Sunday, August 28, 2011

New Year's in Iceland -- drunk supermodels partying like Rock Stars?

http://www.femalefirst.co.uk/movies/movie-news/Quentin+Tarantino-12391.html

I am on board with Tarantino on this!


Uh, oh -- my Zen master -- on "gear-heads"

http://mnmlist.com/gear/

Two of my favorite authors!

I just found out they've already collaborated on a book together.

Nora Dunn I know from skydiving in Canada (1996) and Illinois (1997, World Freefall Convention).

She is a remarkable person! Here's her blog
http://www.theprofessionalhobo.com/

The "No Baggage Challenge" is a great piece!

The other is Leo Babauta, who writes
http://zenhabits.net/
and (my favorite of his)
http://mnmlist.com/

If It Makes You HAPPY ...

Today, I jumped Henrietta!

A great sit-fly solo skydive on a perfect day.

I jumped on Safety Day (March 12). Then I inadvertently entered a five-month layoff.

I love jumping. Why did I procrastinate about resuming something I love so much!?

Reasons: sloth, lack of focus, and spending money chasing women (rather inconclusively, but quite expensively)

Going to Couch Freaks Boogie (Fort Dodge Iowa) this weekend. The guys at this drop-zone go every year and invited me to camp out with them and jump.


Tuesday, August 23, 2011

Planning for the inevitable

I'm divorced, no kids (that I know of!) ... no steady girlfriend at the moment.

I'm happy. I like my work. I got a useful degree (finally) and am working in my field.

But ... if something happened to me (car wreck, slip & fall, end up in coma or dead) ...
who would plan my "farewell" festivities?

In other words, who would set up a memorial service? I skydive and want to have my friends jump with my ashes (if anything ever happens).

Who knows that? Who would arrange that?

A year or two ago, I made a list of my favorite songs. But I haven't given it to anyone - so who would find it? who would get the music organized and play my "playlist" on the sound system while people are boo-hoo-ing?

As a stopgap, you can go here:
http://www.youtube.com/user/adventuroussam?feature=mhee

Bottom line: I have to plan this crap for myself.

Single people, you know this. When you get sick, who gets your meds at the pharmacy? Answer: unless you have close (local!) friends, you're on your own. You drive yourself to Walgreen's etc. Even if you are green with nausea and delirious! ack!

I mean, people in couples don't realize or consider this, but. If you're single and if you don't do it yourself, it doesn't get done. Period. (dishes? grocery shopping? home repairs?) It's all up to you. Single people know this.

My parents - married for 48 years! -- they each know what the other wants, if sh1t happens to one of them.

No one in my life knows my innermost wishes about post-life stuff.

I've written some notes to myself - e.g., invite so-and-so, NO casket b/s, just a happy photo of me in my regular life, here's $10,000 Sam left for us to throw him One Last Bash - at his expense! Cremate me, take my ashes up to 13,500 feet AGL, do one last 4-way, and release me to the sky.

Play my favorite songs on YouTube and/or an MP3 player, dance, party, know I loved you.

Problem is: I haven't communicated that to anyone, other than through happenstance conversations. Not systematically. Not completely.

Well, it occurred to me: this blog is a perfect place for me to post all my preferences.

Then I just have to tell people - if anything ever happens to me suddenly and I'm incapacitated, CHECK THE BLOG: the instructions are right there! ha!

This may seem morbid to some, but you know: if I don't document it now (in advance) and something DOES happen, it would be too late.

Then I get some lame-oh funeral home crap, no party, no open bar for my friends, and some bozo at the funeral home *embalms* me! A pet peeve! agh!

Answer: document it here; make sure close friends, Mom, Dad know -- hope to Buddha that they follow through. (I'm a living-will person; my folks are on board; they know exactly how I feel and have agreed to abide by my requests.)

I tell you one thing, though: anyone embalms me (contrary to my wishes!), I'll be HAUNTING them for years!!!! ha ha!

8-)

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