Oh. My. God. After hearing Tom DeLay spouting a bunch of idiocy on CNN just now (regarding Terri Shiavo's death), I am soooo making a living will (apparently you also have to take care of the power of attorney issue too). Someone joked about tattooing your final wishes on yourself, which seems almost like a good idea after this circus. The whole thing is so sad, and after the way Congress acted, it's scary too.
Anyways...so I'm done with class. Basically a full day early. But it looks like I may be stuck in Indianapolis until tomorrow evening, which sucks. I can probably try to get standby on an earlier flight, but I'm not sure if that's going to be worth the hassle. So maybe I'll go to the zoo tomorrow, if the weather is good.
I still haven't gotten to White Castle. Probably tonight.
I think right now I'm gonna go shop for shoes. :)
Making a living will might not even matter, really (that's the cynical side of me coming out). Here's a flip-side example of the whole right-to-choose-whether-to-live-or-die issue: http://www.usatoday.com/news/opinion/2005-03-30-end-of-life-decisions-our_x.htm
That case almost seems more complicated than the Schiavo case. Hard to say though, since like the Schiavo case, traditional media provides so few details (so many people are so misinformed about that case). Like it doesn't say whether she still has brain function, or is able to enjoy the company of her family. I think the big question is if this woman envisioned this when she made her intentions known.
I think it's perfectly fine if someone wants to choose to live that way - it's sad that money is a deciding factor, but I guess that's reality. It's such a personal, private matter, which is what's so sad about the Schiavo thing. I mean, she can't be the only person that this has happened to, I'm not sure why it's turned into such a circus.
I personally want a living will just because I know that even if you tell people what you want, when the time comes, they might not be able to go through with it and let go. I'm pretty sure Marc would respect my wishes (to not be kept alive like that), but I'm not so sure my mom would be able to do it. I kind of think that's what happened with Terri Schiavo's parents.
Of course, I'm probably too lazy to get around to doing it anytime soon, although I do have it in writing here. Think a blog would count as a legally binding document? ;)
This page has pretty detailed information on the Schiavo case: http://abstractappeal.com/schiavo/infopage.html