What’s your wish list of stuff to do in your life?
Farmgirl mentioned having one in the balloon thread, so thought I’d post mine… anyone else into posting theirs??
Wish List
The general ones are love, develop faith, have a long and healthy life, and help create world peace…
More specifically now, in no particular order:
Climb Mt. Kilimanjaro (or some other tall mountain that doesn't require rock climbing – I wanna be on top a mountain, only without the whole falling-to-my-death risk)
Do jello wrestling (or pudding wrestling, or okara wrestling)
Do body painting (where you coat yourself in paint and roll around on giant sheets of paper)
Be in a room full of balloons (like that scene from the Patch Adams movie)
See a topiary maze (I've been in a corn maze, but I'd like to see a topiary maze, too)
See a solar eclipse
See a 24-hour day
Take a Green Tortoise vacation trip -- alternative/hippie bus line, very relaxed bus tours – www.greeentortoise.com
See the Northern Lights (I've seen a few glimmers, but haven't seen a real "show")
Go to the Burning Man Arts Festival in Nevada
Visit a sandy desert
See a tropical rainforest and a tropical island
See an active volcano
See a meteorite and a meteorite crater
See a giant redwood
See the Monarch butterfly migration site (Mexico)
See Saturn's rings, Jupiter's moons through a telescope
See the white sand dunes in the SW US
Speak/read a foreign language fluently (I've got some French, Spanish, and German... not enough to be fluent though...)
Learn to sight read music
Try hallucinogens if I ever come down with a terminal illness (I’ve never done any drugs, partly since I think I’ve got an addictive personality, but if I know I’m gonna die, I’ll wanna try a few hallucinogens, I’ve always been mildly curious about them)
Go snorkeling
Go scuba diving
Live long enough for astronomers to figure out the nature of the universe – is this a multiverse, is it expanding or shrinking, etc! I wanna know!!
Live long enough for scientists to figure out how to extend human life
Learn to do mosaic
Learn to do batik (the whole wax technique part -- I know how to do the strings and tie dye part, but not the interesting wax stuff)
See a baby being born
Try hypnosis
Get rid of having vertigo so that I can go to the Grand Canyon…
Go to a natural hot springs
Play paintball
Experience zero gee (this may have to wait for technology to advance a lot…)
Visit Liechtenstein, Andorra, and other teensy countries
Visit the UK, Belgium, Italy, Australia, South Africa, New Zealand (lots of places in
Asia and Latin America I’d like to see too, but definitely staying away from for awhile until my health’s better, I don’t wanna pick up any tropical bugs right now…)
Teach someone to read (I love reading, I’d love to get to introduce someone else to it… I read to kids all the time, but I’ve never actually taught any of them to read, they’ve always learned it at school or elsewhere…)
Become a better cartoonist
Lots of farming projects and famous farms to see…
… I’ve been adding to this list for a few years now; there’s some stuff I’ve already gotten done that’s not on the list. And I was thinking about the list today, and said, hey, the henna rinse, I should do that, so I got together with a friend and right now I’m sitting here typing this with a bag on my head while I wait for the stuff to set… and I’m going to Burning Man this year, so I’m doing that at last… A lot of this stuff has to wait on me being in better health to do it. And a lot of it costs $ that I shouldn’t spend right now… but there’s still stuff I could be doing, I should work at this list more Posted by Suneun (Member # 3247) on :
- Archery - Tracking - Basic Woods Survival (w/ only a knife) - continue Iaido (took one semester so far) - Learn korean fluently - Bareback riding - More Circus Stuff (acro, trapeze) - Baking and Cooking advanced skills - Programming (finish learning scripting, learn a language or two) - Learn more do-it-yourself (home upgrade stuff)
Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
- play with my grandchildren - shodan - be in a band with a published CD
Posted by JonnyNotSoBravo (Member # 5715) on :
I wish I had a ha'penny!
[ July 26, 2004, 02:04 AM: Message edited by: JonnyNotSoBravo ]
Posted by TMedina (Member # 6649) on :
Cindy Crawford's married, so that rules out fully half my list.
-Trevor
Posted by Little_Doctor (Member # 6635) on :
Kill Carrot Top
THE END
Posted by Danzig (Member # 4704) on :
Find and marry a girl who likes all the same drugs I do. Become a published author. Become proficient in a martial art that is actually useful. Become a major drug dealer ($1,000,000 a year or more) and attempt to pay taxes on my income one year. Learn to play the keyboard/piano. Visit India, Europe, etc. Cross off the remaining items on my little list.
