mario_C Posted September 2, 2012 Posted September 2, 2012 First of all, no, this is not about a girl. Not specifically. Call it a Bucket List Vacation. (also done in Scent Of A Woman, you get the idea) My plan when I turn 80 is, spend every last nickel on travel, after I go to Kickstarter and spend my nieces/nephews' inheritance on deserving creative artists like the one I pretended to be through my sorry excuse for a life. Obviously kids are not an option, as neither is spending it growing old with anyone but my hand. Anyway.... Everyone has a list like this. For me, I would land at Barcelona or San Sebastian, travel the Mediterranean to Venice, maybe fly/hitchhike to Vienna and then to Prague. Then climb the highest building with all my favorite liquors and some tranquilizers to wash them down, and drink until I fall all the way down. Actually, I don't need to wait, do I? What's your bucket list vacation?
Pyro Posted September 2, 2012 Posted September 2, 2012 Are you asking where we want to go just to vacation or where we want to go to die? 1
january2011 Posted September 2, 2012 Posted September 2, 2012 Actually, I don't need to wait, do I? No, you don't. Best to travel to some of these destinations while you are still young and have the energy to do it. At 80, your body probably wouldn't be in good nick. Unless of course, by the time you reach that age, science and medicine have made such advances that 80 would be the new 50. My list would include: Tokyo Bangkok Seoul Reykjavik Washington DC Australia New Zealand 2
jgregory4614 Posted September 2, 2012 Posted September 2, 2012 You do have a point there Mario. My places: Italy Sydney Paris Carribiean Tahiti 1
Crusoe Posted September 2, 2012 Posted September 2, 2012 I always had a plan that when I was nearing the time to go I would sell up, buy a boat and just sail away. Live out my final days on the Med or the Caribbean. The older I get the more I realise it won't happen, not because of a lack of money or opportunity but because those places aren't home. Nowadays, my bucket list vacation would be to go back to where I grew up in the heart of the Kent countryside. There's an oak tree by a stream, about 12 foot up and overhanging the stream is a branch that was my reading spot. Wasted many a day up there. If I could choose, that's where I would go out. Best place in the world as far as I'm concerned. 1
M30USA Posted September 2, 2012 Posted September 2, 2012 My bucket list would be to spend every last moment serving others and spreading the Gospel to the point of exhaustion. Ultimately we are all going to die. I'd rather start giving myself away by choice before it's forced from me.
Pyro Posted September 2, 2012 Posted September 2, 2012 (edited) Either way is cool, Pyro. In no particular order: -a cruise that takes you down the west coast of South America and around Cape Horn to give you a kick ass view of Antarctica. While in South America I want to see the rain forest. -a cruise from Vancouver up to Alaska -New Zealand (LOTR inspired me) -The Maldives (while there I will eat at the restaurant that is underneath the Indian Ocean -South Africa to see the point where the Atlantic meets the Indian Ocean -Somewhere else in Africa (Kenya perhaps) to go on an authentic jungle safari and see the animals in the wild -To see Uluru and to go diving in the Great Barrier Reef -Germany to see the countryside and Berlin to see where the Wall once stood -China to see the Great Wall and I want to go to the west side of the country to see the countryside and mountains -England/Scotland for the countryside and castles. I suppose we should stop in London to see Westminster Abbey. -Other places as well: Russia, Spain, San Francisco, Pompeii, Iceland, Scandinavia, and the Fiji Islands (or some other islands in that area) Edited September 2, 2012 by Pyro 1
Author mario_C Posted September 9, 2012 Author Posted September 9, 2012 Hi. Obviously I was being too subtle. I am deciding to end my life. Or maybe everyone is just screaming JUMP, which is reminding me why I need to leave this world and everyone in it for good.
fallenheart Posted September 9, 2012 Posted September 9, 2012 If you're serious and not just looking for attention, then I suggest doing something ballsy. You literally have NOTHING to lose. Without the fear of death or consequences, you are literally invincible. Ever smoked crack? Me neither. You should smoke some crack. Shoot heroin directly into your dick and then screw two hookers at once. Rob a bank. If you get shot, who cares? If you get away with it?? Awesome!! Have fun with it man...don't just hang yourself on some old tree from your childhood like a sad sack. Just don't hurt anyone else in the crossfire. That's not cool. Other people deserve to live, regardless of whether or not you choose to die.
Author mario_C Posted September 10, 2012 Author Posted September 10, 2012 A Swiss bank, maybe. Go big or go home. Anyway, sorry about the mood crash. It feels like the loneliness is overwhelming and it will never end, and the feelings of worthlessness are so hard to bear.
fallenheart Posted September 10, 2012 Posted September 10, 2012 Well damn, dude, you're preaching to the choir here! My last few posts have also been about offing myself and the crushing futility of it all. I look around at all these sad sacks posting on here in a pathetic attempt to cheer themselves up and it's just so sad. It doesn't work. It will never work. Nothing is ever going to bring that person back. Our lives are a bottomless pit of misery and endless pain. Anyone that says otherwise is full of it.
Author mario_C Posted September 13, 2012 Author Posted September 13, 2012 Well damn, dude, you're preaching to the choir here! My last few posts have also been about offing myself and the crushing futility of it all. I look around at all these sad sacks posting on here in a pathetic attempt to cheer themselves up and it's just so sad. It doesn't work. It will never work. Nothing is ever going to bring that person back. Our lives are a bottomless pit of misery and endless pain. Anyone that says otherwise is full of it. Hi, I appreciate you attending my Pity Party. Hope the dip was palatable. It started as a way to see the joy in life through the pain - going to all these different places, enjoying pleasure in those little doses (a French kiss, a plate of lasagna with cheesecake for dessert). I hoped it would help alleviate the pain. Then it went horribly awry. I have some good things in my life. The pain isn't so bad today. It's not time to go yet. But I just hope that when it all ends, it will be with a bang! My father and grandmother didn't get to do that, they couldn't. It's not right.
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