10 Random questions poll

[estranged4life]

1.If you know you would die soon what 5 songs would you want played at your funeral?


2.If you were to write an auto-biography of yer life what would be the title?


3.Who is the one person in the world who knows more about you than anyone?


4.When was the last time you had a good cry?


5.What's the saddest thing you have witnessed in your life?

6.What's more important to you, Family or finding true love?

7.Are you optimistic or pessimistic?

8.Are you afraid to show emotion in public?

9.Would you freely give your life in exchange that your death would save others?

10.Who was the closest person in your life that died way too soon/before their time?

[strandinthewind]

1.If you know you would die soon what 5 songs would you want played at your funeral?

Mozart's Clarinet Concerto - easily the most beautiful thing ever written - hands down :cool"

Landslide - hey - I am all about the Drama

Verdi Cries - 10,000 Maniacs - beautiful, haunting song that evokes the feeling of memory

The Ninth of LVB - all of it with a HUGE chorus!!!!!!!

Symphonie Fantastic by Berlioz - all of it with a HUGE orch.

2.If you were to write an auto-biography of yer life what would be the title?

I Had One HELLLUVA Time - Now Screw You Visa When you Try and Collect on MY Estate

3.Who is the one person in the world who knows more about you than anyone?

my friend Rick

4.When was the last time you had a good cry?

when we put down our beloved 14 year old Scottie Maggie the Moo Cow - I could cry now

5.What's the saddest thing you have witnessed in your life?

This Tsunami comes to mind. Generally, massive loss that could possibly be prevented.

6.What's more important to you, Family or finding true love?

Well, I think family is true love, but if the must be sep., I have found true love and it is gone - family remained - so family I guess.

7.Are you optimistic or pessimistic?

The ETERNAL OPTIMIST

8.Are you afraid to show emotion in public?
I am not afraid, I just do not like to show too much sadness. I think it makes others uncomfortable I, however, am often elated in public Of course, I am a Southern male

9.Would you freely give your life in exchange that your death would save others?

Freely - but probably only for a baby or a big group of people like the vitoms of 9/11. It seems that the young and a large group of innocents matter more than a peer.

10.Who was the closest person in your life that died way too soon/before their time?[/QUOTE]

My high school friend who died at 30. Heartbreaking.

[Villavic]

1.If you know you would die soon what 5 songs would you want played at your funeral?
Bohemian Rhapsody
Logical Song
Gypsy
Watching the Wheels
Silver Springs

2.If you were to write an auto-biography of yer life what would be the title?
MARCO POLO

3.Who is the one person in the world who knows more about you than anyone?
hummm.. my best friend Lucho, maybe, or this guy Gerald. Or that guy Coqui

4.When was the last time you had a good cry?
long ago, probably in 1998

5.What's the saddest thing you have witnessed in your life?
every day when I see a child asking for money at the semaphore stops. and believe me, it's every day.

6.What's more important to you, Family or finding true love?
I got already a family. And you always want what you don't have, so true love is the issue.

7.Are you optimistic or pessimistic?
realistic

8.Are you afraid to show emotion in public?
not afraid, but I don't like it. It depends on who I am with

9.Would you freely give your life in exchange that your death would save others?
I don't think so. what others, who?

10.Who was the closest person in your life that died way too soon/before their time?
A young boy, my neighbour, in a motorcycle accident.

[skcin]

1.If you know you would die soon what 5 songs would you want played at your funeral?

Storms
Wonderful World
HAEWAFY (Woodstock 98 version, please)
American Pie
Come (JK - can't think of any more)


2.If you were to write an auto-biography of yer life what would be the title?

What a Bitch

JK....OK, not really


3.Who is the one person in the world who knows more about you than anyone?

Hard one - tie between hubby, mom & best friend


4.When was the last time you had a good cry?

The other day when I watched Montel & this guy came home from Iraq for Christmas & his wife didn't know until she saw him on stage.


5.What's the saddest thing you have witnessed in your life?

9/11 & this whole tsunami tragedy

6.What's more important to you, Family or finding true love?

I think love. You can create (or add on to) your family with someone you love.

7.Are you optimistic or pessimistic? Cynical

8.Are you afraid to show emotion in public?

Not afraid, just embarrassed.

9.Would you freely give your life in exchange that your death would save others?

I'd like to say yes, but I don't know if I could honestly do it.

10.Who was the closest person in your life that died way too soon/before their time?

Grandma or aunt - both died at 69.
My friend Eric who died in Iraq last year at 27.
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[Moony]

Brian you cheater, you're supposed to fill it out first...anyway

1.If you know you would die soon what 5 songs would you want played at your funeral?
"Into the West" by Annie Lennox
"One Tree Hill" by U2 - I dont' know...it just seems to fit..
...this is too hard...

