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azurelunatic) wrote2003-09-02 11:54 pm
azurelunatic) wrote2003-09-02 11:54 pm
I misread a meme, which spawned another one. Time Capsule of You.
[Edit: Because I was really zonked last night and crashed slightly after finishing this, I didn't properly cite my source, which is this. And it turns out that I didn't misread it at first after all (it was oddly worded, which has been changed), which means I get to spawn another one which will be what I thought it said when I thought I'd misread it the first time.]
Suppose you were to put together a time capsule to represent your life. This time capsule would be opened 100 years from now. What 15 items would you put in to represent you to the future, and why?
1. A zip disk containing the full archives of all my journals, and some photos of my entire family.
That's practically like downloading my brain. It also illustrates the technological constraints of the day.
2. A liquid-ink rollerball pen.
I write. A lot.
3. One of my paper journals.
My handwriting, and also some clever illustrations.
4. A burned CD of my favorite songs, in .mp3 format.
More of the building blocks of my brain.
5. The Star Trek mug Mama made for me.
For a while, that fandom was everything to me. Also represents my family, and so forth.
6. A pressed wild rose.
Duh.
7. The lightsaber.
Later fandoms, and also one of the closest friendships I've ever had.
8. One of the afghans I've crocheted.
That's me, the afghan rebel, crocheting in class.
9. A black-and-white spotted chicken wing feather.
Calico. My best friend. My hen. My cat.
10. My Tarot deck, complete with the sheet of interpretations that I'm beginning to compile.
Magic. Mayhem. The Circle of Chaos.
11. One slightly battered adult toy.
Heh. Heh.
12. A palmtop computer, with my daily schedule, tasks, games, and loaded with some books: Spock's World and Cyteen among them; probably some Phil Hine and D.M. Kraig as well.
These are more things that went in my mind... Cyteen for the mind-management, Spock's World for the religion, and those two for the magic.
13. A phone -- either a cordless model from around 1998, or a corded phone with a long cord, stretched but not tangled, from around 1996.
I spent years on the phone.
14. My certificate proclaiming that I'm a minister.
I really am. All else is quickly becoming what I *do*. That's what I *am*. That, and a writer.
15. My eventual wedding ring.
Love's always been important to me.
Suppose you were to put together a time capsule to represent your life. This time capsule would be opened 100 years from now. What 15 items would you put in to represent you to the future, and why?
1. A zip disk containing the full archives of all my journals, and some photos of my entire family.
That's practically like downloading my brain. It also illustrates the technological constraints of the day.
2. A liquid-ink rollerball pen.
I write. A lot.
3. One of my paper journals.
My handwriting, and also some clever illustrations.
4. A burned CD of my favorite songs, in .mp3 format.
More of the building blocks of my brain.
5. The Star Trek mug Mama made for me.
For a while, that fandom was everything to me. Also represents my family, and so forth.
6. A pressed wild rose.
Duh.
7. The lightsaber.
Later fandoms, and also one of the closest friendships I've ever had.
8. One of the afghans I've crocheted.
That's me, the afghan rebel, crocheting in class.
9. A black-and-white spotted chicken wing feather.
Calico. My best friend. My hen. My cat.
10. My Tarot deck, complete with the sheet of interpretations that I'm beginning to compile.
Magic. Mayhem. The Circle of Chaos.
11. One slightly battered adult toy.
Heh. Heh.
12. A palmtop computer, with my daily schedule, tasks, games, and loaded with some books: Spock's World and Cyteen among them; probably some Phil Hine and D.M. Kraig as well.
These are more things that went in my mind... Cyteen for the mind-management, Spock's World for the religion, and those two for the magic.
13. A phone -- either a cordless model from around 1998, or a corded phone with a long cord, stretched but not tangled, from around 1996.
I spent years on the phone.
14. My certificate proclaiming that I'm a minister.
I really am. All else is quickly becoming what I *do*. That's what I *am*. That, and a writer.
15. My eventual wedding ring.
Love's always been important to me.
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Look at Anne Frank, we see part of WWII through her diary, but in the end we only see what life was like for one girl. We can't throw open the door to the past, but we at least get to peek in the keyhole.
I think your time capsule would be a wonderful way for the future to see the past through an individual's eyes.
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1) A copy of
2) A letter to my great-great-grandchildren explaining that yes, you think your parents suck, and you think you're going be better than that and treat your kids differntly, and how nothing seems to have changed. Except that you really are 4 generations cooler than I am, and that people living in 2003 were just as human.
3) One high quality DVD of the news of the day. Not any day in particular. Just to that they can laugh at what the newscaster is wearing
4) A local newspaper. They tend to preserve fairly well over the ages if they're sealed properly.
5) My wife
6) One tightly sealed vial of soil (for someone's garden)
7) One tightly sealed vial of fresh water (ditto)
8) CD's of every photo we've ever taken on a digital camera (well, not *those* photos)
9) Samples of my code from work (to show how grandpa could code like hell, but didn't comment very well)
OK, running out of ideas here...
10) Maybe a copy of several of those "History of the 20th century" or "History of the last 1000 year" documentaries that came out back in 2000. Could be a good watch
11) One sock. Having a sock travel through time would explain a lot, I think...
12) A note saying "See Item 13"
13) A note saying "See Item 12"
14) A copy of Star Control II, the coolest video game ever.
15) Some of my cells frozen in liquid nitrogen, cause you just never know...
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It was my idea first!
*kicks the dirt and pouts*
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Then again, I think Azure's interests are slightly closer to mine, which was what my freaky tool was all about.
/me goes to check out
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And since I was too tired last night to link to the original, there it is now, in a nice loud edit at the top.
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Nifty tool.
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And you hit upon what I was actually intending when I posed the question. It's from sharing brain-space with me... you took my words and gave them form (thanks!)
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...Though it's still very eerie to me to have been in the head of another and have no memory of it.
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The way /I/ can usually tell those dreams from my normal ones is that I have a sense of objectivity about them. Sort of removed... rather like distant memories.
My friend Heidi (who is the one who started all this by asking who Darkside is) was theorizing that... PERHAPS... what we are sharing is not "my" dream per se or "your" dream. Perhaps we are sharing a Dreamspace that is common to us both... or that we both can access.
Oh, and the added fact that Heidi has been dropping in from time to time to strengthen shielding (since I know naught of such). She says that they are in place against influences that I do not invite in. She says that obviously you have a permanent invitation or that I am passing beyond them and meeting you halfway.
This smacks right in the face of what I said yesterday about being merely a "Very Aware" Muggle vs. your belief that I am Muggle-born wizard. I cannot wrap my brain around that... but Heidi brought all this up COMPLETELY randomly. I haven't discussed our interactions with her beyond the first few occurences. She believes that is why we don't share more dreams more often... because I've been so tired (or stressed out) that I need restful sleep and do not expend energies on Travelling.
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