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Somewhere, Someday

celandinecelandine Registered User regular
edited February 2010 in Social Entropy++
Under the influence of a good friend, I've decided that when I want to do something, I'll actually do it. It would be a shame to say, "Oh, I wish I had ...X" when you're old.

So, trusty forumites, what do you want to do before you die, and when do you plan to do it?

My own top ten:
1. Learn American history (already starting, with Eric Foner and so on.)
2. Learn Latin (I’ll start when I get my first acceptance letter of some kind and the stress eases.)
3. Learn Talmud (Starts Monday!!!)
4. Camp outside (how the hell will this EVER happen?)
5. Spend time volunteering for real (possibly this summer.)
6. Learn to shoot a gun. (Gotta wait till I meet a gunny person or make money.)
7. Climb a mountain. (see #4.)
8. Go to Gettysburg or Lexington & Concord. (see #4.)
9. Become a good amateur powerlifter. (Will take a couple years but I’m doing the right things.)
10. Go to Burning Man. (I really don’t know what I could contribute since I’m not an artist; this is the dreamiest of the dreams.)

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  • Mr. GMr. G Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Watch the Bucket List

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  • AirAir Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    make sarcastic remarks

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  • Mr FuzzbuttMr Fuzzbutt Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Eat the world's largest doughnut.

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  • VicVic Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Sire some children and then earn their love and respect by being an excellent father.

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  • WeaverWeaver Who are you? What do you want?Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    re:

    #4

    outside is everywhere

    just do it

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  • lostwordslostwords Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    a partial list of mine

    1) see the aurora borealis
    2) meet the president or a former president, have an indepth discussion about something
    3) deliver a baby in an emergency situation, like stuck in an elevator or something, be a hero
    4) punch a bad boss in the face
    5) see the giant big heads in the easter islands
    6) hang out with penguins in antarctica
    7) get a masters in library science
    8) be anthony bourdain's sidekick for one of his travel trips
    9) learn to speak chinese
    10) pilot a plane

    a lot of these involve travel, which money and lazyness is preventing me from doing in the near future. maybe when i get older, hopefully.

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  • #pipe#pipe Cocky Stride, Musky odours Pope of Chili TownRegistered User regular
    edited February 2010
    I am determined to see the Aurora before I die.

    I truly hope that I will be able to walk on mars and celebrate 500th birthday

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  • WeaverWeaver Who are you? What do you want?Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    #pipe wrote: »
    I am determined to see the Aurora before I die.

    I truly hope that I will be able to walk on mars and celebrate 500th birthday
    better thing to do

    go out into the wilderness, put on high grade night vision

    look at sky

    galaxies everywhere

    Weaver on
  • GRMikeGRMike The Last Best Hope for Humanity The God Pod Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Mr Fuzzbutt wrote: »
    Eat the world's largest doughnut.

    This can be done in Round Rock, Texas just a few blocks from my house.

    We should have a Doughnut PAX!

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  • Calamity JaneCalamity Jane That Wrong Love Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    this thread isn't about nickleback AT ALL

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  • BedlamBedlam Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Weaver wrote: »
    #pipe wrote: »
    I am determined to see the Aurora before I die.

    I truly hope that I will be able to walk on mars and celebrate 500th birthday
    better thing to do

    go out into the wilderness, put on high grade night vision

    look at sky

    galaxies everywhere
    where does one get high grade night vision?

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  • ZzuluZzulu Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    northern lights are pretty awesome and I do recommend them

    it's just so pretty and strange

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  • WeaverWeaver Who are you? What do you want?Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    1. reputable merchandiser

    2. join army

    Weaver on
  • celandinecelandine Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Weaver wrote: »
    #pipe wrote: »
    I am determined to see the Aurora before I die.

    I truly hope that I will be able to walk on mars and celebrate 500th birthday
    better thing to do

    go out into the wilderness, put on high grade night vision

    look at sky

    galaxies everywhere

    This works?

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  • ZzuluZzulu Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Here are northern lights (aurora borealis)


    but from spaaaace:
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  • Indie WinterIndie Winter die Krähe Rudi Hurzlmeier (German, b. 1952)Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    1) learn to play the piano up to an acceptable level
    2) learn a third language, either russian or spanish
    3) study either Muay Thai or Krav Maga seriously
    4) hunt, just for kicks. not safari hunting, mind you, stuff like turkeys or boars

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  • Calamity JaneCalamity Jane That Wrong Love Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    i'd like to start a garden
    get a kiln and start makin shit again
    do some college courses on linguistics
    fuck a dude and a chick at the same time
    kill someone i loathe
    fly in a helicopter
    visit another continent, maybe austrailia or europe, or heck maybe japan
    become a roadie
    knock out a dude to cheers
    get married if that person's worth it

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  • ShabootyShabooty Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    stay classy, earth

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  • WeaverWeaver Who are you? What do you want?Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    celandine wrote: »
    Weaver wrote: »
    #pipe wrote: »
    I am determined to see the Aurora before I die.