2.If you were to write an auto-biography of yer life what would be the title?
Ever-Lone(ly)

3.Who is the one person in the world who knows more about you than anyone?
No one.

4.When was the last time you had a good cry?
Hmm a few weeks ago actually

5.What's the saddest thing you have witnessed in your life?
My grandmother. She has MS.

6.What's more important to you, Family or finding true love?
God that's a tough question...I don't think I can answer it.

7.Are you optimistic or pessimistic?
I'm a pessimist.

8.Are you afraid to show emotion in public?
Yes.

9.Would you freely give your life in exchange that your death would save others?
It really depends on who those "others" were.

10.Who was the closest person in your life that died way too soon/before their time?
I've been lucky. No one I'm close to has died...there haven't been any family deaths since before I was born. The last person to die was my great grandfather whom I had met once.

[strandinthewind]

OMG - I add "Into the West" by Annie Lennox to mine!!!!!!!!

[amber]

1.If you know you would die soon what 5 songs would you want played at your funeral?
5 songs? I don't want to make everyone be there all day! oh, wait, i want that song from one of the clint eastwood movies - the Sergio Leone ones? you know the song...from a fistful of dollars, or the good, the bad, and the ugly, or from a few dollars more. Forget which...Oh, and i wanna add "Slip Sliding Away"

2.If you were to write an auto-biography of yer life what would be the title?
How to Have Fun in the Midst of Boredom and Mediocrity


3.Who is the one person in the world who knows more about you than anyone?
No one! Step off, bitches! Or? My friend Rain. Luckily she doesn't pay too close of attention when i talk...

4.When was the last time you had a good cry?
what time is it now? Ha, I cry all the time.

5.What's the saddest thing you have witnessed in your life?
witnessed? onetime a cute kitten we were feeding slept inside my dad's car, and my dad turned it on (not knowing) and the fan got her. sweetist kitten ever. Other than that, all the animal shows i watch, when they say "The future of the cheetah (or insert any animal) is uncertain because of human encroachment on thier habitat."

6.What's more important to you, Family or finding true love?True Love

7.Are you optimistic or pessimistic? I don't know. both? It's more like i'm in Denial.

8.Are you afraid to show emotion in public?
kinda, but not really. I don't love to cry in public.

9.Would you freely give your life in exchange that your death would save others?other people? probably not. if i had a kid, yeah.

10.Who was the closest person in your life that died way too soon/before their time?
no one has ever. um...the guy who played Jack Tripper (brain fart on his name)

[ontheEdgeof17]

1.If you know you would die soon what 5 songs would you want played at your funeral?

I'm not going to have a funeral. My body will be donated to Science.

Hopefully, there will be a party in my honor and they will play FM/Stevie music all night.

2.If you were to write an auto-biography of yer life what would be the title?

A True Blessing. (since my last name is Blessing)

3.Who is the one person in the world who knows more about you than anyone?

my friend, Jon.


4.When was the last time you had a good cry?

Finals. Two weeks ago. I'm due for another.


5.What's the saddest thing you have witnessed in your life?

When I was younger, I saw a lady choke on a piece of meat at Pondersa and die right there. It's was horrifying.

6.What's more important to you, Family or finding true love?

Finding true love.

7.Are you optimistic or pessimistic?

Little bit of both...more optimistic

8.Are you afraid to show emotion in public?

Nope. I'm an open book.

9.Would you freely give your life in exchange that your death would save others?

No doubt about it.

10.Who was the closest person in your life that died way too soon/before their time?

No one close to me has died. My grandparents have, but we were not that close.

[Neal]

1.If you know you would die soon what 5 songs would you want played at your funeral?

Might have different choices if I reeeeaaalllly thought about it, but...
1) 'Songbird' - FM (sappy, I know... )
2) 'Sono Luminus' - Erasure
3) 'Home' - Depeche Mode
4) 'HAEWAFY' - SN (more sappiness... )
5) 'Space Needle' - SN (not sure why, just sounds funeraly to me.)


2.If you were to write an auto-biography of yer life what would be the title?

"That's It?!"


3.Who is the one person in the world who knows more about you than anyone?

My roommate.


4.When was the last time you had a good cry?

This morning when the alarm went off. Seriously, can't remember...


5.What's the saddest thing you have witnessed in your life?

So far, the events in Asia this past week. Though not sure if that counts since it wasn't "witnessed" first hand...?

6.What's more important to you, Family or finding true love?

At one point it was family, then it became love. I really don't see the latter happening though. Ever.

7.Are you optimistic or pessimistic?

See previous question...

8.Are you afraid to show emotion in public?

Nope.

9.Would you freely give your life in exchange that your death would save others?

Hmmm... How many others are we talking?

