While I believe it's still possible to do some of these things, I still wish to respond to Mr. Teachout's recent item. Here are ten things I feel a sizable regret not doing (or at least putting off):
1. Learning to play the piano.
2. Learning French.
3. Visiting Rome and looking for what remains of the road markers.
4. Personally cooking the food for and preparing a fantastic dinner involving at least 50 guests.
5. Having a one-on-one three hour conversation with the President about the issues of our time and seeing what he has to say.
6. Getting a proposition on the local ballot, seeing it pass, and watching it help other people without being squashed by the cold realities of bureaucracy.
7. Performing a live one-hour set of my own personally composed songs in front of an audience and making them happy.
8. Reviving the reputation of ten great and forgotten writers.
9. Making a sizable dent to end poverty and to promote world peace.
10. Getting carte blanche to write and direct a modestly budgeted feature film that devastates and gets a decent release.
There are more, but then revealing these would cut even closer to the personal. And I have no desire to unleash this upon you folks.
Even so, I'm curious. What ten things do you want to do? Pass the meme around.
Posted by DrMabuse at May 26, 2005 11:28 PM