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Tsunami Red
Title: Maniacal Tactician
Joined: Jul 06 2008
Location: Metro Toronto
Posts: 171
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My coworker was rushed to the hospital on Friday morning and last night, he passed away. Apparently, he suffered an aneurysm in his sleep and with little hope of waking up, his family made the difficult decision to pull the plug on him.
He wasn't just a guy I knew on my floor, he was one of my employees when I was running his department. He was always such a pleasant individual to be around, always smiling and encouraging others, never once saw him ever get angry or disappointed. He's also married and has two kids.
To say the least, I'm shocked. When someone you've been seeing everyday for years is suddenly gone, there's a void that manifests inside you. It's crazy to witness how fast things can go down. It's a sickening feeling for me, because he was younger than me. And I'm 26.
So everyone, I just wanted to remind you all to live life to the fullest, and never take a single day for granted. Life is just too short and unpredictable.
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 "So I say live and let live. That's my motto. Live and let live. Anyone who can't go along with that, take him outside and shoot the motherfucker. It's a simple philosophy, but it's always worked in our family." - George Carlin |
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Syd Lexia
Site Admin
Title: Pop Culture Junkie
Joined: Jul 30 2005
Location: Wakefield, MA
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If you live every day like it's your last, then your last day will come sooner than it's due.
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JRA
Joined: Sep 17 2007
Location: The Opium Trail
Posts: 3475
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HAHA DISREGARD THAT, I SUCK COCKS.
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There are a lot of what if's in life Donny. What if I hit you really hard in the face, knocked yo shit to the back of yo skull? What if I....had you girl gargle my nuts? The fact remains, you are a fuckin mutant. |
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Douche McCallister
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Title: DOO-SHAY
Joined: Jan 26 2007
Location: Private Areas
Posts: 5672
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| This guy was younger than 26 and he was married with two kids? EPIC FAIL. |
Epically Rude
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S. McCracken
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Title: Enforcer
Joined: Aug 22 2005
Location: Massachusetts
Posts: 2171
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I think you can have a healthy balance. You don't need to live each day in a wild rush to do things (as I would do on my last day) but you need to be more proactive. If you've been putting off doing something you've wanted to do, quit sucking ass and go and DO IT. The last thing you'd want (though if you're dead I guess you wouldn't care) is to have lived life without doing the things you want to do. GO DO IT.
Ask out the guy/girl you've been too afraid to approach. Travel to the places you've always wanted to see. It's only money; you can save and save and save but in the end you're too old to enjoy it. Go to bed each night feeling like you accomplished something worthwhile that day that makes you happy. That's all you can really ask.
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Lottel
Title: of the Eternal BWOG
Joined: Sep 02 2008
Posts: 1123
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Simpson's showed me living each day like it's your last not always great.
But I do believe one should live with as few regrets as possible and try to be happy now and in the future.
I mean, god knows I can die anytime soon with this shitty ass heart of mine. So yeah. If I go a week without posting, assume I died.
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Ross Rifle
Title: Rock N Roll God
Joined: Oct 29 2006
Location: Chilliwack, BC
Posts: 4844
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I know two people that have made it past 100 years old (and one of them was born in Russia and was my age when she bailed out during the Bolshevik Revolution). Marie, the Russian, said to live life one day at a time. Wilf, who's 102 in March, and sharp as a tack, said just keep going, no matter what. And those are the words I follow.
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username
Title: owner of a lonely heart
Joined: Jul 06 2007
Location: phoenix, az usa
Posts: 16136
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how about living each day like you appreciate it, instead of living it like its your last day? or like the warning in fight club says:
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WARNING
If you are reading this then this warning is for you. Every word you read of this useless fine print is another second off your life. Don't you have other things to do? Is your life so empty that you honestly can't think of a better way to spend these moments? Or are you so impressed with authority that you give respect and credence to all who claim it? Do you read everything you're supposed to read? Do you think everything you're supposed to think? Buy what you're told you should want? Get out of your apartment. Meet a member of the opposite sex. Stop the excessive shopping and masturbation. Quit your job. Start a fight. Prove you're alive. If you don't claim your humanity you will become a statistic. You have been warned...... Tyler |
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the_almighty_spehornoob
Joined: Sep 22 2008
Posts: 289
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I definitely believe in that phrase in regards to relationships. The last thing I want if I'm gonna die is to be wondering "What if I had told that girl how I really felt?" or "Did I really make it clear how much I appreciate the person I care about most?".
I tell my best friend that I love her after just about every conversation for precisely that reason. I really don't care if I never go skydiving or climb a mountain or see every country on Earth. But to die without someone I care for knowing it? That would be awful, I think.
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Ross Rifle
Title: Rock N Roll God
Joined: Oct 29 2006
Location: Chilliwack, BC
Posts: 4844
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Believe it or not, it was Ozzy Osbourne that said 'you should tell everyone you love that you love them. Don't assume that they know, because if you don't tell them, how will they know?'
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the_almighty_spehornoob
Joined: Sep 22 2008
Posts: 289
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So, wait, Ozzy Osbourne and a country music fan agree on something?
APOCALYPSE!
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