When I was still a kid and was in ultimate denial about my sexuality I had lots of dreams. Just like any other little fag in the closet I thought that the world is an playground without boundary. I had a lot in my mind. I thought of going places, of doing cool things and of an unending list of desires. Like my list I thought life will never end and that I have all the time in the world to do and have anything I could think of.
Of course I have realized one of life's truths. That nobody makes it out alive. Hence, I have to trim my list of wants into a more feasible tally. C'est la vie! We work and save for retirement, to do what we want to do only to realize that our knees aren't strong enough to do half of what we have saved for. This is only an observation and not from first hand experience. In case you are wondering, youth is still on my side. I'm sure however that most of us will see it the way I do.
I believe all of us have this list. Some of us will be able to fulfill most of our desires, most will satisfy a little, while a very rare few will get to say I have done it all. It is of course dependent on the length of one's list.
I am putting my list on paper (or on-line), including those I have done. I will suggest everyone to do so. Like what your what your Cosmo magazine and those self help books say, this will help you see where you are. I am doing this to zero in on the ones that I could complete soon and the ones that could take a little longer.
Be advised that due to the short attention span of my readers (if there is any) I am publishing the ones that are on top of my list. Besides, no lists such as this is ever constant. It's like a woman with PMS. That's right, nod byotches!
So here goes.
Finish College (I'm laughing at this one)
Work on radio
Write a Screenplay
Become a Chef
Own a restaurant
Own a yatch
Own a White Beetle with rainbow stripe from bumper to bumper
Write for a Magazine
Paint
Watch Musicals in Broadway and the West End
Dive
Become A Dive Master
Learn to Surf
Learn to Kite Board
Sky Dive
Bungee Jump
Travel to Europe
See Egypt
Dive in these (but not limited to the following) destinations:
Palau
Maldives
Micronesia
Malapascua
Moalboal
Anilao
Apo Island
Tubbataha
Bohol
Indonesia
Malaysia Trully Asia
Florida Keys
The Carribean
Seychelles
The Cayman Island
This list goes on….
Do some Charity work
And of course, promote world peace.
This is the most modest version of my list. I am no close to completing half of this but I keep on working on crossing out all of the items above, I guess just like everybody else. We all should hold on to our desires. If you have none, then there's no reason for you to be here.
