[TheEnglishman]

It's another old question but what would like to do or accomplish before you die?
I want to go to New York, as I've never been there and it sounds like a good place to go.
I also want an Indiana Jones hat. :P
I can't think of many more for the moment but I'm sure you've got some better ones.

[Enjealousy]

I want to go hang out in Japan and Finland for a few years, and then I want to buy a Blues Brothers hat thingy and a really nice suit and run around with a gun. After I'm finished that I want to throw eggs at the Canadian legislator person.

[TheEnglishman]

I'd like to give blood before I die, but I don't know if I'm brave enough. If my dad can do though....

[Enjealousy]

Giving blood is good... but what happens if they leave the room with the needle in your arm and you lose too much blood and die? :P Aaaaahhh!

[TheEnglishman]

Enjealousy, on Jul 31 2006, 09:05 PM, said:

Giving blood is good... but what happens if they leave the room with the needle in your arm and you lose too much blood and die? :) Aaaaahhh!

I'd hope that the people who were doing it were smart enough to remove a needle.
Unless they were vampires. :P

[Enjealousy]

I wanna be a vampire hunter before I die too. And if I can't, I'll phone up a vampire and ask he one of them can come over and make me one. Then I'll live forever and won't have to worry about this topic. And we can do a remake of Underworld.

[Golden Legacy]

Me111, on Jul 31 2006, 03:32 PM, said:

It's another old question but what would like to do or accomplish before you die?
I want to go to New York, as I've never been there and it sounds like a good place to go.

Take it from a guy who lives in New York; it's really not that great, or rather, it's an interesting place to be... but many people exaggerate how it is here.

Personally, I would like to attend a World Cup before I die.

[MysticWarrior]

I would like to die without any regrets.

[Golden Legacy]

^ That is easily the absolute best answer to the question. Nicely done, MW.

[Golden Djinn13]

I plan on being frozen like Fry on Futurama...so I don't have an answer to this question :P

[Enjealousy]

MysticWarrior, on Jul 31 2006, 04:46 PM, said:

I would like to die without any regrets.

Yeah, when I said all that other stuff back there... this is really what I meant.

[Aquamarine]

One thing: to play Twilight Princess. Then when I've done that another thing will pop up.

[Someone Else]

Aquamarine, on Jul 31 2006, 06:04 PM, said:

One thing: to play Twilight Princess

Somebody's over-hyping a game. :P

I want to die and feel complete!

Basically: Die without regrets.

[Toasty]

I want to go to Italy, and make a working perpetual motion device......I even have design sketches for one. It's so friggin' simple it has to work.

[TheEnglishman]

Golden Legacy, on Jul 31 2006, 09:37 PM, said:

Take it from a guy who lives in New York; it's really not that great, or rather, it's an interesting place to be... but many people exaggerate how it is here.

Oh. Well I'd only be visiting rather than living there. It think I'd still like to visit there.
I also want to keep it in my list, otherwise my choices would be giving blood and buying a hat. :P

[Lemontime]

Dang god heck freaking SKY DIVING!
Of yes. That's it. I want to go Sky Diving.
Sky diving on a bodyboard.
My. That would be kickass.

[Toasty]

No no no no no....Skydiving in a car!....Or on a snow board!....that would be kickass.

[Golden Legacy]

Me111, on Aug 1 2006, 04:32 AM, said:

Oh. Well I'd only be visiting rather than living there. It think I'd still like to visit there.
I also want to keep it in my list, otherwise my choices would be giving blood and buying a hat. :P

Well, I mean, if you want more specific details on what it's like here (and suggestions on where to go and what to see in NY if you ever do come visit), I'd be glad to chat with you about it.

[FlamingDuck]

Go water skiing.

Throw eggs at the projecter in a movie theater.

Throw a paint balloon at my house.

Yeah. I'm weird like that.

[TheEnglishman]

Golden Legacy, on Aug 1 2006, 03:39 PM, said:

Well, I mean, if you want more specific details on what it's like here (and suggestions on where to go and what to see in NY if you ever do come visit), I'd be glad to chat with you about it.

I have a fairly good idea anyway. My parents have been (didn't feel the need to take me though :P ). To be honest I have no current plans on going there.
Getting back to the topic... I'd like to see a match being played at the new Wembley Stadium. However, with the delays that they're getting, I'll probably will be dead before it's ready.

[Someone Else]

Take it from somebody who lives in the U.S. and went to NY;

It's not all that great. London owns it a 1,000 times over. If you've been to London there isn't a lot of point to going to NY, because pretty much anything GOOD about NY has been in London.

[FlamingDuck]

You forget Times Square. Does London have a giant, steaming Cup Noodles towering above the insignifigant pedestrians? I think not.

