I have always been a bit of a reductionist, and am constantly ranking things, and re-ranking things in my mind. Places in the world I'd like to live other than here...favorite movies ( usually resort to dividng it into categories)...etc. So I thought I'd share my latest off the top of my addled mind list, and ask what yours are. You can get metaphysical if you like, but I would ask that they remain personal, thereby eliminating the obligatory cure cancer, bring world peace, etc...and also try to remain somewhat realistic...It's up to you whether you qualify playing the point for the World Champion Rockets as realistic... No Particular Order... 1) See the Serengeti/Masai Mara in person. Where we began, and still among the most beautiful places on the planet. There are about 30 other places I want to go, but will leave it at one for the sake of brevity. 2) Actually write the books bumping around in my head...at least 1 of them. 3) Find some sort of belief system that works for me. 4) Swim with sharks...my greatest fear, would like to overcome it, especially from the comfort and security of my desk chair. 5) Learn to make furniture...I have always gotten by without knowing how to do anything with my hands...aside from massage, which doesn't count. I would love to learn to work with wood, to create something solid and functional. 6) To build one of the 3 or 4 houses I've designed...or at least to come as close as possible while fitting them into what architects snobbishly refer to as 'practical' or 'realstic'. 7) Learn to speak Russian. 8) Learn to write Arabic...God what a beautiful looking language. 9) Get better at doing things I don't enjoy...probably my greatest weakness/immaturity, and would feel actual growth if I ever overcame it...from the safety and security of my desk chair. 10) Get into a taxi and say " Follow that cab!" ...and mean it. Would say have a child, but am unsure that that is a good idea independant of the right partner... That's me, but I'm sure I'll revise it 13 times before anyone else reads this...How about you? ****ADMIN...This should have been posted in Hangout, as it's pretty benign, I think. My mistake, sorry. Please move if possible. *****
1) Learn to speak Spanish (I mean....really...not the Spanglish I know now) 2) Learn to speak French (outside of the few words I know now) 3) see the northern lights 4) sail around the world 5) learn to make cheese 6) learn to make wine (from the very start...with cuttings I take from my sailing trip) 7) build a house with my own hands 8) Visit New Zealand 9) Spend a year travelling around Asia 10) two chicks at the same time.
Is there a way of getting a thread to be moved other than asking for it in the post itself? Real question...have never done this before.
Yes! This is an online course in Arabic. It is the place to pick up basic knowledge of the language. From your online computer you will have lessons with sound as well as grammar lessons. All lessons are the product of a cooperation between an Arab native and a non-Arab who have managed to learn the language. http://i-cias.com/babel/arabic/ Good Luck
1. open up my own resturant 2. spend at least a year living in another counrty. (canada exluded) 3. participate in the eco challenge 4. finish restoring my 69 camaro. 5. participate in an orgy. 6. participate in a triatholon. 7. get married and a start a family. 8. see the rockets and astros win a championship. 9. become a volunteer firefighter. 10. kick karla malone in the nads.
I guess you are not affiliated with a research institution... I abstain from making a list because I am not that type of person.
Great thread. Off the top... 1) See my kids grow up to be difference makers 2) Bury my parents 3) Preach a sermon 4) Re-marry my wife 5) Complete an original jazz album 6) Walk the civil rights trail 7) Fly in a fighter jet 8) Save someones life without regard for my own 9) Make love on a grand piano 10) Go to Africa
Here's my ten: 1. Really get in shape. 2. Get completely out of debt. 3. Get in and then finish law school. 4. Get a great paying job that I love. 5. Learn to read, write, and speak Korean. 6. Buy a house. 7. Have children. 8. Read the bible cover to cover. 9. Shoot par or better in Golf in the next ten years (best round to date 81.) 10. Play on the Champions (Seniors) PGA Tour. edit: You know after reviewing this list I think I am going to print it out and keep it. Thanks, MacBeth, great thread.
1. Start my own company 2. Write a book and get it published 3. Be a Rockets season ticket holder (when i get enough money and move to houston) 4. Go Skydiving (always been afraid of heights, so i want to try this) 5. Get married and have kids 6. Become at peace with myself 7. Climb a mountain over 15000 feet 8. Learn to fly an airplane 9. Learn some kind of martial art 10. Lose weight.
1. tell everybody that i've been cowering to the past 11 years to f**k off. 2. learn how to play the piano after giving up on it when i was younger. 3. have a few words with the person who originally posted the clip of the star wars video kid on the internet. mean as hell. 4. have the patience to type a post as long as macbeth to start a thread. 5. be the administrator of the clutch bbs for a day. 6. spin a globe around, stop at a point, buy a plane ticket, and travel there within 24 hours. 7. watch the entire degrassi junior high series. 8. go to a rockets game and get thrown out of the arena for screaming at yao to dunk the f'ing ball throughout the entire game. seriously. 9. apologize to the folks for being a dipcrap... even more than most kids growing up. 10. learn how to quit being so got damn vengeful. quit holding got damn grudges. i can really be an ass(prin)hole sometimes... ok... fine... most of the time. macbeth, you have me depressed now.
No particular order: * sell all possessions * play in a good punk band * live in the tropics * get more tattoos * become enlightened * speak fluent spanish * become senior member on bbs * trip out in desert like Jim Morrison * own 1963 Ford Fairlane * learn to breakdance
