hi
apparently i just found out that a satellite called the KEO satellite is due to be launched in 2010/2011.
it is a time capsule satellite but what differs it from other time capsule satellites is that it will only return to earth 50 000 years later.
really fascinating.
imagine future generations being blessed with a wealth of information on how (our current and soon to be) ancient civilisation functions.
here's the best part, the UK has cordially invited all of us, yes every single human being who has access to this website,:
http://www.keo.org/uk/pages/message.php
to write a message for our future generation and it's going to be uncensored!
wow hoo.
my first thought would be to tell my great grand (x100) children
'fuck you for being alive while i'm being fossilized beneath...'
ROFL. joking.
the limit is 6000 words, hence i am thinking of writing a GP essay and request for it to be vetted by my GP tutor before typing it out.
after all, it is of paramount importance that posterity have the right impression of their predecessors, ainnit ainnit?
i think it is great that they are including everyone in on this one.
seems like they really want to document the minutiae of life in the 21st century.
it's our chance to leave our mark in history.
we are historians for the first time wow hooo
some topics i am thinking of writing.
ehhh
the very first thing that came to my mind was
'what the, you mean i can just write (insert expletive) and get away with it?'
haha
anyways,
one may chose to keep the note short and terse, like say;

To my children,
may you revel in the luxury of having so much research material.
P.S. Do take good care of your flying automobiles. (they must be a beauty.)
P.S.S. Do not let those robot companions of yours dominate our race!!! (watch attached movie: i Robot)
With love(that transcends time),
E. Lim

or utilise this excellent opportunity to express whatever dissent you have towards your current government without the fear of being proscecuted!!! (or maybe not...)

ok, on a more serious note,
i reckon i will use this to write something about myself.
something deeply personal,
something filled with poignant memories of my life thus far,
and maybe 1000 words will be set aside to write about what i consider as my raison d'etre.
i can also be morose if i want to and mention all the irremediable mistakes i am guilty of.

i don't know how the satellite functions.
what do you think it will be like after 50 000 years?
to us, future is next year.
future is university, marriage, growing old, menopause, schizophrenia, Alzheimer's, dementia... ...
or in sci-fi movies, the year 3000.
50 000 years is a lot ain't it.
maybe it wouldn't be homo sapiens anymore.
it could be homo shit-nuggets or something, who knows man.
although we can't be sure that our notes will really reach the homo shit-nuggets, i think it's a worth a try.

or if you do believe in reincarnation, you could be reading your own note 50k years later as a homo shit-nugget.