    I truly hope that I will be able to walk on mars and celebrate 500th birthday
    better thing to do

    go out into the wilderness, put on high grade night vision

    look at sky

    galaxies everywhere

    This works?

    yes

    Weaver on
  • Calamity JaneCalamity Jane That Wrong Love Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    i can't set an eta on killing somebody, gotta do that in the moment

    as for the punching someone to cheers, there's a human resources chick that's gonna meet the business end of my jerkin' hand

    everything else'll come after i get a job. once i get money i stick to something, despite the horrible consequences, as many of my former roommates can attest

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  • #pipe#pipe Cocky Stride, Musky odours Pope of Chili TownRegistered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Weaver wrote: »
    celandine wrote: »
    Weaver wrote: »
    #pipe wrote: »
    I am determined to see the Aurora before I die.

    I truly hope that I will be able to walk on mars and celebrate 500th birthday
    better thing to do

    go out into the wilderness, put on high grade night vision

    look at sky

    galaxies everywhere

    This works?

    yes

    makes a bunch of sense when you think about it

    "night vision" equipment is most accurately described as "light amplification"

    there are lots and lots and lots of stars in the sky that are too dull to see with the naked eye.

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  • WeaverWeaver Who are you? What do you want?Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Being far out and away from city lights, best on a night near a new moon, the sky will already seem to be packed full of stars

    put on night vision

    the amount of stars triples at least, plus you'll see the swirls and splotches of neighboring galaxies

    it's amazing

    Weaver on
  • ZzuluZzulu Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    I am all out of nightvision gear

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  • Calamity JaneCalamity Jane That Wrong Love Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    man, i remember being outside on a cold summer night with some blankets

    i just chilled in dad's old mint green el camino, lookin up at stars and shit

    shit was immense

    that is a good way to fall asleep

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  • ZzuluZzulu Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    but hey this ridiculous helmet thing only costs 20,540 dollars

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    someone buy this for me

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  • WeaverWeaver Who are you? What do you want?Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    first night doing field work in Korea

    started to wake up on my own, wondering "Why does it feel like I'm moving?"

    opened my eyes, shook my head a bit to finish snapping myself awake

    sleeping bag was sliding down the side of the hill

    Weaver on
  • WeaverWeaver Who are you? What do you want?Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Zzulu that get-up is for helicopter pilots

    You can get a PVS-7D for between $3-4k

    Weaver on
  • ZzuluZzulu Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Goal: Learn to fly helicopters

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  • GatsbyGatsby Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Here's my little list

    1. Have my art displayed in a gallery
    2. Visit Germany, Russia, Italy, Spain and Canada
    3. Learn to play the guitar and hopefully play in a band
    4. Publish one piece of writing
    5. Build a snowman
    6. Get married and have kids when I meet that special someone
    7. Maybe teach
    8. Learn Chinese

    So far it seems #3 and 8 will happen first while at the moment I've started entering more art competitions to make #1 come true.

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  • WeaverWeaver Who are you? What do you want?Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    AN/PVS-14 monocular device

    headaches everywhere

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  • celandinecelandine Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    yay!

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  • BedlamBedlam Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Weaver wrote: »
    Zzulu that get-up is for helicopter pilots

    You can get a PVS-7D for between $3-4k
    Well hey thats just a steal.

    No need to eat for a few months, right?

    Bedlam on
  • SheriSheri Resident Fluffer My Living RoomRegistered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Some day, I'd like to make my living as a photographer on my own, not through Disney.

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  • #pipe#pipe Cocky Stride, Musky odours Pope of Chili TownRegistered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Gatsby wrote: »
    1. Have my art displayed in a gallery

    I've started entering more art competitions to make #1 come true.

    fuck those competitions.

    here's how to get your art displayed in a gallery

    step 1: come up with an idea for an exhibition. It's best if it follows a theme.

    step 2: find a few independant art spaces in your capital city. Look in the yellow pages or online, there should be maybe a dozen or more.

    step 3: call a few of them, tell them you want to exhibit, explain the theme, discuss their comission

    step 4: Book a time for the show, call all your friends, buy a bunch of beer and wine and fancy snacks and have a bitchin opening night

    EASY.
    You don't have to be some amazing artist to book an exhibition, you just have to book it.

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  • DodgeBlanDodgeBlan PSN: dodgeblanRegistered User regular
    edited February 2010
    I thought this was going to be a musicals thread

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  • #pipe#pipe Cocky Stride, Musky odours Pope of Chili TownRegistered User regular
    edited February 2010
    DodgeBlan wrote: »
    I thought this was going to be a musicals thread

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=taeFKIKfnZU

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  • #pipe#pipe Cocky Stride, Musky odours Pope of Chili TownRegistered User regular
    edited February 2010
    Juxtapoz is a great magazine

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  • DodgeBlanDodgeBlan PSN: dodgeblanRegistered User regular
    edited February 2010
    #pipe wrote: »
    DodgeBlan wrote: »
    I thought this was going to be a musicals thread

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=taeFKIKfnZU

    Yeah, or a Tom Waits covers thread

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  • WeaverWeaver Who are you? What do you want?Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    want to have a romantic moment where this song is played, inexplicably, from the background

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOArsNMVqGg

    Weaver on
  • celandinecelandine Registered User regular
    edited February 2010
    I love both those songs.
    And Hi Fructose.

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