Nov 18 2007
This is the one with a fake time capsule.
When I was younger my sister, who is 4 years older than I am, had a class project where they made a time capsule and had it buried somewhere on our school campus. I remember thinking that it was an incredibly cool idea and I made a capsule of my own that I buried somewhere in our apartment complex.
I was about 8 at the time, and if I remember correctly I ended up putting some stupid little trinkets and a mixed tape into the capsule. My 8-year-old brain didn’t really get that people of the future would probably have access to the music of yesteryear.
So what would I put into a time capsule today that I wouldn’t open for another 50 years?
- A naked picture of my body - Hear me out on this one. This isn’t some gross pornographic thought. I just know that right now I can think of 100 things that I’d like to change about my body, but in 50 years (I’ll be 76) I’ll probably dream about the days when I looked this good.
- A naked picture of my ex-boyfriend’s body - This one is a gross pornographic thought. I have on my hard-drive about 30 pictures of my ex-boyfriend naked. When he moved to Los Angeles and I stayed in Orange County we only saw each other every few weeks, so he would email naughty photos to me. When I’m almost 80 I’m sure I’d like to fondly look back at the days when I could get such a fine piece of…
- A newspaper - Newspapers are so 2005. Readership has been dying off faster than John McCain for President supporters. I am pretty sure that in the next few years we are going to see a drastic decrease in the number of newspapers printed, and by 2057 there will be few, if any, newspapers still in the printing business.
- Some of my political keepsakes - I’ve got some pins and campaign literature from political campaigns (local and national) that I think will be worth a few bucks in 50 years. I’ve got a Schwarzenegger for Governor bumper sticker that I’d imagine could earn me a few bucks once I open the capsule.
- My day-planner from 2006 - I keep all of my old calendar books (something I will probably be tossing out when I finally pack up my things and move to Arizona). Some of the day’s events are cryptic, and in 50 years I think that even more of them will have lost their meanings. What does “Dinner with J. don’t forget the essays” mean? Will I remember what “Drinking Liberally” is, or will I think that I just scheduled in an evening of excessive drinking?
What would you put in your time-capsule?
@cheapblueguitar you leaving?? Or just singing?
No DVDs? Nothing else pop culture related? A magazine with a Brittany coochie-shot?
Oooh… I love the idea of a time capsule. I’d put cards and letters I’ve kept from my friends over the years in mine. Oh, and add some of those naked pictures of your ex-boyfriend please. :-)
Ted,
Like my mixed tapes in the time capsule of my youth, I don’t really think that DVDs will be necessary. Don’t you think that people of the future will have access to our movies?
A coochie-shot, however, sounds like a good thing to include.
Brian,
Strangely I just took a break from packing, and I was sorting through old cards, letters, bad poetry written to me, from friends and ex-lovers. I signed onto this site to see your comment.
I think that these memories would be a good thing to include. And as far as the naked pictures of the ex….I totally gave him my word that I wouldn’t ever share. “Even if we have the biggest fight where we absolutely hate one another forever,” I said. “I’d never share these.”
I think I also agreed to delete them right away…hahahaha. :)