Trust me, it’s over-rated. It’s a little stinky, the position is vaguely uncomfortable, and there’s an unpleasant tactile issue: squishiness.
I’ve always wanted to:
–Sing a punk-rock version of Lou Reed’s “Pale Blue Eyes” on stage.
–Write a book-- but all the subjects I want to write about have dozens of books covering them already.
– Learn a martial art.
– Learn to sculpt.
and finally,
– Pet a polar bear. (One of these days, I plan to go up to northern Canada and pay to go out with researchers who are tagging and weighing bears, just so I can pet one without losing an arm.)
I have always wanted to have a surprise party. Since I was a little kid I thought that would be the coolest thing. I have hinted and mentioned this to nearly everyone I know, but alas, I am nearly 43 and still have not had one.
…be a LUMBERJACK! Leaping from tree to tree as they float down the mighty rivers of British Columbia! The Fir! The Scots Pine! The Larch! And with my best girl by my side, I’d sing, sing, sing…
Ohhhh…I’m a lumberjack and I’m ok,
I sleep all night and I…
What? Somebody was gonna eventually, it might as well have been me.
…be a radio announcer, DJ, or something similar. I was in advanced drama in high school, but never got cast, and never followed it up in college. I got a lot of compliments on my speaking in church, and I used to cultivate a “radio voice.” As time went by, I let it go, and my voice started gettng kind of nasal.
…be a pilot. Seriously. Someday maybe I’ll get a pilot’s license, but that won’t be enough. I’ll have to keep on, and get a multi-engine rating, and a jet rating, and who knows where it’ll end…
Create a huge spiderweb using clothesline. It’d fill one end of the porch, going from the porch level right by the door up to the ceiling at the far end of the porch. Get a huge (3’ across) spider of some kind to put up at the top of the spiderweb. Get one of those cheese lycra kiddie costumes and stuff it full of newspapers, then wrap it all up in clothesline and hang it from the web. Get a kiddie’s plastic candy-holding pumpkin and dump it out underneath the fake kid. Hire a little kid to hide back under the web and whimper… “help… please… get me outta here!” and give him a black string to use to make the wrapped costume twitch.
Or, skip the newspaper–just put the kid in the costume, wrap him up, and tie him to the web…
but that might get me talked about in certain circles…