#TheSW30: Day 19, Just Bury Me With Facebook

Day 19: If you planted a time capsule right now of your life to be opened in 20 years, what would be in it?

This is a funny question, because if you think about it the best time capsule you could possibly have lives on-line. It's Facebook! Honestly, I worked so many late nights and slept through so many classes in college that it surely has a better memory of my four years at Westminster College than I do. It stores all the photos of the year I ran track and cross country there, the pictures of the tiny little studio where I turned on my first FM radio mic on, the pictures of the night we went suicide sledding down Hillside (The hill dropped us into the road. There's not much traffic in New Wilmington, PA but if there was a car coming once you started down that hill...you were doomed,) the pictures of the the nights we fled campus to go to shady, Uptown Youngstown bars and of course pictures of graduation. All that's saved on the same website as some of my best memories in Boise. In the long run, there's no reason for a real time capsule anymore.

BUT...if I had to bury an actual capsule of stuff there's a handful of things I'd put in it.

What would you include in yours? Tweet me and let me know at @michelleonkiss!

Next: #TheSW30 Day 18 - What would people be surprised to learn about you?

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My Running Medals
The greatest part about running a marathon or half marathon? They reward you with hardware just for being brave enough to finish 26.2 or 13.1 miles. I'm extremely proud of just finishing those races. When running's been such a big part of my life, I'd love to remember those good times 20 years down the road.
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Music
That's sort of vague isn't it? There's a lot of music things I'd put in there because part of the magic of music is a song can easily take you back to a certain place and time just by hearing it. So I'd for sure include the mix CDs/playlists I've made each summer for the road trip to McCall and hanging out by my pool. I'd also include my entire catalog of OAR and Matt Nathanson albums because their lyrics are so powerful, that they need to be heard 20 years from now. And of course, I'd include my autographs/pictures from the artists I've met as well. Not because I can say I met them, but because they're a reminder of the power of music. I've literally been shaking almost every time I've met one of my favorite artists because I'm so in shock that I'm actually talking to someone came up with the lyrics that shaped parts of my life.
3
103.5 KISS FM Stuff
I live my job, that's no lie. But this job puts me in the center of everything cool in the city. I'd want pictures and things I collected from Live for 175, Boise Music Festival, the Balloon Classic, etc...to show my kids one day. They'd bring back memories of when Keke, Huggie, Lucky, Nathan and I pulled off cool stuff most people wouldn't have even attempted. Of course the only adequate way I could explain how I feel about those memories is through the lyrics of Taylor Swift's song "Long Live."

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