One day.

[Zee.]

:wave:

I was thinking about this the other day, and have been thinking about it ever since, i'm kind of unsure why..

If you had one day to live, only one, what would you do with it? how would you spend it, who would you spend it with, and why?

Keep it realistic though, in regards to travel, time etc..


I think i'd wake up early, when the sky is that really cold blue, just around 6 in the morning. I'd have lots of tea and probably read my favourite book. I'd like to go sky diving, i'd like to eat a cherry pie with ice cream. I'd lay outside and listen to music for a few hours - all the songs i hate, the ones i love, etc. I'd write letters to people, i'd watch a movie - a horror, i'd go get a cheeseburger with someone close to me, and then go down to the beach that night and go for a swim. I'd probably also have lots of sex. Ahem. :eek2:

What about you?

[blazeofglory]

All I will do is what my instincts tell me, not anything listed or preconceived ideas of what I will do or I will not do.

I will let life flow like a wild brook going even off the course, transcending limits.

[JBI]

All sorts of hard drugs - that way I could know what I missed by staying clean.

[Mathor]

I'd spend a relaxing day at home, curled up in a chair, reading, sipping tea. Hopefully lots of relaxing music would happen. I would write a song or two on guitar, then go out to a coffee shop and perform the music at an open mic. After the performance, I'd go out to eat with a couple of friends, and try to laugh as much as possible. When all is said and done, I'd walk out to the bay and watch the sunset with the people closest to me. If I haven't already died at this point, I'll put on A Clockwork Orange and dim the lights and find the most relaxing sleeping position ever. And I'd die in the sweetest most peaceful sleep with the sound of A Clockwork Orange and Beethoven's 9th filling my dreams.

[Zee.]

That sounds nice Mathor :)

my book of choice would be Light in August

[AimusSage]

Is it one day left to live, or really only one day of life?

If there was one day left I would do what I always do. I'm not going to give my impending demise the satisfaction of stressing me out. I'd just be happy doing what I always do.

If there really is only one day of life for me, I would spend it in shock and wonder, because without preparation and a slow introduction I figure life to be quite shocking, I'd probably die of shock before the day is over, and so in fact have less than one day to live.

[Maximilianus]

:wave:

I was thinking about this the other day, and have been thinking about it ever since, i'm kind of unsure why..
Probably you feel you haven't done all you want and somehow fear the prospect of facing little time? Just a question.

I'd probably also have lots of sex. Ahem. :eek2:
:nod: That's one of the best ways of departing. Highly recommendable, I believe :nod:

I would divide my day in two. In the first half I would find me a woman of my dreams (or the closest possible) and I'd ask her to spend that half of the day with me doing all sorts of relaxing stuff (yep, making love too :D) and I'd die a happy man with a happy memory.
And in the other half of my final day I would be with my parents, supposing they are still alive by that day, and if they are not I would spend it with myself, planning how to leave by my own terms in a more or less honorable way. If I were to die because of a terminal condition, I wouldn't wait until it takes me. Instead I would take myself to the other side by my own means, if you get what I mean.

[Dirtbag]

Warm rhubarb pie and neapolitan ice cream. Such a good combination.

[kasie]

I hope one of things you'd do would be to put your affairs in order. I've had the unpleasant task of winding up two intestate estates - please think of those you are leaving behind and make their sad task that bit easier.


Sorry to be so horribly practical in this highly Romantic thread....:)

[blazeofglory]

I would have done lots of things which I could not do otherwise and I would follow my instincts.

Following instincts means doing things against taboos, manners and mores. Let life goes and rules, paths, systems be sidelined.

In fact man filters his ideas and the residues remain deposited layers after layers within us.

I confess that I will go wilder and wilder.

[Virgil]

I hope one of things you'd do would be to put your affairs in order. I've had the unpleasant task of winding up two intestate estates - please think of those you are leaving behind and make their sad task that bit easier.


Sorry to be so horribly practical in this highly Romantic thread....:)

I would do the same and I would spend it with my family. And set aside an hour or so for prayer and a priest.

[Maximilianus]

I hope one of things you'd do would be to put your affairs in order. I've had the unpleasant task of winding up two intestate estates - please think of those you are leaving behind and make their sad task that bit easier.


Sorry to be so horribly practical in this highly Romantic thread....:)
You're very right about this. There are people who leave their most problematic personal matters unsolved, as though they were saying "No problem, those who will stay here will take care of it when I'm gone". As though the ones who will stay didn't have their own problems to deal with.

I confess that I will go wilder and wilder.
Go ahead! After all, you wouldn't have anything to lose anymore!

[The Comedian]

I'd cry buckets -- hug the hell out of my wife and kids, cry, cry, and cry. I'd probably feel sorry for myself a lot too. And I'd think about all the people I'd miss and the things I'd like to do.

That's probably what I'd do if I know I only had one day left.

[1n50mn14]

I'd shoot up some heroin, naked in a crashing plane with the Prince of Wales.

Seriously? I'd ride my horses, see my boyfriend, eat a picnic lunch on the banks of the river, hitch hike somewhere with him, reconcile him and my mother, sing along really loudly to Tiny Dancer and Wonderwall in the car, going 200 miles an hour...

[higley]

I'd go find a tiger to pet, not like I'll be needing that hand tomorrow.

Seriously though I'd do all the things that I know better than to do now.

[Nightshade]

Im with Aims on this one, Ive lways known i was going to die one day so why make such a fuss over the last day. The one thing I might do differently is that I would make sure that I don't have any screaming rows with anyone. And that all my 'affairs' are in order.