On topic: I'd also like to see New Zealand.

[Golden Legacy]

Hey, Times Square is one of the more interesting places around here. I agree, having lived here all of my life, I wouldn't mind visiting places like London and Paris (and I still plan too). But New York has its fair share of interesting venues and locales (mostly in or near the aforementioned Times Square area, the heart of the city).

Anyway, as I said before, I'd like to attend a World Cup sometime in my life. I would also like to travel the world and expand my horizons. I'd be interested in touring Europe, for example.

[Aquamarine]

The countries I would most like to visit are Egypt(mainly for the pyramids, I love Egyptian history and mythology) and Italy(for no real reason, just looks nice).

I would also like to visit the Nintendo World Store. Has anyone been there?

[Golden Legacy]

Aquamarine, on Aug 1 2006, 06:05 PM, said:

The countries I would most like to visit are Egypt(mainly for the pyramids, I love Egyptian history and mythology) and Italy(for no real reason, just looks nice).

I would also like to visit the Nintendo World Store. Has anyone been there?

Score. :)

The Nintendo World Store is only a half hour commute from my home (by subway), and it's even relatively en route to my school (though my school, Stuyvesant, is another quarter hour travel time). I've been there a number of times with my friends.

It's amazing. Really high-tech, really polished. The only downside to it is perhaps that it is a little small, but even so, there's so much to do or look at. On the first floor, there are DS stations arranged in a group with little seats, so you can demo the latest games and battle against one another. Upstairs is all the console stuff, with multiple GameCube systems set-up on plasma widescreen televisions.

And so much more to it. I really recommend going there.

And, on a final random note, guess who went to the Nintendo World Store opening? And guess who got photographed by IGN?

:P

[Luna]

-Get married.
-Find something I'm useful at and get people to notice it.
-Leave some dwarf roses on my family's grave.

Yai.

[Toasty]

......REALLY?!?....Lucky duck.....

Besides going to Europe and tour the world, I want to learn Martial arts, and be so good at it, I can run on walls, and jump off of peoples oncoming fists to kick them in the head, making them do a backflip and hit the wall behind them. :P That would be so friggin' awesome!....But then I would need an enemy to fight....

[Aquamarine]

Quote

Score.

The Nintendo World Store is only a half hour commute from my home (by subway), and it's even relatively en route to my school (though my school, Stuyvesant, is another quarter hour travel time). I've been there a number of times with my friends.

It's amazing. Really high-tech, really polished. The only downside to it is perhaps that it is a little small, but even so, there's so much to do or look at. On the first floor, there are DS stations arranged in a group with little seats, so you can demo the latest games and battle against one another. Upstairs is all the console stuff, with multiple GameCube systems set-up on plasma widescreen televisions.

And so much more to it. I really recommend going there.

And, on a final random note, guess who went to the Nintendo World Store opening? And guess who got photographed by IGN?

... Damn you... That's all I have to say...

[Golden Legacy]

Now, now, no need for that. :P I'm sure you'll go there one day, and I know you'll enjoy it.

And yes, like Sheba, getting married and starting a family is one of my lifetime goals.

[Enjealousy]

How could I forget getting married? Maybe because no girl will ever want me. :P

[Mindpatch]

Make the whole world love me.

Oh... Mission Acomplished!

Kudos to my ego. :P

[Lemontime]

Oh yeah. I wanna visit Central Park. I really do.
And I want to climb a real high mountain, and snowboard down it.

[Golden Legacy]

sibsag, on Aug 2 2006, 05:37 PM, said:

Oh yeah. I wanna visit Central Park. I really do.
And I want to climb a real high mountain, and snowboard down it.

Another person who'd like to visit New York. :P

Here's my list:

Most Important:
- Find out something I really want to do, and dedicate my life to it
- Start a family, and support them
- Live happily, and die without regrets
- Hope and pray for a world without violence, and that the world realizes the truth of the Middle East conflict (the Palestinians are the ones being oppressed, Israel isn't always the victim... etc.)

Other:
- Travel the world; Europe, especially, and the Mediterranean/Middle East
- Attend a World Cup tournament

[Mars Djinni]

Mr.T, on Aug 2 2006, 01:49 AM, said:

......REALLY?!?....Lucky duck.....

Besides going to Europe and tour the world, I want to learn Martial arts, and be so good at it, I can run on walls, and jump off of peoples oncoming fists to kick them in the head, making them do a backflip and hit the wall behind them. :P That would be so friggin' awesome!....But then I would need an enemy to fight....

*Is a martial artist*

Most of my preferences are tied in with Eug's topic. Based on GL's little scale, I would...