Posted by Theca (Member # 1629) on :
I keep thinking up wishes that can't come true, like being able to fly, or to stop time, or heal diseases. Or to own a live version of that Undo command that is on my computer.
Then I start remembering all the wishes I used to have, those ones that can't ever come true now because it's too late, I've either waited too long or gone too far or gotten too old.
The only thing on my active wish list that I can think of right now I can't even say out loud. I really can't think of any others.
I'm thinking Danzig's dream girl will be perfect. A perfect undercover cop, maybe. Be careful what you wish for, Danzig Posted by Eduardo_Sauron (Member # 5827) on :
Hmm...I'll be etiting this post a lot, as I add stuff here:
This very moment I want:
- Broadband Connection (Damn Third-World(C) phone lines!) - Harder Skin (to absorb punches aimed at me) - Big sunglasses (to cover injured eye) - Playstation II - More respect to teachers in my country (and everywhere else) - My Myiasaki Ultimate Anime Collection to arrive from Japan. - I wish my marriage day come soon!
Posted by Annie (Member # 295) on :
Are you sure about the okra wrestling, Plaid? That sounds a little poky...
And Eduardo, you are adorable. Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
quote:those ones that can't ever come true now because it's too late, I've either waited too long or gone too far or gotten too old.
Ah, come on Theca! I'm a firm believer in NEVER being too old!
I'll have to pull out my list at home and post it tomorrow - but it isn't nearly as extensive as plaid's!! Wow! what a list you have!
Farmgirl
edit: although the list I originally talked about in the balloon thread was not a list of THINGS (possessions) -- it was a list of things I want to accomplish before I die. Events. Like going ballooning....
[ July 26, 2004, 09:36 AM: Message edited by: Farmgirl ]
Posted by plaid (Member # 2393) on :
quote:Are you sure about the okra wrestling, Plaid? That sounds a little poky...
Eep! No! OkAra wrestling! (Okara = leftovers from making tofu, white crumbly stuff, sorta lika a soy cottage cheese... Tofu businesses have tons of it...)
Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
Eduardo -- I keep hearing the song "Eduardo e Monica" whenever you post.
So keep posting -- I like that song. Posted by Eduardo_Sauron (Member # 5827) on :
I was a kid when that particular song ("Eduardo e Monica") was a big success. I was wat...12, 13 years old, I guess... I was teased a lot in school because of that song. And there was a girl called "Monica" in my class, so yeah...we were teased a lot because of that song.
Childhood...always fun remembering Posted by plaid (Member # 2393) on :
*bump*
hey Farmgirl! wanna see your list! Posted by Phanto (Member # 5897) on :
I only truly want one thing, and it seems that one thing is the thing I will never get.
Posted by Mrs.M (Member # 2943) on :
I want to become a mother.
Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
I want to fly.
Posted by pooka (Member # 5003) on :
Play the moonlight sonata and some other songs I really like on the piano
raise my children well
adopt some children that most people wouldn't, which may require me
learning Spanish
learn how to keep my house clean
write a chronological commentary of the Gospels
write an autobiographical novel
sheetrock
motorcycle and skydive- when all my children are grown
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Posted by Synesthesia (Member # 4774) on :
I want a girlfriend before I turn 26 on the 26th of August I want to become a writer Somehow, I need to get millions of dollars so I can give one million to my friend so she doesn't have to work this crummy job I'd like to play back all the money I owe people and never have to ask for money from people again. And I want to stop working at the Stupormarket.
I give up on the whole cleaning thing. I hate cleaning... Perhaps if someone was nagging me about it I'd do it, but since it's just me, Why should I care?
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Posted by BannaOj (Member # 3206) on :
Hmm, Hi Mrs. M! I thought about you last night when Carson on Queer Eye bought Ferragamos.
Things I wish for:
Breed a Cardigan Welsh Corgi that gets an Award of Merit at the National.
Get organized. (will probably never happen but I can dream)
Have our home be a comfortable nice looking place and be able to say "yes we did it ourselves"
Visit every other continent at least once
See Le Tour De France for at least a few stages.
