...I would probably make it my worst. Under-achieving is a niche in of itself:-) I would also probably share what I consider 'Common Sense Ideals' with the majority to see, if only I could help make it a reality to all.
While dealing with the debacles of computer viruses and spam, I've finally overcome them to write words that I'm not quite sure should be written. Words that tag my soul, my thoughts, my heart, as if forever was around the corner. It's not....not yet. I came here like Dan & Belushi, on a mission from God. I'll leave when God wants me back.
What an interesting year 2007 was and will be, until 2008 peeks its head into the fold. While I'd love to surmise it with surreal glimpses back and what may become of it....I'm no Crystal Ball...I'm no Prophet. For the record, I hate both of those facts.
My time on this forum has been well spent, overall at least. I've made many acquaintances, learned a whole bunch, and have garnered some business along this path. The true teller of what Active-Rain has been for me is very simple. It allotted me the chance to write again, only this time it was public.
So here it goes, my last wishes...my quasi-dying will, if this were to be it. (It isn't, I will live far too long and nobody is getting rid of this chap just yet). The following would be changes I would attempt to implement in the current world I live in....
- I would let my Parents know how much I care for them and apologize for not properly conveying that during my lifetime. I'd let my brother know he probably found the right girl and to settle down if that is what he truly wants to do.
- Gas Prices, Health-Care, Credit Card Companies....would be more regulated, not by the Government though. Their regulation would be in that they we are taught about it before they happened upon us. I harp on it a lot, education is key....as long as it is the right kind. I'll put it this way, before I'm able to dissect a cat, I want to make sure I'm taught how to balance a checkbook.
- "One Stop Shops" would die a long and brutally dismal death. There seems to me such a conflict of interest of having all one's needs fulfilled at one place. Some may call this efficiency, that everybody is on the same page and it is in the consumer's best interest. Hey Mr. & Mrs. Consumer! Choose to listen or let it fall idle before it reaches your ears or eyes, if ANYBODY in ANY facet of life REQUIRES or STRONGHOLDS you into using a particular business outlet on any transaction....that's called Fascism. Run away, far away.
- Political positions would never be a lifetime gig....at least as a high paying/compensating job. It's a civil duty in my book.
- Government spending seems as ridiculous as our own...or at least mine. I'd want someone to passionately and without bias...check it out and run the numbers.
- There would be high level classes in High-School & College for those who want to enter the Mortgage Industry.
- Take that tax that's called something akin to 'The Privilege To Work Tax' and shove it up your nostrils....then sneeze. Or, take those funds and start infusing it into leveling out the huge discrepancy between the rich and the poor. I'm no Socialist....but I see ridiculous as it happens.
- I hope I & We embrace Old Age. I hope we embrace it and don't fake it. While I don't want to put Plastic Surgeons out of business, I also don't want us to lose what we may be down the road.
- And may we all find.....HAPPY!
This was just to funny. Loved the Video, brought me back to my youth
Merry Christmas and Happy New year!!!
Patricia - Back at ya!
Elaine - I figure we are paying the school taxes, we should have some say. This is my say. Have a Great Holidays Elaine!
Good idea. thanks,
Patricia Aulson/Hampton NH Real Estate www.patricia4realestate.com
Jason - So much to comment on and you make some valid points.
I believe some things are changing - at least in my little corner of the world. Our high school math classes teach personal finances to the students. It would be great it they also had classes for those who wanted to enter the mortgage industry..However, I don't know many high schoolers who would decide at the high school level to choose that as a career.
More people should get involved in public service...even if it is just on a local level..The way I feel about it is you can't
bitchcomplain about it if you are doing nothing to change it yourself. Get involved.As for your family...there is no reason your not telling them this now. Do it today, if you have not already done it..Who knows what tomorrow will bring. Life is too short, and you should never miss the chance to tell people close to you how you feel.
Patricia - I have a wonderful piece of land just outside of Rhode Island, interested?
Sandra - Very good counter-points & well said! That's perfect!!
Jason... I am so glad that this was your last post. Oh, wait... I actually read the whole post. lol and not just your title...
Seriously though, you harped on a few that I am a stickler on also.... especially the one stop shops. Excellent. And yes, I loved the video and song also. Question... does your AR e-mails go to your work or personal address?
Oh Sandra, I'm staying out of it...it's much easier being a critic. Or, I need to get off my pale two buns parted by a line, and I need to do so....right about now.
Mr. Belonger - Dude, my AR emails go to my work address. Now go write a featured post or something:-)
Jason, Jason, Jason....For shame...Yes it is much easier being a critic. And I feel that is a major problem with society today. Everyone
bitchescomplains, everyone has such "great" ideas on how to make the world a better place, but then take no action to get it done. Get off your butt!I double dog dare you.... : )
Jason:
Very well written, I love the part about talking to your parents. I try to tell them every time we talk. Sometimes they look at me weird but it's all good.
That song! It belongs to me and my sisters - always has! We remind ourselves through all our differences that, when all else fades - this is who we are. I love it!
So these are the sum of your wishes? I'm surprised. I guess I don't know you like I think I do. I'd suck at the Newlywed Game :)
Wow... Hope your finances don't resemble government spending because as individuals we don't have the luxury of just demanding more money from our clients or printing our own. As far as what is currently taught in schools I'd say all the information is available but some people just don't learn. It doesn't take a rocket science education to know when you are spending more then you earn and it doesn't take a genius to know that if you continue signing your name for junk you cannot afford eventually you will reach the breaking point...
