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     1.4  getting credit.
     1.5  #+end_quote
     1.6  
     1.7 +- suicide cryonics :: according to [[http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/06/magazine/06suicide-t.html][this]], people who commit impulsive
     1.8 +     suicides have a newfound sense of the importance of life. Perhaps
     1.9 +     they are good cryonics targets.
    1.10 +
    1.11 +- lead bone :: Could you fill in all the empty spaces in a bone with
    1.12 +               lead? Might be cool.
    1.13 +
    1.14 +- the quest for life  :: Every stupid story has the "immortal who
    1.15 +     wants to become mortal" or some other such idea. I want to story
    1.16 +     where the protagonist loses their immortality and feels /angry/
    1.17 +     and ashamed about losing something that's so absolutely crucial
    1.18 +     to their identity. A reverse of "death makes life worth living",
    1.19 +     they feel that living forever is what makes life worth
    1.20 +     living. Now they've "lost their sunrise" or their "connection to
    1.21 +     the timeless universe" or something. So they go on a quest to get
    1.22 +     it back, learning about themselves along the way, and regaining
    1.23 +     the precious thing they lost in the beginning.
    1.24 +
    1.25  - world-map :: take a small table and paint the continents in
    1.26                 toothpaste on the table. Make a slightly raised barrier
    1.27                 around the table. Slowly pour water onto the table, and