Before I Die...

Simon of the Playa · Post by **Simon of the Playa** » Sat Apr 09, 2011 7:39 pm

I WANT TO MAKE MORE ART.

what do you want to do?

Packoderm · Post by **Packoderm** » Sat Apr 09, 2011 7:49 pm

See the pyramids of Egypt.

hookahdude · Post by **hookahdude** » Sat Apr 09, 2011 7:51 pm

That is awesome!

I want to take my wife to Nowhere (Euro-Burn).

Post by **Sham** » Sat Apr 09, 2011 8:10 pm

Simon, AWESOME thread!
I have been slogging through my list for years, and the BM festival has filled in so many of the gaps that I thought could never be accomplished.
I have traveled, saved three lives, taught a child new things.
My fear is that when I am on my deathbed, that I will have regrets.

BEFORE I DIE, I HOPE TO HAVE NO REGRETS.

gyre · Post by **gyre** » Sat Apr 09, 2011 8:14 pm

Shambala wrote:Simon, AWESOME thread!
I have been slogging through my list for years, and the BM festival has filled in so many of the gaps that I thought could never be accomplished.
I have traveled, saved three lives, taught a child new things.
My fear is that when I am on my deathbed, that I will have regrets.

BEFORE I DIE, I HOPE TO HAVE NO REGRETS.

That's easy.
All you need is no ambitions.

Simon of the Playa · Post by **Simon of the Playa** » Sat Apr 09, 2011 8:23 pm

i want to feel comfortable in my own skin ALL of the time, instead of just one week a year.

Thecatman · Post by **Thecatman** » Sat Apr 09, 2011 8:39 pm

I'd like to just set foot in all 50 states.
I just have North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana and Alaska.
I'd really like to go to Beale St in Memphis.

Attend one baseball game at all minor league ballparks, including the independents.

Post by **Eric** » Sat Apr 09, 2011 8:41 pm

See the Hagia Sopia in Istanbul

and I agree with Sham, great thread.

Thecatman · Post by **Thecatman** » Sat Apr 09, 2011 8:43 pm

Learn German

tamarakay · Post by **tamarakay** » Sat Apr 09, 2011 8:56 pm

i want to sing on a stage. I want to DO without overthinking.

maryanimal · Post by **maryanimal** » Sat Apr 09, 2011 10:01 pm

I want to learn how to play the drums.

FIGJAM · Post by **FIGJAM** » Sat Apr 09, 2011 10:05 pm

I want to go to Burning Man this year!

TomServo · Post by **TomServo** » Sat Apr 09, 2011 10:43 pm

Thecatman wrote:Learn German

ich bin...I am
du bist...you are
er, sie, es ist....he, she, it is

Wir sind...we are
ihr seid....you are
sie sind...they are
Sie sind....you are

gyre · Post by **gyre** » Sat Apr 09, 2011 10:45 pm

Thecatman wrote:I'd like to just set foot in all 50 states.
I just have North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana and Alaska.
I'd really like to go to Beale St in Memphis.

Attend one baseball game at all minor league ballparks, including the independents.

You're welcome anytime.
I actually have extra space for the moment too.

We have a ball park too.

You know there's real barbecue too?

I thought you'd been through here.
Ever see Mystery Train?
Can take you to Jerry's, as in the film Great Balls of Fire, too.

TomServo · Post by **TomServo** » Sat Apr 09, 2011 10:57 pm

Alaska and Hawaii are my last two.

Before I die, I'd like to see Hamburg, Germany again....and Copenhagen, Denmark.

Trishntek · Post by **Trishntek** » Sat Apr 09, 2011 11:17 pm

DO IT! DO IT NOW! NOW IS BEFORE YOU DIE! NOW IS THE TIME! TODAY IS ALL WE HAVE!

hookahdude · Post by **hookahdude** » Sat Apr 09, 2011 11:20 pm

Trishntek wrote:DO IT! DO IT NOW! NOW IS BEFORE YOU DIE! NOW IS THE TIME! TODAY IS ALL WE HAVE!

Fuck - is it Dec 20, 2012 already...? I need to make cookies...

graidawg · Post by **graidawg** » Sat Apr 09, 2011 11:42 pm

great thread simon.

Before i die i want to know that the things i didn't do i tried to do, the things idid do i did well and whatever i did or didnt do I did it with friends.

oh and true love i would like to die with my true love next to me telling me well done grai you can go now you did a good job.

lonestoner916 · Post by **lonestoner916** » Sun Apr 10, 2011 4:21 am

I want to write something that people will still be reading long after I'm dead.

goathead · Post by **goathead** » Sun Apr 10, 2011 4:49 am

not really sure? to busy in the dark, to worry about that day.

