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Wouldn't it be funny or better yet SAD if the world came to an end, a big rock hit the earth in the next few years and those of us with HIV and other illnesses are constantly worried about dying soon. Wouldn't sobbing and worrying be such a waste of time.
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I guess that is one way to look at it.
Myself, I just look at the fact that for the most part I feel good and don't want to waste it with worry. I'll save any sadness for when I come to that bridge over troubled waters!
I won't even let the nagging pain in my knee that keeps me awake most nights get me down. As long as I am putting on weight and able to eat... I am happy as hell!
Thomas
PS.. If a rock starts coming to earth I nominate AC/KC and I to fly up there in F-14s and shoot that sucker with nukes. Of course I'll be Will Smith's character and he can be the character that flies into it. KC, sorry homie you will be missed ::)
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It would just be funny. Nay, hilarious.
However, I believe that your point is best summed up in "live everyday as if it is your last."
Because chances are that it's much more likely to be your (or my) last day via "bus accident" than the world's via "collision with large meteorite."
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There was some talk that such an event might actually happen on Friday, May 13, 2029 (yes, a ways into the future). But now that has been discounted although there is a slight chance that this asteroid could pass through a "keyhole" and end up in the same orbit with us and smash into us 6 years after that.
http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2005/13may_2004mn4.htm
So your speculation may not be totally unrealistic Ihavehope!!!
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I am a firm believer in that tomorrow is promised to no man, so I try to make the most of it, the good with the bad. Even though sometimes I feel that I've been given the shitty end of the deal a few times. So, I just put on my shit kickers and wade through the mess. I know whenever I cross over to the other side, I'm calling in some favors. ;D
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Hello ,
To be quite honest, I am not worrying about dying soon. If I spent all my time thinking about dying, I wouldn't be living very much. When It happens it will happen. Death is the only certainty in life, enjoy each day the best you can. It could be a car wreck that does me in...
If a rock was heading to Earth, I would start charging up the credit cards...
Ray
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As long as the rock stays away from the pharmacy and my ID doc... Bring it on...
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I had the strangest dream the other night....about a specific DATE, something I have never done before....the date was August 24th.
Wonder what it means? Somebody check on me on August 24th, ok? :D
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Anyone for a meteor party?
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Shall we schedule an Aids.meds get together someplace to watch the asteroid... or to see what else might happen.... LOL
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I had the strangest dream the other night....about a specific DATE, something I have never done before....the date was August 24th.
Wonder what it means?
hmm, so between now and august 24th maybe we all need to party like it's 1999 :-\ :D
There was some talk that such an event might actually happen on Friday, May 13, 2029 (yes, a ways into the future).
friday the 13th! how apropos :D hey, 2029 isn't so far off :-\ :D
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Well, I'm still planning on being here in 2029... I know we aren't promised anything... but I'm not about to give up. And with that latest study saying that HIV+ people on HAART have well over 30 years projected life expectancy things continue to look more and more promising.
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2029... that's the year i'm supposed to retire. I'm gonna be mighty peeved if a big rock ruins my retirement party. Would one of you guys do something about it, please.
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dtwpuck,
You should get at least 6 years in retirement... now they say it won't hit in 2029, the earliest possible is six years later... :-)
Of course, I'd say those of us here would have about as good of a chance of doing something about it as our government does. If they tried to fix it we might as well figure that it would get really screwed up.
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I feel so much better about it now, Blixer. Whew.
Seriously, I think I'm demented..... I watch every tv show about asteroids hitting the earth I can find. And I love disaster movies too.
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I won't be here when it hits. I already have a spot picked out on the moon ;)
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I'm with you dtw... but I've always been a fan of good science fiction. And my definition of good science fiction is science fiction that has some basis in plausability. An asteroid hitting earth is plausable and has happened in the past. Now, disaster movies in general I can pass on. But disaster movies that have a bit of potential truth in them... that's a different story. I think they make us think.
So skeebo, you going alone to the moon or are you going to set up a charter and let some of us in on it too????
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So skeebo, you going alone to the moon or are you going to set up a charter and let some of us in on it too????
Dude it's going to be awesome... we can all go!! I am still trying to figure out how we will do oral though. Those space helmets can be tricky :D
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I really don't obsess over death. I do kind of not relish the parts that lead up to it if it's going to be messy... I just hope there's a lot of morphine so at least I'm really high. Oh, and a party... I'd like balloons and loud dance music in my hospital room, please. And 4 Dominican boys in g-strings. And expensive Diptyque candles.
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OMG! Can you imagine the free-for-all if we all knew an asteroid was coming? HIV would cease to be a big concern for people right away.
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Skeebo, you have a few years to figure out the design issues on that space helmet. But don't leave that till the last minute for sure....