Be in great physical shape
Have remotely decent fashion sense
Have a wall to wall and floor to ceiling library with beautiful wood craftsmanship bookshelves and rolling ladders
AJ
[ July 28, 2004, 12:39 PM: Message edited by: BannaOj ]
Posted by mackillian (Member # 586) on :
Climb Mt. Everest
Become a competitive fencer
sell my Monster Rules manuscript to a major publisher
become a good neuropsychologist
have a real family
Posted by Synesthesia (Member # 4774) on :
I want to master Kung Fu and get the GUTS to court someone... yes... somehow... >.<
Posted by TMedina (Member # 6649) on :
Ahh, that explains the other thread.
Good luck Syn - the worst that can is they'll say no.
-Trevor
Posted by Mrs.M (Member # 2943) on :
Hey, AJ
That's so funny b/c I thought of you when I saw a Cardigan Welsh Corgi in a dog show on television!
Posted by Synesthesia (Member # 4774) on :
Them saying no is the worse thing... It would hurt a LOT... But, it's worth a try... I just wish I could buy this person a computer or something.
Posted by TMedina (Member # 6649) on :
I would say life hurts and you grow from it, but I'm still trying to work out the growing part.
And if they say no - well, I'm sorry. But there are other people out there and maybe, just maybe one of them might be a better fit for you.
Which is amazingly cold comfort I realize as I've been there several times myself.
-Trevor
Posted by Synesthesia (Member # 4774) on :
It does not help that I am painfully, painfully shy.. And also uncute.
Posted by TMedina (Member # 6649) on :
Cute is in the eye of the beholder.
Painfully shy - been there, done that.
And I'm not trying to make light of your dilemma, I promise. But until you mentally push yourself over that hill, you'll never know.
And a good relationship is worth all (at least most) of the bad ones.
-Trevor
Posted by Synesthesia (Member # 4774) on :
I also need to travel overseas before the End of Civilization ensues... There's no time to waste! I got to get me some MONEY!
Posted by PSI Teleport (Member # 5545) on :
I want to...
1. ...develop a metal voice that dudes will want to listen to, without smoking to do it. 2. ...get a dog. I've been wanting one my whole life. 3. ...go on tour. 4. ...learn all the major languages. 5. ...become the mom that I envision whenever I imagine the mom my kids REALLY deserve.
Number six would have been "...have someone say, 'You're just like Grandma'" but that happened to me recently.
I'm sure I'll think of more later.
Posted by Synesthesia (Member # 4774) on :
METAL VOICE? Do you play HEAVY METAL!?!?! How cool!
Posted by PSI Teleport (Member # 5545) on :
I can't SING though! I STINK! Good Lord, how I stink!
<-- stinks
My choices are to scream like Tony Campos but that makes me screech so high, because I'm a girl. I can sorta croon all Tina Turner style, but that doesn't fit the genre.
*sigh*
[ July 28, 2004, 09:21 PM: Message edited by: PSI Teleport ]
Posted by Synesthesia (Member # 4774) on :
can't sing as in singing totally off key or can't maintain a nice tone or something? I wish they had more metal bands with soprano singers as that is just *Drool*
Who is Tony Campos?
[ July 28, 2004, 09:28 PM: Message edited by: Synesthesia ]
Posted by PSI Teleport (Member # 5545) on :
Tony Campos plays bass and does backup vocals for Static-X.
Actually, I have no problem maintaining an interesting mezzo soprano metal voice, but I don't like them as much. I like the deeper growling so I have been trying to go lower. I can sorta do it and stay on key, but it's not metal anymore, it's sing-songy and I don't like that as much.
I'll probably be forever singing backup, with an interesting solo now and then.
Posted by Synesthesia (Member # 4774) on :
OoOoo. I bet you'd totally like Dir en grey. Kyo can growl like a haunted house.
Posted by PSI Teleport (Member # 5545) on :
Ooh, never heard of them. I'm interested.
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Wah! They have no way to listen to the music!
[ July 28, 2004, 09:34 PM: Message edited by: PSI Teleport ]
Posted by Synesthesia (Member # 4774) on :
They sometimes have disturbing lyrics, but they are in Japanese for the most part anyway. There's- Filth Obscure Kasumi Zan Pink Killer Bottom of the Death Valley
and pretty much all of Vulgar if you like the more aggressive stuff. They have some great none aggressive stuff too. *loves them*
If you have AIM I could send you a few songs...
[ July 28, 2004, 09:44 PM: Message edited by: Synesthesia ]
Posted by Teshi (Member # 5024) on :
I'm with you on the Northern Lights, plaid.