I for one don't want to be over taxed to bail out every dumb a$$...... Don't Worry - Be Happy..
Jason,
You've made some great points--wish they would come true.
Jason - good idealogical list, EXCEPT for your first item. Now is the time to say what you want to say to your parents and your brother. I seem to remember one of the first, if not the first, post of yours that I remember reading - it was about your parents. Go tell them and your brother what you wrote here. Just do it!
MWA to you! Still........
Ann
Jason,
Nice list, my friend. If this were your last post, I wouldn't say it was your worst. It's close, but not quite. ;-P
Jason,
On a more serious note...I think we all need to take a look back at 2007 and make a good list of the lessons we learned. 2008 will be much better!!`
Jason - come back and talk to us! Did you call your parents and your brother today?
MWA
Okay, showing some real diversity with the 2 music selections....
I had forgotten the first one (I think by choice), and unfortunately, noone who leaves anywhere NEAR Pittsburgh will ever forget the second one.
Nice post, glad it's not really your last (or your worst..)
Jason, this can't be your last post, because it was far from your worst..
So a reasonable person would ask, it this was not my worst, then what was.
On optimistic man would muse that if he tried, he could certainly write a much worse post, yes I could!
A pragmatic man would just accept that this could have been his worst post, but what does it really matter.
A visionary man would aspire to dream of the post he has yet to write, the perfect literary prose..
But Jason will accept the facts that he has teased us again with what is neither his last nor his worst, it's just Jason, and we await the next offering.
You better watch out. Dick Beals will tas you with his Deep-a-meter. He comes along and zaps you when you're half asleep. The last post you ever write is technically called a will. That is the only one worth reading by your loved ones.
This place Active Rain is starting to smell like a morgue after the mourners finished running the Boston marathon. (Hey, where's the peppermint-filled mints?)
We all need a night out. Where can you fit 60,000 sycophants in a four hour notice?
Haven't you done "this is my last post before?" Or at least a variety of it anyways. ;)
Maybe instead of focusing on what we do if it were our last how about if had to do it all over again... starting over with all the enthusiasm we had before we hit this wall...how we were going to save the world and what different paths would we take now. party like its 1999 (no youtube, because prince is a boob)
Jason,
I hate to read that this may be your last post - sounds too doom and gloom. I still know of a Book that has some really great answers tithe questions I believe you continue to seek
Looking forward to more from you.
Now Have a Blessed Day,
John Occhi, Hemet REALTOR®
Mission Grove Realty
Jason,
You speak of doom and gloom but underneath I see true hope and happiness for you.
P.S. When are you head to Chapel Hill for the holidays?
Jason, I have a book for you too,,its called Who Moved My Cheese.
The book is a riot,....and reminds me of the time I moved the cheese, munchies you know, and only an almond cheese log and a quart of milk to wash it down with....You could have rented me out for pest fumigation services for the next 24 hours..WHo moved my cheese you ask....silly boy, I ate the whole cheese log...one of those life lessons you should only have to live thru once. Like touching a hot stove, or pulling the head peice veil off Sister Ann Francis in the 6th grade..all the way to never pay up front for most anything anymore....
Remember..there is no Revenge so Complete as Forgiveness.....
I need to forgive myself for this reply and move on to the story of the lemon merange pie and A dancer named Misti
Sandra - Easy Mommie Dearest, I'm on it:-)
Jeff - That is important, I spoke with the yesterday.
Jennifer - You and me both. These are just some, not the sum:-)
Dan - There is a part of me, at times, that believes that some of the taxes we have to pay are criminal. I suppose there is a Conspiracy Nut in us all.
Matt - That is the pursuit, is it not?
Marc - That is very true my friend.
Diane - I do as well, thank you!
Missy - When you find it or it finds you, let me know. I'm not getting any younger myself:-)
Ann - Done! MWA back at ya!
Lisa - True, never hurts to remind yourself of that along the way.
Belonger - Now you have it and it is time you write another one already!
Trevino - LOL, it is very close.
Trevino - There is some reflection we all need to do, which will help to make 2008....Grrrrreat!
Linda - Yes, though I'm sure I'd be a prime target for scandals having little to do with the Civic Good I would try to implement:-(
Ann - Yesterday, though I still owe my Bro a phone call.
Jayne - Those poor Steelers:-(
Jennifer - Ditto! What a spirtual voice he has.
Mike - I'll keep churning and some will keep burning:-)
Andrew - A night out? Yah, I'm in....let's find us a Stadium!
Bob - Yes I have and will probably do it again ;-) Though, I was inspired to write something like you just pointed out as well......we shall see. (jiggle) (jigglie)
Diane - It's certainly up there.
Andrew - Those are also good points and courses that you brought up. God knows I could of used some plumbing acumen a few weeks back.
John - This isn't my last post amigo, but I did like the idea of 'What If'? Thank you though!
Tracy - I'll be down the 21st, for 6 days!
Mike - You are a riot:-))
Hi Jason, thankfully this is not the last post you write..! A lot of people would miss you..!
are you going into politics? because if you do, Id vote for ya! :)
-baldie
Nick - If I do man, I want you to be a part of the staff!