Post by **Elderberry** » Sun Apr 10, 2011 8:23 am

There are some things I would still like to do, but that's only because life is a lot like Burning Man in that you can never do and see it all in the time you have. And almost every day I learn about something new that I'd like to do or see that I didn't know existed yesterday. So, since the only thing I regret is something beyond my control, I have long ago decided to enjoy and appreciate my life as it is.

Simon of the Playa · Post by **Simon of the Playa** » Sun Apr 10, 2011 8:28 am

Post by **Sham** » Sun Apr 10, 2011 9:48 am

Before I die I want to....be the last person alive at my high school reunion!

ygmir · Post by **ygmir** » Sun Apr 10, 2011 9:59 am

I'm not sure, really.

I feel, when I die, I will have done, exactly, what I was supposed to do.
and, whether things were experienced, or not, will not matter.
I'll be dead.

Biding my time, hopefully in Valhalla, perhaps to reincarnate in my family line, again.

To me, the true thing before I must die,
is to bring happiness, joy, or a giggle,
To help others in need, without asking why,
When a duck walks, it's tail feathers wiggle

Can I share a warm thought, with a person who needs it.
be remembered, with smile, and small tear.
Show love to a person, and a hug just to feed it
stride forward, through life, without fear.

And be thought of as funny, a wit, or a dear one,
by those whom I've loved, one and all,
Or heard in a story, related be loved ones,
to a person not known me, at all.

It's what we leave behind..........truly, the wealth of a lifetime is only shown, in the tears shed at your passing.

Dr. Pyro · Post by **Dr. Pyro** » Sun Apr 10, 2011 10:20 am

I've been to all 50 states, so that's off my bucket list.

Visit Tahiti.
Run the Antarctica Marathon.

That should just about kill me.

Post by **AntiM** » Sun Apr 10, 2011 10:29 am

New Hampshire, Vermont and Maine. Perhaps New Jersey, but Larry and I can't recall if the truck routed through there or not once. Very likely. Alaska was only the Anchorage airport, but I'm counting it.

Visit more National Parks, perhaps. I do like me some parks.

Where I'd like to go: Petra, Rome, Egypt, Scotland and Ireland (likely), perhaps Russia, Prague, Copenhagen, India. CANADA!? Vancouver could happen, easily. Niagara Falls. Just about anywhere I haven't been. Just about anywhere with ruins or an art museum and history.

Haven't been to South America, Australia, or Africa. All possible. Antarctica might not happen, but then again, it might.

Places I've been which others may not have had the pleasure:
Diego Garcia, lovely and remote and run by the British, leased by the US Navy.
Persepolis was fucking amazing.
Mt. Fuji was interesting and kicked my slacker ass.

Thecatman · Post by **Thecatman** » Sun Apr 10, 2011 1:11 pm

gyre wrote:I thought you'd been through here.

Thats about all. I just past through Memphis on I 40 and didn't stop until Forrest City....for fuel and then Ft Smith for the night.
I was movin my wifes mother from Pennsylvania to Nevada in October of 2001. Couldn't really tour around in 24' Ryder truck.

ygmir wrote:

I feel, when I die, I will have done, exactly, what I was supposed to do.
and, whether things were experienced, or not, will not matter.
I'll be dead.

It's what we leave behind..........truly, the wealth of a lifetime is only shown, in the tears shed at your passing.

Two thumbs up.

Fufa · Post by **Fufa** » Sun Apr 10, 2011 4:46 pm

Solo skydive from over 10,000 ft. Hopefully will be accomplished by the end of this summer, because I'm signing up for the training and certification classes.

Travel around the world (all continents). So far I haven't stepped off North America.

Hike the West Coast Trail on Vancouver Island.

Many many more on my bucket list than this, but most importantly:
Grow old with the satisfaction that I have accomplished most of what I have dreamed to do, while having no regrets about those dreams that I let go.

MyDearFriend · Post by **MyDearFriend** » Sun Apr 10, 2011 5:11 pm

Maybe there is something wrong with me, that I can't muster any enthusiasm for a bucket list. I try to enjoy the journeys of my life, rather than the destinations, because sometimes that is all we get.

But the exit from life is a journey, too; I have seen a lot of those, so I can say that, before I die, I want the chance to say goodbye to all the people who love me, and to tell them that it will be okay when I am gone.

edited to add: I am really not as depressed as that sounds, and I am really looking forward to going to TTITD with you all!

gyre · Post by **gyre** » Sun Apr 10, 2011 5:55 pm

I get it.

I was supposed to be dead a few times.
I had a lot of time to think last time.
Interesting what you do think about.
Regrets didn't come up.

I did make jokes.

Before I Die...

Before I Die...

it appears that every answer is the right one.