what do you live for?

Yukira

Gonna have a family, whether we pop the kids out or adopt them.

Kochikens

I live for
being awake at 6am
still watching The L Word.

Darmak

I live for life. Seriously, just being able to do things is pretty awesome, from working to talking to you guys to reading books to playing games to eating a good breakfast. I love living.

Gatsby

Another thing I live for, is the day I become a dad and prove to myself that I won't be a horrible, repulsive man like my own biological father.

SCREECH OF THE FARG

I have had had Feliz Navidad stuck in my head for 12 years

I assume if it ever stops, I will die.

Also faith, laughter, love etc

FAQ

I'm just running out the clock

Wimble

I think I live for being important to people worth being important to

be it because they are kind or smart or creative or something else, knowing that I matter to such people makes me really happy

it's probably not too healthy though because of the vicariousness of it

Gatsby

A moment I was living for that I got to experience recently was with my girlfriend's youngest brother. She has two younger siblings, two boys, and the eldest is your typical teenage guy. Bit of a dick, but he'll grow out of it yet he's always been the kind to ruffle the youngest brother's hair, take his food, etc. So anyway, a little while ago I was over at her house and me, her and the youngest brother were chatting and I forget how it came up in conversation but those two started talking about this

"I see him (me) as the older brother I never had."
"But you already have an older brother."
"Yeah, but I mean the nice and funny older brother I never had."

I had to excuse myself because if I spent another second in that room I would've started crying. It's probably from the fact that I've always wanted to be an older brother to someone, and that I've felt I missed out on my chance ever since I found out that my mum had an abortion once she got pregnant again after me, all because she couldn't bear to bring another child into the hateful marriage she had with my biological father.

Lost Salient

I am basically Yossarian

I love being alive

Someday my fear of death will overcome my love of life and I will transform into Dunbar, constantly pursuing boredom to make time slow down

DirtyDirtyVagrant

I live for the hope that one day I will find someone I can snuggle up next to on a chilly morning like this one.

I really love falling leaves. And the smells of nature.

ceres

Making people who are important to me feel loved. If I can make them feel loved, and let them know how important they are to me, and let them feel that someone will always be there... then I feel like I have a reason, too.

Unfortunately this is very easily abused.

Kochikens

ok are the smells of nature
actually that fucking great
someone please inform me here if I should kill myself because I can't smell trees and snow and grass and naturey shit

Wimble

ceres wrote:

Making people who are important to me feel loved. If I can make them feel loved, and let them know how important they are to me, and let them feel that someone will always be there... then I feel like I have a reason, too.

Unfortunately this is very easily abused.

yeah, exactly! And then I feel bad about having thoughts of pruning because who am I and such

Wimble

also dang gatsby I've always wanted to be a big brother too and my mom had a miscarriage years after I was born. I'm glad you found a little bro

Lost Salient

Kochikens wrote:

ok are the smells of nature
actually that fucking great
someone please inform me here if I should kill myself because I can't smell trees and snow and grass and naturey shit

=\

I mean, this is awkward but...

they're really pretty fucking great.

ceres

Gatsby wrote:

It's probably from the fact that I've always wanted to be an older brother to someone, and that I've felt I missed out on my chance ever since I found out that my mum had an abortion once she got pregnant again after me, all because she couldn't bear to bring another child into the hateful marriage she had with my biological father.

It probably terrible and something that makes me feel terrible but I understand this completely. A person who's always wanted kids probably shouldn't have to breathe a huge sigh of relief about a miscarriage because the fact is she's spent the last two weeks on the floor sobbing through yelling and verbal/emotional abuse over baby names.

Sheri

To be completely predictable

I really love the reaction I get when showing new work

I posted a photo from my friend's wedding that I shot in Seattle

and she was like, "OMG CRY this is so beautiful" and then she reposted it all over Facebook and it just made me so happy

Kochikens

Lost Salient wrote:

Kochikens wrote:

ok are the smells of nature
actually that fucking great
someone please inform me here if I should kill myself because I can't smell trees and snow and grass and naturey shit

=\

I mean, this is awkward but...

they're really pretty fucking great.

well shucks

Fyndir

Fixing people is another thing.

