There are ton of laws, both at the state and local levels about who, how and where bodies can be disposed of.

http://www.motherearthnews.com/Do-It-Yourself/Build-Coffin.aspx

Quote from: tekla on September 09, 2011, 12:58:17 PM
Well let us all in on the secret of how you are going to do your own cremation and ash scattering once you've passed on.  Unless your like me and would just say "<not allowed> it if they wind up in jail, what would I care, I'm dead."

You callin' me heartless?! 

Nah, I get what you're saying, I'm just being facetious.

Edit: I think we're pretty similar in this regard, probably.

Quote from: tekla on September 09, 2011, 12:55:23 PM
That's a felony in most states.

Quote from: EmmaM on September 09, 2011, 12:56:48 PM
So what? You're dead.

Oh heck, a dead felon -- what next :-)

I want to be "buried" in a black hole, no one on earth has ever died that way. Death by spaghetification sounds like a good way to go.

Quote from: Axélle on September 09, 2011, 01:30:21 PM
Oh heck, a dead felon -- what next :-)

Hey, I almost was one, and I still shake every time someone brings in the mail or the phone rings. Screwing up big time is scary as hell, expensive, and traumatizing.

Not all felons are bad people, just <explicit> stupid.

I don't want to be buried. There's this thing...where this company takes your ashes, mixes it with top soil and plants a tree in the potted soil. I want something like that.

I can't link it up, but there's a place that will compress your ashes into a synthetic gemstone as well. Awesome.

Between 3300 and 25000 dollars.

http://www.lifegem.com/index.aspx?BType=GTxt&BAg=HCrem&gclid=CLXRj6zokasCFQwaQgodG2w5tA

Two words: Soylent Green.

I won't need no funeral...

If you want something done right, do it yourself...

I will turn myself into ashes sooner or later...

That's inevitable...

I don't care as long as I get to wear nice dress and have my real name on the memorial.

Quote from: Lisbeth on September 11, 2011, 02:08:38 PM
I don't care as long as I get to wear nice dress and have my real name on the memorial.

exactly the same

Quote from: EmmaM on September 09, 2011, 11:15:10 PM
Between 3300 and 25000 dollars.

http://www.lifegem.com/index.aspx?BType=GTxt&BAg=HCrem&gclid=CLXRj6zokasCFQwaQgodG2w5tA

OK. So it takes 1.00*10^22 power carbon atoms to make a one caret diamond. There are 7.00*10^26 carbon atoms in a 70 kg human body. So 69,733 carets of diamond could be produced from the average human body.

Quote from: Lisbeth on September 11, 2011, 02:25:09 PM
OK. So it takes 1.00*10^22 power carbon atoms to make a one caret diamond. There are 7.00*10^26 carbon atoms in a 70 kg human body. So 69,733 carets of diamond could be produced from the average human body.

Well, at 25k per 1.5 carats, that would be about 1.2 billion dollars. It is a niche market.

Religion aside, the atoms that make us up will go onto become other things as they already do. I like that.

Quote from: EmmaM on September 09, 2011, 02:49:41 PM
I can't link it up, but there's a place that will compress your ashes into a synthetic gemstone as well. Awesome.

I saw that on a documentary about burials and death, I believe it was called "The Science of Death". It's.. Interesting but imagine if you broke the gemstone or you lost it.

Natural Burials are really nice though. They're far better for the Earth then crappy ol' cremations or traditional burials.

I don't want my funeral to be a sad affair - i want it to be a party and a celebration of my life. My idea is to have some rock and roll playing and have a keg of beer there - after all, its the one last thing that i can do for my friends 

They can do whatever they wish with my body; i won't be needing it any longer.

After pondering this, I think I'd like to have my brain studied to help understand the biological basis of gender identity (like the BSTc study), adding to the body of evidence that we're born this way and cannot change it.  That might help trans children avoid being mentally tortured by nuts like Kenneth Zucker, and increase awareness and acknowledgment amongst the more educated cisgendered demographics. 

The rest of my organs will be donated.   (Can I request my lower bits be donated to an FTM?  )

If pre-op:

• My remains shall be cremated and dumped in such a manner where recovery of ashes is virtually impossible. Such example is the ocean/river.
• No physical trace of me shall exist by my own will, and all personal belongings should be disposed of or donated anonymously in whichever way is seen fit for each particular item.
• Should my family, friends or Significant Others wish to declare a physical location to be my grave, it must not contain any of my pre or post-cremated remains. It must also be no larger in dimensions than 1x1x.5 yards of width, length and height, respectively. Any commemorative stones, boards or other media must not contain writings, engravings or other man-made markings that are gender-specific in nature.
• Disregard any of the above points and I will haunt your dreams and nightmares, your sleep and your waking and I will do the same to your family and friends.

* I really like Nygeel's idea too.