And philly, yep, the "lead up" is what I don't look forward to. Just let it happen and get it over with. I do like your boys in g-strings idea though...
And I wonder, how did we get from a rock slamming into earth to boys in g-strings.... :-)
It is all about perspective isn't it thunter? When faced with a giant rock, HIV sure would seem insignificant!
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Yep. Plus, I always hear statistical evidence that people tend to, um...mingle quite a bit more in the wake of crisis (like post 9/11 and such). Can you imagine? I saw movie about this recently: Last Night. Had that Sandra Oh gal from Grey's Anatomy in it.
Side Note: Most everything leads back to boys in g-strings for me.
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Side Note: Most everything leads back to boys in g-strings for me.
OK, if that's the case why has nothing ever led back to boys in g-strings for me... I guess I need a life...
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When there is nothing that you can do to change the situation, then why worry? It is a waste of your time and energy to do so. Agreed.
"What Can I do today to make a better Tomorrow?"
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ORGY!!
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The most of every millesecond would be taken to heart.
"What Can I do today to make a better Tomorrow?"
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it'd be kind of annoying... there are too many things i want to do... but i don't worry about big rocks destroying the planet, not even if i'm going to die with aids, or anything else... i just worry about having enough time to do everything i want...
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Jonsi: Time can be your best friend if you schedule it according to how you want it to be.
"What Can I do today to make a better Tomorrow?"
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time is your enemy when you try to kill it.
intense
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time is your enemy when you try to kill it.
So... is time like a fart when you try to pass it?
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So... is time like a fart when you try to pass it?
The answer, my friend, is blowing in the wind
The answer is blowing in the wind
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I think it would be pretty interesting to be in the same dark room as you two as the world comes to an end... I think I would laugh my ass off.. And....
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You could be with me, of course, but there is almost no way that I would be inside in the earth's final hours. I would be out in the air, dunking my head under water, looking up at the sky...hell, I'd probably hug trees and the whole deal. That's not to say that I wouldn't engage in some 'dark room behavior'. I'd just probably do it out in the open somewhere.
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Yeah... I'd seriously be doing anything that moves.
And I'd be high.
So. Very. High.
But yeah, Benj and Tim's End of the World Party would kick a lot of ass.
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Scratch the dark room approach.. ;D
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oh, i might be persuaded into a dark room for a wee bit here and there- i'd just be spending most of my remaining time out and about.
oh, wow. deep impact is on.
intense.
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oh, i might be persuaded into a dark room for a wee bit here and there- i'd just be spending most of my remaining time out and about.
oh, wow. deep impact is on.
intense.
Elijah Wood is in that.
Heh heh... wood.
Intense.
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yeah. and they're doing all this tearful hands on the screen to the wife and kids stuff now. i guess they are doing that 'die for mankind' thing that armageddon did.
oh, yeah. they flew into the comet to blow it up. morgan freeman, too?
intense.
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Morgan Freeman was president.
And Tea Leoni was a reporter.
And everyone gets their news from MSNBC.
Intense.
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And everyone gets their news from MSNBC.
Well, there goes the credibility factor for this movie. My suspension of disbelief only goes so far.
Intense.
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Morgan Freeman was president.
And Tea Leoni was a reporter.
And everyone gets their news from MSNBC.
Intense.
Oh, what? The Feds are after Tea Leoni now cuz she 'knows about the comet' ??
Pleeze. It's MSNBC. The secret's safe.
If that information was tattooed on Britney Spears' cootch....then you'd have a problem.
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Yeah, MSNBC's like Lindsay Lohan's dignity.
No one's seen it.
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Whoa... Elijah Wood's fifth birthday was the day the Challenger exploded.
If I had been there, I totally would've blamed him for it.
Like I did my friend whose 21st birthday was Sept. 11 2001. Well... she more blamed herself...
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time is your enemy when you try to kill it.
intense
"How can you kill time without injuring eternity?" Thoreau. My inspirational quote for the night.
And now I'm off to flirt with straight writer-boys and try to convince them that homosex with me is what they should be doing with their lives. It'll cure them of their affected angst.
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This Deep Impact movie is one of those deals where you're really just waiting around for an hour and a half to see everybody drown or go down in flames at the end, isn't it?
Intense.
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Armageddon. That IS intense.
"What Can I do today to make a better Tomorrow?"
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That this movie came on right when we happened to be having this discussion on this thread...
Intense.
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Scientifically, today the Japanese sent out a probe to collect the data from an asteroid that is somewhere in the galaxy some many miles away.
"What Can I do today to make a better Tomorrow?"
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... and in other news, East Asia just attacked Eurasia
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Philly: Now who IS after what? That IS the question.
"What Can I do today to make a better Tomorrow?"
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I'm late for the Two Minutes Hate again, aren't I?
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lawl