Gotta fix all the people.

Just all BAM, your problems? They gone, no more trouble, hooray.

Lost Salient

If it makes you feel any better, Kochi, I think I had completely forgotten until I started doing saline rinses last spring. Chronic sinus infections had left me basically unable to smell for years.

something-something dogs with no noses

Sheri

I am starting to wonder if I have developed a chronic sinus problem

Every single day

I wake up and blow my nose 400 times

This has been going on since like May

And I am sick and tired of it

DirtyDirtyVagrant

Kochikens wrote:

ok are the smells of nature
actually that fucking great
someone please inform me here if I should kill myself because I can't smell trees and snow and grass and naturey shit

The smell of the earth after a rain storm, or the sweet smell you get when you're walking around sometimes. Or even just the smell of the air on a warm day.

Pretty much if it doesn't smell like garbage or death, nature smells amazing. Sorry. :c

e: Also no you should not kill yourself. Who will I pester on Live if not you?

Fyndir

The downside to the problem fixing thing is just how fucking terrible I feel when people have problems I can't fix.

Like, complete self loathing and 'oh fuck I'm just never good enough' type feelings.

Kochikens

Alright someone lend me their sniffer for a day

Sheri

DirtyDirtyVagrant wrote:

Kochikens wrote:

ok are the smells of nature
actually that fucking great
someone please inform me here if I should kill myself because I can't smell trees and snow and grass and naturey shit

The smell of the earth after a rain storm, or the sweet smell you get when you're walking around sometimes. Or even just the smell of the air on a warm day.

Pretty much if it doesn't smell like garbage or death, nature smells amazing. Sorry. :c

I dunno

The smell after a rainstorm is often "fish" 'round here

Lost Salient

Sheri wrote:

I am starting to wonder if I have developed a chronic sinus problem

Every single day

I wake up and blow my nose 400 times

This has been going on since like May

And I am sick and tired of it

Not to horrify anyone with the suggestion, but seriously, saline rinses have chaaanged my life. You could give it a try and see if it helps you out at all.

Lost Salient

Also yeah, Kochi, you're also missing out on some truly horrifying smells, you know? Like, this fancy small-shop-and-restaurant neighborhood I was at on Tuesday smelled mysteriously like someone had pooped all over it. And lots of times Seoul smells like spicy tangy rotten vegetables and fish.

Sheri

Lost Salient wrote:

Sheri wrote:

I am starting to wonder if I have developed a chronic sinus problem

Every single day

I wake up and blow my nose 400 times

This has been going on since like May

And I am sick and tired of it

Not to horrify anyone with the suggestion, but seriously, saline rinses have chaaanged my life. You could give it a try and see if it helps you out at all.

Like a

Like a Neti pot or something

JustinSane07

I live to crush my enemies, see them driven before me, and to hear the lamentation of their women.

Lost Salient

It doesn't have to be a neti pot.

But yeah.

Exactly that.

My doctor finally suggested it to me, because continuing to go on and off antibiotics endlessly is, you know, bad for you. It basically just flushes out allergens., irritants and mucus.

dbrock270

Some vain hope that my foray into the music business is successful.

I'm kidding. I live for nothing.

Sheri

Eeeew

Peen

I live for my daughter's smile and the feel of kissing my wife. There's nothing else like either of those things.

Darmak

Peen wrote:

I live for my daughter's smile and the feel of kissing my wife. There's nothing else like either of those things.

There sure isn't

Gatsby

You know what I'm currently really looking forward to? My girlfriend coming back from Africa. Really can't wait for that.

Durkhanus

I live for the day when I can afford to free myself.

Gumpy

Wimble

I live for Wimble

Huntera

I live for the day I can fix something.


And that something is Mars, wanna terraform the shit outta that planet.

Skull Man

the moment in which something I've worked hard on is generally acknowledged to be fantastic

Skull Man

also the point in the day when I realize I'm not going to have to see anyone else besides emily and our cat