Name something that has changed your life.....

[Wetzelbill]

I would say literature. I love to read and I love to write. It's pretty much what my life is nowadays. Specifically I would think that three authors have changed me, James Welch, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, and most recently Cormac McCarthy. Made me focus on my own artistic gifts, as well as exploring my own identity and culture. I believe I see the world through a much different prism now than I did even 5 years ago.

[LaraMN]

1. Cyanoacrylate.

Also: double roll toilet paper.

[plcdude]

2. Cialis

fantastic

[BarenakedLady]

3. Becoming a mother

Your whole perspective changes. It's all about them, nothing else matters as much. It is both frightening and wonderful at the same time.

[plcdude]

5. yes

that is very true

[BikeWriter]

4. Jen

[BarenakedLady]

6. I can tie a cherry stem in a knot just using my tongue....

I'm just sayin'....

:bounce: :bounce:

[plcdude]

7. Why am I

not surprised by that?

[BarenakedLady]

8. I have no idea

O8)

[BikeWriter]

9. Will you marry me?

[BarenakedLady]

20. Sure

But, let me get back to you on that. :evilgrin:

[Schema Thing]

11. So can I...

which probably just ruined it for Bikewriter, lol.

[BikeWriter]

14. I'm not marrying you. ;-)

[Schema Thing]

28. What if I change my name...

...to BarenakedMister?

eh?

no?


fine, I'll marry BarenakedLady then.

[trof]

23. So can I. We called it 'the virgin test'.

Turned out to be an invalid test.
;-)

[Guava Jelly]

10. heartbreak has changed my life

At first for the worse but then for the better.
Also new friends have.

[azmouse]

12. Money

Having enough of it to not have to work if I don't chose to. Makes for a peaceful life.

[RedStateShame]

13. Pet Sounds

[Taverner]

15. Tavernertoddler and Tavernertot

[Lyric]

16. The Internet

Found my soulmate there, and found out who I was. I came from a tiny little podunk rural Southern town. My view of the world was tiny and naive, and I was full of inhibitions and fear and ignorance.

Getting my first computer and getting online back in 1998 completely changed me, and my entire life.

[YankeyMCC]

17. Three things

literature for me also. I can even name some specific books - "Strange in a Strange Land" and "Metaphysical Club" There are many other books to be sure that influenced me to one degree or another, I should probably mention the "Iliad" and "Odyssey"

The second thing is the White Mountains of NH and ME. Or more specifically the hike up Mt Washington a few years back that reconnected me as an adult to the outdoors.

The thrid (though perhaps the most important so should've been listed first) My son. That perhaps sounds like a cliche, but just his existance and my connection to him changed me in totally unexpected ways. All for the better IMO.

[WritingIsMyReligion]

18. Jazz. Duh.

My music. Your music. Our music.

[Broken_Hero]

19. A lot of things...

Books, music, drug use(long time ago), and the love of a good woman...

[trof]

21. Computer

I used to busy myself with worthwhile, productive stuff.

[otherlander]

22. Karate, poetry

[skygazer]

24. Spontaneity

I've learned more in my life from being spontaneous, taking a chance, than from anything else. It's not that it always worked out well (though most of the time it did) but it always taught me valuable lessons. And it has always been worthwhile.

[enigmatic]

25. 5 things/people

[mondo joe]

26. "Earthly Possessions" by Anne Tyler; becoming a dad; becoming

a homeowner; "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood.

[swag]

27. LSD

[RetroLounge]

29. A few things

My 2 kids.

Literature and especially poetry.

Sobriety. For me, without it, everything else is gone...

RL