i have a question for all of you:

if you could obtain one quality, one desire, one object - whether to better yourself or not - what would it be? it could be a material possession (a new car), a cerebral gain (a better understanding of math or science), a career accomplishment (a job promotion or better grades in school), an emotional goal (you wish you were less sensitive or had better control of your emotions), a physical achievement (better health or lose weight), a financial gain (pay off all your debts or a million dollars) - anything that you want.

i would unquestionably choose to have a gift for being effortlessly witty, or at least to be alot more effortlessly witty than i am. all of my favorite figures - whether it be a musician, a filmmaker, a historical figure, whatever - are known for their quick, irreverent wit: john lennon, oscar wilde, morrissey, woody allen, elvis costello, bob dylan. hell, my girlfriend is even incredibly witty; i am extremely attracted to wit in all forms, in people, in art, in anything. there's no possible gift as insurmountable, propitious or fruitful as the gift of words; as the old saying goes, "the pen is mightier than the sword." with a few strokes of your pen, or a spontaneously caustic remark, you can completely rewrite or change history, do irreparable damage to someone's reputation, career & life, or make a star out of yourself or someone else overnight.

what about everyone else? what would your one obtainment be?

I want to use the Force.

Go back 20 years, do it all over.

I am envious of people who have a good sense of direction. I'm referring to driving directions. I've been with people who have absolutely no idea of how to get to the destination, and have minimal info, and yet, somehow they get there problem free using there logic and intuition I guess.

If I am going somewhere out of my area, don't tell me to go North on Ontario and South on Main or whatever. Tell me to turn on a specific street dammit! Let me know there's a Shell station at the corner and/or the next turn is the third light down and give me the street.

Anyway, I like to think what I lack in that sense that maybe I might excel in something else, just don't know what. Unfortunately, both my daughters inherited my sense of direction.

TIS

...and if anyone steals my idea... well I'll gladly pay to play in your play-place island...

it can be anything, as long as you want it - youth, money, intelligence, material possessions, time, control, anything.

i'd be willing to wager alot that geoffy was a bit tipsy when he bumbled out the above...

C'mon, PB!! Really?? And would you honestly do it differently, or would you make the same mistakes? And if you didn't, you wouldn't experience the same lows. On the flip side, does that mean you wouldn't experience the same highs??

Life consists of moments. Would a moment make children born differently? Same egg, but maybe a different sperm? How much different would they be?

Maybe a different career, a different school. Maybe if I had worked harder in high school, I could have gone to a better college, gotten a better job, or a different job. What friends did you make that shaped your life? I met my husband in college. What would become of my life if had gone to different schools? Would we have met somehow (can't imagine how, since our lives bisected in no other way)?

I would never want to live my life over. The first time was rough enough!!

Oh, and I've always wanted to be able to paint. Or play an instrument. Those would be cool overnight skills.

I would like to be 5 years younger

I have not decided yet and may never be able to decide for such a thing at all.



Why exactly five years?

Okay, see you at the Neverland Ranch then!

I am envious of people who have a good sense of direction. I'm referring to driving directions. I've been with people who have absolutely no idea of how to get to the destination, and have minimal info, and yet, somehow they get there problem free using there logic and intuition I guess.

If I am going somewhere out of my area, don't tell me to go North on Ontario and South on Main or whatever. Tell me to turn on a specific street dammit! Let me know there's a Shell station at the corner and/or the next turn is the third light down and give me the street.

Anyway, I like to think what I lack in that sense that maybe I might excel in something else, just don't know what. Unfortunately, both my daughters inherited my sense of direction.

TIS

What idiots we were. Not only that, how many times have I been to Vegas (a lot). I should know. We felt like 3 stooges....

Thats because only losers go to Vegas.

Well, this "loser" is going again in July and can't wait.