10.Who was the closest person in your life that died way too soon/before their time?

My grandmother.

[bikerchic]

1)
Landslide
Free Bird (Lynyrd Skynyrd)
Gypsy (I hope you'll still come to my funeral Paula )
A Whiter Shade of Pale (Annie Lennox)
Another One Bites the Dust

2) What A Ride!

3) My hubby

4) 5 minutes ago

5) My father crying when my sister died

6) can't answer

7) Pessimist

8) No

9) can't answer, there's too many circumstances for that

10) My older sister Robin

[estranged4life]

to my own poll:


1.If you know you would die soon what 5 songs would you want played at your funeral?

1.Storms-Fleetwood Mac (Has to be the last song played)
2.Whale & Wasp-Alice In Chains (One sad sounding instrumental with great guitar melodies)
3.Don't Follow-Alice In Chains
4.These Are The Days of our Lives-Queen
5.Estranged-Guns N Roses

2.If you were to write an auto-biography of yer life what would be the title?

"I may die & go to hell, But at least I was honest"

3.Who is the one person in the world who knows more about you than anyone?

Deb...She knows me more than even my Mother does.

4.When was the last time you had a good cry?

Last night, I bawled like a baby when my kitten Butters passed onto kitty heaven...Sad, f**kin sad

5.What's the saddest thing you have witnessed in your life?

Losing 3 family members within a 3 month time period-Lost my Grandpa Stilwell in Aug 1977 and then I lost my Father & Grandfather Johnson within the same week in Oct.1977...Others would be the Murrach bombing on April 19,1995, 9/11/01 and the Tsunami of 12/26/04

6.What's more important to you, Family or finding true love?

True love is more important to me than family...Hell, My Mother at first hated Deb, But last time I looked all that matters is what I want, Not if the person I want to spend the rest of my life with meets my Mother's approval (I have a love/hate relationship with my Mother)...Hell, Nothing meets her approval.

7.Are you optimistic or pessimistic?

Pessimistic...Always have and will be, Saw too much **** when I was 7 yrs.old to ever make me an optimistic soul...The glass isn't half full or half empty, Its just surprising it hasnt broken into many pieces

8.Are you afraid to show emotion in public?

No...I have and will always be able to show emotions in public. Human I am, Macho I'm not!

9.Would you freely give your life in exchange that your death would save others?

Yes, Without even given it a seconds thought...It may have to do with seeing so many deaths in my family over the years (A Father, 2 Grandfathers, 1 Grandmother, A half-sister & 5 first cousins by the time I was 20 years old) that death doesnt frighten me like it does other....Maybe that's why I have always lived for the day instead of the future, It (the future) may never arrive, So if I had to give up my life to save others I would gladly do it.

10.Who was the closest person in your life that died way too soon/before their time?

Way too many to mention, But obviously my Father would be at the top of the list followed closely by my cousin Wendy who passed way to early from this existence...

Brian j.

[amber]

Originally Posted by estranged4life

to my own poll:


1.If you know you would die soon what 5 songs would you want played at your funeral?

1.Storms-Fleetwood Mac (Has to be the last song played)
2.Whale & Wasp-Alice In Chains (One sad sounding instrumental with great guitar melodies)
3.Don't Follow-Alice In Chains
4.These Are The Days of our Lives-Queen
5.Estranged-Guns N Roses

2.If you were to write an auto-biography of yer life what would be the title?

"I may die & go to hell, But at least I was honest"

3.Who is the one person in the world who knows more about you than anyone?

Deb...She knows me more than even my Mother does.

4.When was the last time you had a good cry?

Last night, I bawled like a baby when my kitten Butters passed onto kitty heaven...Sad, f**kin sad

5.What's the saddest thing you have witnessed in your life?

Losing 3 family members within a 3 month time period-Lost my Grandpa Stilwell in Aug 1977 and then I lost my Father & Grandfather Johnson within the same week in Oct.1977

6.What's more important to you, Family or finding true love?

True love is more important to me than family...Hell, My Mother at first hated Deb, But last time I looked all that matters is what I want, Not if the person I want to spend the rest of my life with meetsmy Mother's approval...Hell, Nothing meets her approval.

7.Are you optimistic or pessimistic?

Pessimistic...Always have and will be, Saw too much **** when I was 7 yrs.old to ever make me an optimistic soul...The glass inst half full or half empty, Its just surprising it hasnt broken into many pieces

8.Are you afraid to show emotion in public?

No...I have and will always be able to show emotions in public. Human I am, Macho I'm not!

9.Would you freely give your life in exchange that your death would save others?

