would go about plotting it and where I would like to be buried. My friends and I seem to have come across this conversation over the Texas Chainsaw Massacre during Halloween season in Los Angeles, when we thought it would be "cool" to go visit some grave sites in the Hollywood Forever Cemetery. I was mortified at even the thought of going to a place like that, but then I figured we really have nothing to lose but all to gain. It's so strange for me to feel even remotely strong about gaining an experience from a cemetery because each time I have gone to one I come out feeling more and more mortified that I even went there. I also think it is strange when people think walking through a cemetery is peaceful. I wonder where the thought of "peace" by walking through a cemetery comes from.

As I entered the cemetery, it didn't seem as scary as it should have. In fact, I felt kind of at peace in a weird sense because it was so tranquil with all the gorgeous architecture on some graves and the ponds that surrounded the sites all around.

See the appeal now? Hollywood Forever Cemetery

After some walking around, one of my friends asked where we would want to be buried and if there was anything we wanted buried what would it be? Hearing the question for a blog post was de-ja-vu. When I was asked the question initially, I didn't know how to respond, but then I really thought about it, and began to believe that a grave site does indeed tell a lot about who you are/were as a person. So what would I bury with myself to tell archaelogists about me? For one, I have to say I have always been a person who enjoyed the finer things in life (maybe because I'm a Taurus? Who knows). I am a huge family, friends and pets person. I love cars, sports (especially basketball) travelling, big houses, lots of clothes and have a huge t-shirt collection that I invested a lot of money into. As far as being buried with me goes, I would definitely want a picture in a large frame plated in gold of my family in one and close friends/pets in another. Since I have travelled a fair amount, every place I have gone I have acquired a shot glass to represent that place. I would love to have my shot glass collection from places like China, Singapore, India, Vegas, Miami, Chile, Brazil, the Bahamas, Japan, England, France, Italy amongst other places to go with me so that as I go into the after life (yes I believe there is one), I travel lots more as well. In addition to all that, I would like to have keychains representing every car I owned and a set of keys to my house I owned before I died. Ok, now I'm starting to sound a little crazy, but oh well, this is me :P.

Jeez, now here comes the scary question... What would someone else choose for me?

I have to say that definitely depends on the person. Every friends circle I have made brings something unique out of me. There's certain people you do certain things with but don't do with others, am I right? Ever since I turned 19, I definitely have to say I have had the most fun. Whether it be clubbing/going out, travelling, or doing random dinners/movies, everyone has their own idea of fun. Everyone who knows me well, knows I love to travel, so I'm sure someone would choose a representation of the travelling aspect (probably the shot glass collection because everyone is always so fascinated by the few that are hanging above my door) My shot glass collection is similar to the one below... They come in all sorts of colours but they're all the same size.

A shot glass collection similar to mine

Cars..  HUGE thing for me. The car below, the 2014 BMW 4-series Cabriolet, has been a dream for me ever since the concept car was shown in 2011 at the Detroit Car Show. I have probably talked about more cars in my life than anything else. I think someone would definitely represent my fascination with cars in a big way. The best way would be with a keychain collection of all the ones I owned or liked, but I think model cars would do just fine. Of course the good old party days would be presented by almost everyone. I would probably assume they would throw in a fine bottle of wine or champagne because every time any of us got together to go out it was always a celebration that we were all together and still friends even after all the crazy stuff we had all gone through.

Hopefully the near-future car: 2014 BMW 4-series Cabriolet

The grave goods that someone else would pick for me and what I would pick for myself definitely don't seem to contradict anything that someone else would choose for me. Everyone knows I have a fascination with cars, I enjoy travelling, going out, and the fact that I like finer things in life, so I believe it would all be well represented :). Alright thats enough for now... I better go before this gets longer.

Special thanks to these websites for the use of images:

-Hollywood Forever image

http://www.daytrippen.com/hollywood-forever-cemetery.html

- BMW 4-series Cabriolet image

http://www.autoevolution.com/news-g-image/2013-f33-bmw-4-series-convertible-rendering/70762.html

- Shot glass image

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