Most Important

Write a few books
Travel around the world
Repay my debts
Study Theology
Get married and have a family.
Open a TaeKwonDo Dojang

Other

Be a Martial Arts Star (humourous, though, like Jackie Chan =D)
Shake hands with Shigeru Miyamoto (If he's still around)
Attend E3 (however small it may be)
Go on a Nintendo World Store shopping spree
Volunteer work at/Attend the Vancouver 2010 Olympics

[Somia]

Golden Legacy, on Aug 2 2006, 06:34 PM, said:

- Hope and pray for a world without violence, and that the world realizes the truth of the Middle East conflict (the Palestinians are the ones being oppressed, Israel isn't always the victim... etc.)

However...that is kind of optimistic for the time being looking at whos leading the armies as of now. But I'd totally wish for that too.

Um... I haven't thought of much about my future, so this is what I have for now.

.Travel around the world (bebefore more countries are destroyed)
.Find the right person for me and have a family
.Start a company of some sort
.Attending the 2008 and 2010 Olympics as volunteer (MD reminded me of this)
.Draw a short booklet of comic and get it published (?)
.Design stuff...

[Golden Legacy]

Somia, on Aug 2 2006, 10:14 PM, said:

However...that is kind of optimistic for the time being looking at whos leading the armies as of now. But I'd totally wish for that too.

Um... I haven't thought of much about my future, so this is what I have for now.

.Travel around the world (bebefore more countries are destroyed)
.Find the right person for me and have a family
.Start a company of some sort
.Attending the 2008 and 2010 Olympics as volunteer (MD reminded me of this)
.Draw a short booklet of comic and get it published (?)
.Design stuff...

It is optimistic, Somia. But I feel it is an obligation that we all have, and I really commend you for wishing for it too.

It may just be a hope, but until I die, I will keep praying and hoping for peace. That's a goal worth dying on, in my opinion.

[TheEnglishman]

Golden Legacy, on Aug 3 2006, 03:48 AM, said:

It is optimistic, Somia. But I feel it is an obligation that we all have, and I really commend you for wishing for it too.

It may just be a hope, but until I die, I will keep praying and hoping for peace. That's a goal worth dying on, in my opinion.

Well I'm glad you would do something like that. It's a shame that people start conflicts but maybe one day they'll realise that everyone loses in the end.

[MysticWarrior]

People will do anything for that sense of victory.

[Somia]

Golden Legacy, on Aug 2 2006, 10:48 PM, said:

It is optimistic, Somia. But I feel it is an obligation that we all have, and I really commend you for wishing for it too.

It may just be a hope, but until I die, I will keep praying and hoping for peace. That's a goal worth dying on, in my opinion.

o_o

That sounds so noble. I thinks the millions of soilders who are/were fighting would be happy to hear that. It just might be possible...when everyone realizes what they've done.

[Golden Legacy]

Me111, on Aug 3 2006, 02:42 AM, said:

Well I'm glad you would do something like that. It's a shame that people start conflicts but maybe one day they'll realise that everyone loses in the end.

We can only hope.

MysticWarrior, on Aug 3 2006, 03:31 AM, said:

People will do anything for that sense of victory.

Despite the fact that countless lives are lost in the process.

Somia, on Aug 3 2006, 09:35 AM, said:

o_o

That sounds so noble. I thinks the millions of soilders who are/were fighting would be happy to hear that. It just might be possible...when everyone realizes what they've done.

Just consider this; do you see this entire topic? We're all discussing things that we would like to do before we die. But soldiers who fight... they don't have that. All their hopes and dreams become irrelevant and obsolete...

[Mindpatch]

Fighting surely isn't the way to solve, but I respect that the soldiers want to try and save the country.

For my thingstodolist, I'd want to know when I'm going to die, just to seize the last couple of days I have. Probably sounds pretty ego, but don't you all want to die with a smile on your face.

[TheEnglishman]

Mindpatch, on Aug 3 2006, 08:13 PM, said:

Fighting surely isn't the way to solve, but I respect that the soldiers want to try and save the country.

For my thingstodolist, I'd want to know when I'm going to die, just to seize the last couple of days I have. Probably sounds pretty ego, but don't you all want to die with a smile on your face.

I respect the people for fight for their country as well. Patriotic though I may be, I could never do something as brave as that.
Getting back on topic though I would definitly not want to know when I die. Could you imagine if you did know? You'd be spending ages worrying and when it came to that final day, you'd know that something bad is going to happen to you. I guess it would allow you to try things out without fear of dying but I'd be way too worried to do that.
The worrying thing is that our last day could be any day really... :P

[Mindpatch]

No, what I mean is at least a few days before I die, not years. Just so I can assure my family and friends that I'll be fine etc. just to comfort my beloved ones.

