If you were given 6 months to live

how would you live those six months?

very good hospice care. :-)

off my ass and probably would have to go to Las Vegas. Isn't that where the prostitution is legal? I'd pay the prostitutes to hold me and pretend they cared about me and couldn't stand the thought of living without me. You know? Real melodramatic stuff whilst stoned seems believable to me. I dunno. Sounds like the perfect six month to me. What else could a person want?

Assuming the diagnosis was 100% accurate and 6 months was absolutely all I had...

Month #1) First thing I'd do is quit my job. No notice. No reason given. I would immediately go on a 30 day drunk/high/experimentation with narcotics spree but I'd pretty much keep to myself and try to absorb/acknowledge the fact that I had only 6 months to live.

Month #2) I would probably still be heavily in to mind altering narcotics and alcohol, but I would make it a point to put my life at risk in a thrill seeking fashion as often as I could, since I would basically have only 4 months to lose. I would skydive, bungee jump, ride roller coasters, go para sailing, go scuba diving, and basically everything I could think of that might be dangerous.

Month #3) I would probably travel as much as I could. I'd visit all of the places I always wanted to go. I would cut back on my mind altering narcotics and alcohol to the nights so I could remember my experiences.

Month #4) I would come back home and spend a lot of time with my family. The first 15 days of the month I would make it a point to let them know exactly how much they messed me up. The last 15 days, I would let them know how much I loved them in spite of it.

Month #5) I'd probably go on another drinking/narcotics spree.

Month #6) For the first 15 days, I would try to tie up any loose ends I may have missed in the past 5 1/2 months. The last 15 days, I will keep to myself.

And spend all my time loving my friends and family.

I have had a tremendously wonderful life, so it's not like there's a pile of things I wish I had done. If I only had 6 months to live, I would spend those 6 months preparing my loved ones for their future.

get drunk and stoned off my ass and spend as much quality time with my family as possible. This is of course assuming that I will be healthy until the day I drop. Basically live each day to the fullest, that and get "freaky" in some unusual places. I mean hell, I'll be dead in a few months anyway!

travel and travel some more.

one minute this month ... one minute next month and so on ...