When I am dead

I am not ready to die . . . and it isn’t because of all the reasons that anyone else may not be ready to die such as, being too young, the need to be there to raise young children or having amends I need to make with someone out in the world. This is not to say that these things are not very good reasons for me to keep breathing every day and do my best to stay out of harm’s way however my reasons are more literary and theatrical . . . literally.

I am not ready to die because I do not know some very important things. I need to know, when I am dead and in heaven, if I will get to watch movies and read books. Not classics or books/movies that were around at the time you die but new releases, that will be coming for an eternity. I am assuming I go to heaven because I have been fairly good in my 38 years so far and assume whatever years I have left I will continue to be about the same on the “goodness” scale. I am worried that right after I die there will be a great movie that comes out or a wonderful new novel and someone will watch/read them and say to themselves, “Tracy would have loved this.” I do not want people saying this about me. I want to watch those movies and read those books. I want heaven to be like a giant free rental library with all the newest releases and to have unlimited copies so there is no wait list.

These questions, that I need answers to, before I can die in peace, sparked some lunchtime and car pool drive home conversations with my friends (who happen to be co-workers.) We cumulatively agreed that you should be able to see all movies and read all books when you are dead. One suggested that dead people go to drive-ins for movies though so they can float around outside and be comfortable. This is of course assuming that we stick around Earth I suppose. I am wondering more about the possibilities of giant movie theaters in heaven.

You may mistakenly think this all has to do with my popcorn obsession that I mentioned previously however it doesn’t because my concerns also deal with books or access to a bookstore/library neither of which ever have had popcorn to my knowledge though I think it would be wonderful but tons of greasy fingers could be hard on the books. This is about knowing that there are very cool things that are going to come around after I am dead and I am going to miss out on all of them. So people here is the plan . . . if you or any one you know is anything like those girls on the TV show Medium or Ghost Whisper will you please ask about what is available to me in heaven? Maybe even put in a little request for me that in the years between now and my death someone can start an Angelflix subscription where I can have two Movies out at a time or something . . .