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Sorry to hear he died. Good luck with the process. When one of my cats died a while back, I just let the vet dispose of her body, and I felt terrible about it. I mean, the least I could have done was take her body into the woods. It's what I want done...
Anyway, kudos for showing respect to your pets (allthough I'm sure some will interprete things in the opposite direction. Fuck'em).
Posted by spookable at May 3, 2004 12:13 PM
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are you going to put his organs in urns? or are they too tiny?
Posted by Jenn at May 3, 2004 12:33 PM
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Poor little Rat. I imagine you could find little doll sized Urns/Jars if you look around dollar stores, craft shops and such. Or make some with clay.
Posted by Andre at May 3, 2004 01:13 PM
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Spooks: yeah, I'm sure this will come off as insanely grotesque to loads of people. But, like I've mentioned before, I live in an apartment building in the South Loop of Chicago. There is literally -no place- I could bury Beavis, unless you count the dogpark, where he'd probably be dug up within a matter of hours by the neighbor's labrador. I could probably tape him inside an old shoebox and chuck him down the trash chute, but how THAT'S more respectful than mummification, I dunno. Whatever. I guess the THUNK KA-DUNK WHAP THUNK of the shoebox falling ten stories makes for an awesome funeral dirge.
And yeah Jenn, his organs will go in urns, after they're properly dried. I'll be making them myself out of pottery clay, along with the ushabtis.
Posted by spike at May 3, 2004 03:06 PM
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Fare thee well in the afterlife, Beavis.
Posted by Rich at May 3, 2004 03:26 PM
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Unfortunately, my copy of the Tibetan Book of the Dead is packed in a box in the garage, otherwise I'd go find something appropriate for rodents.
Posted by Wagner at May 3, 2004 04:25 PM
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Sounds like your best option. Cremation would stink up the whole building.
My girlfriend's desicated cat (came with the house) has preserved quite well. We use him as a Halloween decoration. And that's just desication, not mummification.
So, yeah. Wouldn't be surprised if you find ectoplasmic rat-Ka urine about your place.
Posted by spookable at May 3, 2004 08:03 PM
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Well, we're done with Beavis for the night. We've got some truly amazing photos, but you lot will have to wait for Charlie to get together a proper feature page before you can see 'em.
It turns out, mummification is HARD. Emotionally not nearly as hard as I'd expected, but technically pretty difficult. I think we actually did a pretty good job, though. Might have been good for us, too, in a way.
Posted by Matt at May 3, 2004 09:58 PM
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Congrats! I'm glad it went well.
Posted by spookable at May 4, 2004 11:42 AM
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*burns incense in the memory of Beavis*
Posted by London at May 4, 2004 02:38 PM
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Here's to a comfy cage-playcenter for Beavis in the lap of the gods.
Reminds me a little of my aunt's burial for her cat Norbu (Tibetan for "jewel"), her own little feline lama incarnate. He's got a spot under some homemade prayerflags in the gardn.
Posted by Lyra at May 4, 2004 03:06 PM
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If you're up to it, we'll have adoptable ratty babies by San Diego. I can always bring some along with Lisa's.
And they can travel on planes, because they can fit in a pet carrier small enough to go under a seat!
Posted by Lea at May 5, 2004 07:38 PM
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Really? The airline won't hassle me about it, then?
And are any of the babies gonna be hairless?
Posted by spike at May 6, 2004 12:13 AM
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As long as the fit in a carrier under the seat.
Plus, I'll have pedigrees you can wave around at them.
Might be worth checking to make double sure.
Far as I'm concerned, if cats and dogs can come on, rats can, too.
Oh, yeah, there'll be hairless.
Posted by Lea at May 7, 2004 12:22 AM
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Buh. "Traditional pets only". Buuuuh.
So, no rats. I think.
Posted by Lea at May 7, 2004 08:52 AM
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I dunno... lots of people have rodents. I would say I don't see the problem, but we're talking about the folks that think almanacs and eye-lash curlers are dangers to the Free World.
Maybe if you called them, first? Or is that when you got the "Tranditional Pets" line?
Posted by spookable at May 8, 2004 07:17 PM
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