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"I Have all the time in the world"

Shrug

01:04 / 08.04.07

If you had a finite amount of time.. let's say one day, 24 hours, how would you spend it? With who? Doing what? etc.

iamus

01:12 / 08.04.07

Breathing and smiling.

Princess

01:16 / 08.04.07

If everyone was going with me, like end-of-times or something then I'd kill myself, somewhere beautiful and alone. Just because it's something I've always wanted to do but never felt free enough to do it. It would have to be the ultimate release wouldn't it? Like having a slash after the world's longest bus ride.

If it was just me, then I'd probably not kill myself because it's the kind of thing my friends/family would get haunted by. I'd probably just buy a day full of rent-boys, massage artists and chefs. With stolen money to boot.

This Sunday

01:53 / 08.04.07

Most of my life doctor's told me, or suggested softly, that I probably wouldn't live to see my X birthday. And I ain't dead, yet. But, y'know, the only thing I'm really looking forward to, I guess, in an unfulfilled way is (a) seeing tomorrow, and (b) getting a book out that's just my work. I try to tell all the wonderful people how wonderful they are every chance I get. If someone's being an ass, I'll try to tell them without drawing a great deal more attention to them. I eat pretty good these days, I love - um - everybody, and last month I perfected my ability to waltz with a cat. No debts that would carry, no outstanding promises that can't be coped with, and the I turned the stove off. So all that's left, is living.

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01:58 / 08.04.07

Think I'd spend a decent amount of it meditating and trying my hardest to focus, + being half delirious, and half fearing hell.

Kirin? Who the heck?

15:53 / 08.04.07

I think I'd break into my standard stress-coping mechanism: ignoring it.

No, seriously. I think I would.

Saint Keggers

17:11 / 08.04.07

In the country, drinking with friends.

matthew.

17:31 / 08.04.07

I think I'd break into my standard stress-coping mechanism: ignoring it.

No, seriously. I think I would.

What are we talking about?

Tryphena Absent

18:54 / 08.04.07

Scones with clotted cream and jam and a nice cup of tea.

Dutch

19:36 / 08.04.07

I think I'd spend it the way I spent this weekend; meeting friends, going to parties, lying about in the sun, sleeping in a tent, dancing on a roof, playing a game and winning, having dinner with my parents...

Glenn Close But No Cigar

15:16 / 09.04.07

Has nobody mentioned that they'd spend it arguing on internet message boards?

Blimey.

Ticker

15:31 / 09.04.07

Wake up early and go to the ocean via a lovely motorbyke ride, swim nekked in the freezing Atlantic, return home to crawl into bed and annoy the spouse and catses. Sushi for lunch, afternoon tea with my pals then aikido class, evening chasing the spouse in the park followed by schmancy dinner and listening to music. Spend the remaining hours in the cemetery staring at the sky and drinking a thermos of hot toddy. Pray for my loved ones.

Which upon reflection is sort of a condensed version (with bonus alcohol) of what I do normally. Clearly I need to step things up a bit.

Tuna Ghost: Pratt knot hero

07:02 / 10.04.07

Back when I was younger and pretty dumb I answered this very question with "huff a bunch of VCR head cleaner". I had done it once before, and it took me from zero to the most terrifying high I had ever experienced up to that point (which was during the height of my drug use) in about five seconds. VCR head cleaner accomplishes this by destroying important parts of your brain, which is why I would save it for my last day on earth.

These days...I dunno. Maybe I'd spend the day calling ex's and alternately apologizing and crapping onto the phone. Maybe I'd hang out with my parents all night or start digging a hole in the backyard. Probably I'd spend the day figuring out once and for all which religion I like best and be a Hindu/Muslim/Ghost Dancer/Roman Catholic for the remaining time.

lord henry strikes back

18:00 / 10.04.07

The backbone of the outing would involve balancing booze and food so that I was constantly buzzy but not tipping over into do-nothing drunk.

A good portion of the day would be spent with my (I can never think of a good term so I'll go with) beloved, just taking in the long, meandering way that we do of an evening. The rest would involve trying to finish all of the song and story ideas that I have which rarely tend to get past the "that's a good idea" stage. At the moment I tend to think "I must finish that some day" a lot, but that wouldn't be an option.

What a beautiful but bleak idea for a thread.

Sibelian 2.0

18:18 / 10.04.07

Me: Pretty much exactly what Henry said.

Shiny: Well Over Thirty

18:32 / 15.04.07

Trying to get out of it. Whatever it was. I'd spend that last day pretty much in denial and insiting there must be some way of surviving and that I did not actually intend to die. But I wouldn't regret having possibly wasted my last day on less than pleasurable activities - hope is a big cornerstone of my psyche, and I wouldn't want to die knowing that I'd given it up. If I'm honest I'd proabably be crying and screaming quite a lot in the last few minutes, but I'd try to cling to the hope of there being something after death even then.

miss wonderstarr

19:03 / 15.04.07

I've had a few hangovers during which I wanted to die, so maybe I'd just drink incredibly heavily the night before.

Gendudehashadenough

15:54 / 03.05.07

I'd go about the largest city near me attempting to step on every crack, break, or fissure in the sidewalk/street/cement just to give mother hell on the next go 'round.

Tehn, after hitting the oxygen pub, walk to a nearby fire hydrant in an area with no shade and use my samurai sword to slice the knob of the hydrant off , like, in that movie where samurai swords travel through metal if swung at the right angle. Then I'd spend my time sleeping. Of course all this is after helping put out the Great Amazonian Forrest Fire.

My Mom Thinks I'm Cool

18:07 / 03.05.07

Due to some kind of cosmic fluke I have a credit limit over twice as high as my annual income, so I think I'd try to put that to good use - head down to some jewelry store or whatever (there's probably a better way to do this) and charge up to my limit, then distribute the loot among my friends and family.

There's probably a rule against that.

I also like the scones idea. Scones for lunch and sushi for dinner.

Ooh! I also ought to bribe somebody at the zoo to let me in so I can finally wrestle a bear or lion type thing.

Triplets

18:24 / 03.05.07

Has nobody mentioned that they'd spend it arguing on internet message boards?

FLAWLESS VICTORY.

Evil Scientist

18:28 / 03.05.07

Praying to a god I didn't believe in for a miracle that would never happen.

(You know what they say about atheists).

misterdomino.org

18:43 / 03.05.07

Check out the Train Surfer, who spent his last year surfing on top of high speed trains:

Train Surfer on Youtube

Evil Scientist

18:59 / 03.05.07

I would guess that train surfers are, statistically speaking, heading towards their last day on a regular basis.

Olulabelle

19:08 / 03.05.07

No but dude, did you watch the first clip and read the end?

He had Leukemia. He was dying anyway.

Evil Scientist

19:53 / 03.05.07

How very rock and roll of him.

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