Today’s news: nearly died.
Figured that would be refreshing, as opposed to the day by day dying I’ve been busy as of late.
The Katamari Damacy ball of memes that I’ve got for a belief system has enough pointers to the idea that death isn’t something to be afraid of, that it is an inevitable part of life. And stuff.Â
There aren’t a lot of things I wish I’d said or done. I wish I hadn’t stop learming about photography. Maybe it’s not too late for that.
And then there are the legal details. Always the legal details.
They’d have to deal with the body, I guess. My family will have to guess what I’d prefer (cremated, please). Unless of course I die of ebola or a similar infectious disease- that means the authorities have to dispose of my corpse.
I don’t have a lot of property. When IÂ have money I buy books, and when I have any left I buy food and clothing 
The law of succession says they belong to my parents and siblings, as I have no children (that I know of, hehe). Likewise, the copyright to anything I ever wrote or programmed (assuming they’re not GPL’d) would be part of their inheritance.
I’m worried about my online stuff. I don’t share my password, so I guess my inboxes (email, friendster, del.icio,us, etc) would just remain unopened until they expire from lack of activity. All those unanswered messages from from people who aren’t connected to my real life social network. All that spam. I’ve done some automation programming before. Maybe I can hack up a script that will delete my mailboxes and propagate a message of presumptive death just in case I don’t login for 2 months.
I’m wondering how my blog will do without me. Legally speaking, it’s a donation from Mark. When I die, the obligation to keep it in his server ceases, and he can do whatever the hell he pleases with it, as long as it’s not too nasty (don’t delete it without the proper ceremonies, buddy). If I were paying a third party host, they’d cut it off as soon as I stop paying.
What I need is a sort of estate management plan for my blog. The details and the legal language isn’t there yet, but the most salient point would be:Â
1. Mark is going to be the temporary custodian of the blog. That makes sense. I think he has access and knows its internals already.
2. Mark is to choose, among the bloggers in my link sidebar, a person willing and qualified to continue the tradition of this blog. He or she will be the new aspect of Bangus, and will ascend in a ceremony, the details of which shall be determined by a committee
3. The blog can be monetized to defray expenses.
4. I wish that the new blogger would write about bangus the fish, if only to give back to our deal national fish, which has given me so much googlejuice.
5. I hope the issue of highschool students asking me for movie summaries will be dealt with.
Annnd, that’s all I have so far. The table is open for additional items. What will *your* blogging succession plan look like?
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February 9th, 2006 at 5:17 am
dying? i don’t ever plan to die and if i do, i’ll be the ghost in the blog.
February 9th, 2006 at 2:10 pm
Don’t worry Emer, I’m planning to keep this ‘effin domain as long as possible…just to annoy everyone who hates it.
Down the line, there will be a script which will take your common topics, phrases, favorite words and regurgitate them as a new post.
So yeah if you want the new blog to be about the fish I think we can just plug in that keyword.
And yes, those students who’d rather Google than use the Dewey Decimal System will still be led into a virtual black hole, wondering if they’ll get the answer to their assignments in the email.
February 9th, 2006 at 4:29 pm
ely,
gotta think about these things, ya know. sabi nga ni danicon, “sinong makakamana dyan?”
i’m going to make you part of the committee who will choose my successor 
mark,
maybe just an article or two about the fish, and the occasional bangus festival coverage.
i wouldn’t mind if you get a teenaged livejournal blogger to replace me. really i wouldn’t
oh. and please funnel all future merchandising profits to a bangus foundation for kids who can’t talk to girls good, and wanna learn to do other stuff good too
February 9th, 2006 at 10:45 pm
“livejournal blogger” hahaha that would offend the early adopters :p
my beloved host will probably delete my site because in our agreement there’s a provision allowing her to delete my site without notice for a violation of any of the terms, one of which is going on hiatus without notice.
i dont think anyone would want to inherit my site.
February 10th, 2006 at 7:59 pm
hi um can i ask for some help on my book report on fil it is about dekada ‘70 if u can send me one i would be very grateful please send it to miaka1me@yahoo.com i hope dat u can help its just i don’t have that much tym to do it nd i also dont have enough resources thank you very much
February 10th, 2006 at 8:22 pm
pauline,
um no.but goodluck with your education. and everything.