[TheEnglishman]

Mindpatch, on Aug 3 2006, 10:12 PM, said:

No, what I mean is at least a few days before I die, not years. Just so I can assure my family and friends that I'll be fine etc. just to comfort my beloved ones.

That would still be bad for me. As I said before if you knew when you're going to die you'd spend you're remaining time worrying. If you knew it was a few days away then you'd be really worried then!

[Toasty]

Golden Legacy, on Aug 2 2006, 03:34 PM, said:

the Palestinians are the ones being oppressed, Israel isn't always the victim

I highly disagree with you there, but that's for another topic.

I too wish that there would be at least less fighting, but that can't happen if terrorists are still out there. I'd join the military only if I could drive the best tank available, despite the cramped quarters and uncomfortable living.

As for the knowing when you die thing, no way. I'd much rather live without knowing I was going to die in a few days.

[Golden Legacy]

Totally agree there. And I'm generally opposed to anything that "disrupts" what's supposed to happen naturally without interference. Things like knowing when you're supposed to die, abortion (interfering with life), drugs/alcohol (interfering with your body), etc.

But anyway, going back on topic, I want to raise a few children (three or four), and make sure they're set for their lives. Make sure they're ethical, noble children, and ready to go on with life.

[Mars Djinni]

You're more or less passing down a golden legacy, GL. (Couldn't resist. Terrible pun again.) We're all chivalrious at heart, aren't we. =D

Kids? I'd say one or two on my part. I'd rather keep things simple so that I can focus my time and energy on raising them, providing for them and the Mrs., etc.

Ah yeah, and it just came into my mind while I reviewed my post where my list was. If not visit the Olympics, then I'd love to compete (Tae Kwon Do or Track, I'm good at either =D)

[Golden Legacy]

Mars Djinni, on Aug 4 2006, 06:19 PM, said:

You're more or less passing down a golden legacy, GL. (Couldn't resist. Terrible pun again.) We're all chivalrious at heart, aren't we. =D

That was absolutely brilliant. :P

On another note, as truly happy and excited I am to look toward the future, I'm also worried about what it may hold, if not for me for my family then. Climate change (Global Warming)? Violence spreading throughout? Overpopulation?

I shudder thinking about it.

[Somia]

Golden Legacy, on Aug 4 2006, 08:39 PM, said:

On another note, as truly happy and excited I am to look toward the future, I'm also worried about what it may hold, if not for me for my family then. Climate change (Global Warming)? Violence spreading throughout? Overpopulation?

I shudder thinking about it.

We might not be ready for them, but just for the record, human's did survive the last ice age.
Sure, we do not know what the future may hold for us, but I'm sure most of us will be up for the challenge.

(Wow, that sounded like a video game ending.)

[Mars Djinni]

It ties in with the dying without regrets, if you do your best to make sure their future is as comfortable as possible, then there's nothing you should worry about.

EDIT: I'm loving that sig, Mia.

[Golden Legacy]

Somehow, I'd want to do more. Somehow, I'd want to make sure that my children would be ready for anything that comes their way... but I'm upset that I can only go so far. They'll have to carry on themselves. I just hate any burden they might have to face...

And yes, excellent signature. :P

[Echo_djinn]

I want to go to Disneyland!!! In Florida not California.

[Toasty]

Hmmm....I REALLY want to make a big scientific discovery of some kind. Like perpetual motion on earth.

And for the record, there's no such thing as global warming. Every few years, the earths climate changes a bit due to different angles it tilts at. This is scientifically proven, but most scientists prefer to believe that green house gasses are the cause of it, and that it will lead to Global Warming. To sum it up, a few years ago, scientists thought we were going to freeze to death. A few years before that, they thought the earth was going to burn up. A few years before that, they thought we were going to freeze over. A few years before that, they thought we were going to melt. You get the picture. You can't punch holes through my facts with any real eveidence, but I'd really like to see you try.

[Golden Legacy]

No, that's certainly true. First off, the term "Global Warming" is misleading. As my biology teacher suggested, the "Climate Change" is more accurate, as it reflects both extremes (high and low temperatures).

However, you can't deny that the greenhouse effect is at least accelerating and enhancing the natural changes to the Earth's climate.

Anyway, when I was younger, I hoped to find the cure for a widespread disease or disorder, something like AIDS, Parkinson's, Alzeihmer's (sp?), etc. I don't really know if I'm still up for that (I'm more realistic now), but hey, anything's possible.

[Mindpatch]

As for the knowing to die, doctors can see when for example you have a tumor if you are going to make it yes/no... As for dying of age, I wouldn't want to know.

[Toasty]

I agree with you there GL, that it is accelerating the climate change, but I doubt that the icebergs will melt in the timespan scientists suggest. Mabey twice that, but no sooner.