So:
-See Northern Lights and visit the arctic circle. -Visit/live in (for a couple of months or a year) New Zealand or Australia (somewhere in the southern hemisphere) -University year overseas. -Visit Scotland, Wales. -Visit France, Germany, Italy, Greece, Denmark, Russia... (you get the idea) -Spend longer than two days in London, England! I hate whirlwind trips! -Go camping and hiking. Really camping, though, as in not in a campsite, is in my tent is blowing away and all I have left to eat is canned beef. This may be coupled with the New Zealand visit, but my camping experience is somewhat limited, so I need to find someone with the knowhow. -Learn to recognise constellations, stars, planets, etc, so I can say "Jupiter's bright tonight" -Go to a convention. There's a Harry Potter convention in town, but I'm not allowed to go . I am resolved to go someday and be geeky. -Go up in a balloon. -Publish something. -Learn to canoe properly; paddling on one side of the the canoe. -Archery and/or fencing. -Learn to play tennis well. -Learn to ride. -Have my piano teacher satisfied with my progress/practice so she doesn't refuse to teach me up to my exam . That is the wish I wish would come true in the near future, because if not, I'm doomed.
Posted by PSI Teleport (Member # 5545) on :
I have AIM synth! Same screen name.
Posted by Eduardo_Sauron (Member # 5827) on :
Synesthesia
Try to listen something from "Nightwish", "After Forever", "Within Temptation" or "Edenbridge". I think you'll like it.
Posted by Little_Doctor (Member # 6635) on :
When I die, I want to be put into orbit.
Posted by Synesthesia (Member # 4774) on :
I've seen northern lights in Canton NY. That was a shock! Saw them on several occasions. I thought I'd have to go all the way to Canada or something I'd also like to See Dir en grey Have a love affair And change the world before the world ends....
Posted by Little_Doctor (Member # 6635) on :
Thats odd synth. I want to end the world. Maybe we can work that out somehow.
Posted by TMedina (Member # 6649) on :
Change the world before it ends, Syn? Yikes, that is rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic.
I love that expression.
As for travel the world - where would you want to go?
-Trevor
Posted by pooka (Member # 5003) on :
I forgot also getting in great shape. I'm actually doing something toward that this year, though, so it's not so much a wish.
Another biggie I can't believe I forgot is for me and the Man to have the longest marriage on record. The current record is 83 years, I think. We would both have to live to 104. And still be married to each other Posted by Synesthesia (Member # 4774) on :
England, Japan, Germany, Swisserland, Denmark, Finland, Iceland. I need to TRAVEL! If I kick it before having a romantic relationship and traveling or if the world ends before then I will be unhappy. Posted by PSI Teleport (Member # 5545) on :
I'm a step ahead of you, Pooka. We only have to live until I'm 102 and he's 101. Posted by TMedina (Member # 6649) on :
I hit the UK and part of continental Europe - France and Italy.
It was a blast - I just wish I could have traveled for more than just a month.
As for the romantic relationship - I wish you the best of luck. There are days when I wish I never had and there are days when I wouldn't give it up for the world.
-Trevor
Posted by Annie (Member # 295) on :
Whoa... Pooka's married to the Man? Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
quote: If I kick it before having a romantic relationship and traveling or if the world ends before then I will be unhappy
The ultimate, Syn, would be for you to have a romantic relationship/love affair WHILE traveling around the world! Wouldn't that be cool? Take off and visit Europe and see what dashing stranger you might meet!
Farmgirl
Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
And even ultimater, dying while on that trip?
Or would that be bad?
Posted by plaid (Member # 2393) on :
I got to see Europe with a sweetie. It was great
If you want to get around Europe cheap, try WWOOFing -- Willing Workers on Organic Farms -- www.wwoof.org -- you can work on farms for ~40 hours a week in exchange for room and board. Great way to meet people, be out in the country, and save money. You can do what we did and alternate a day or two of tourist stuff in the cities with farm work for a week or two at a time... muchly recommended!!
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Eep! No! OkAra wrestling! (Okara = leftovers from making tofu, white crumbly stuff, sorta lika a soy cottage cheese... Tofu businesses have tons of it...)
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Hi Mrs. M! I thought about you last night when Carson on Queer Eye bought Ferragamos.![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif)
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. That is the wish I wish would come true in the near future, because if not, I'm doomed.