Yes, Without even given it a seconds thought...It may have to do with seeing so many deaths in my family over the years (A Father, 2 Grandfathers, 1 Grandmother, A half-sister & 5 first cousins by the time I was 20 years old) that death doesnt frighten me like it does other....Maybe that's why I have always lived for the day instead of the future, It (the future) may never arrive, So if I had to give up my life to save others I would gladly do it.

10.Who was the closest person in your life that died way too soon/before their time?

Way too many to mention, But obviously my Father would be at the top of the list followed closely by my cousin Wendy who passed way to early from this existence...

Brian j.

Omigosh, change "last time i cried" to right now. What happened to Butters? what happened? *sniff*

[GateandGarden]

1.If you know you would die soon what 5 songs would you want played at your funeral?
"Sara"
"Imagine"
Kim Richey's "No Judges"
Sarah Brightman's "Seven Seas"
Celine Dion's "Les Derniers Seront Les Premiers"
maybe "Albatross"

2.If you were to write an auto-biography of yer life what would be the title?

Imperfect Iambic Rhythm

3.Who is the one person in the world who knows more about you than anyone?

my Mom

4.When was the last time you had a good cry?

a couple of days ago...yeah, I cry often


5.What's the saddest thing you have witnessed in your life?

Firsthand...my Mom's grief over her father's death

6.What's more important to you, Family or finding true love?

right now I have to say family, though that may change when I get older (all answers are subject to that)

7.Are you optimistic or pessimistic?

I alternate between the two often

8.Are you afraid to show emotion in public?

I'm only afraid to show sadness, and even so, I'm more ill-at-ease than afraid. I don't want strangers to feel obligated to say something to me.

9.Would you freely give your life in exchange that your death would save others?

This is the most difficult one, and all I can say is that it depends.

10.Who was the closest person in your life that died way too soon/before their time?

Technically, I've never had someone who was close to me die. I can't claim to know and understand how devastating that is.

Hillary

[madformac]

1.If you know you would die soon what 5 songs would you want played at your funeral?

In this order :-

God - John Lennon & The Plastic Ono Band (philosophical)
For Whom The Bell Tolls - The Bee Gees (thoughtful)
Saudade - Chris Rea (mournful)
Voodoo Child - Jimi Hendrix (rockin'!)
High Hopes - Pink Floyd (the final message)

2.If you were to write an auto-biography of yer life what would be the title?

"Bollocks To Normality"

3.Who is the one person in the world who knows more about you than anyone?

My closest friend from childhood

4.When was the last time you had a good cry?

1st May 1994

5.What's the saddest thing you have witnessed in your life?

Tonight's BBC news special from Indonesia and footage of the holocaust.

6.What's more important to you, Family or finding true love?

Neither, finding spiritual enlightenment and inner peace/balance first. Both of the above are tied in 2nd.

7.Are you optimistic or pessimistic?

Depends on the situation, there is always a positive in any bad situation. However if you remain pessimistic, anything better is a bonus and you rarely get disappointed.

8.Are you afraid to show emotion in public?

Not afraid as such but I have conditioned myself not to, I remain calm in public. To me you can get emotional when you are not in company.

9.Would you freely give your life in exchange that your death would save others?

Yes, without question. A lot of people say that but it's bull****... I wouldn't even hesitate however..

10.Who was the closest person in your life that died way too soon/before their time?

My father.

[xdreamsunwindx]

1.If you know you would die soon what 5 songs would you want played at your funeral?

U2 - Bad
The Pretenders - Forever Young/Back on the Chain Gang
Fleetwood Mac - Storms/Landslide
The Black Crowes - She Talks to Angels
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - American Girl

2.If you were to write an auto-biography of yer life what would be the title?

On the Fence.

3.Who is the one person in the world who knows more about you than anyone?

My mom, and my friends Lora and Alex.

4.When was the last time you had a good cry?

I haven't stopped in the last month, honestly. I hate you, November/December. -_-

5.What's the saddest thing you have witnessed in your life?

Watching my grandmother being hospitalized for six months because her doctors ****ed everything up which prevented her from getting better, which lead to her death in June 2001, seeing my beloved cat Pearl slip away within a period of 48 hours and not being able to do anything to help her, and seeing my parents lose some of their best friends at a premature age.

6.What's more important to you, Family or finding true love?

Family, deffinitely.

7.Are you optimistic or pessimistic?

I'm pretty much 100% pessimistic.

8.Are you afraid to show emotion in public?

Yeah, but I do it anyways.

9.Would you freely give your life in exchange that your death would save others?

It depends on the circumstance.

10.Who was the closest person in your life that died way too soon/before their time?

Probably my maternal Grandmother. She was doing well, then all of the sudden, she passed away, due to the carelessness of her doctors. I miss her so, so much. She was such a wonderful woman. And my cat. I was closer to that cat than I was to anyone else. I know it sounds weird, but it's the truth.