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When I described for Zach how much fun it would be when we all owned motorcycles and we’d take off on cross-country trips whenever the mood so struck, he assured me that winning the lottery would bring many exciting changes to our lives. I don’t necessarily believe that living the life of your dreams requires unlimited funds, but since we’re blue-skying, what would you do if you suddenly did have a few million bucks in the bank?
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I have already established several gentlemen’s agreements with friends regarding the proper appropriation of any future lottery winnings. Each plan is essentially the same in understanding:
The lottery winner is going to travel and party and explore, and all friends in the circle are invited – all expenses paid.
Due to various blessings in my own life, I have already been fortunate enough to embark upon adventure overseas with good friends: China 2006 with George and Charlie. Based upon that experience, I can guarantee you that travelling with friends is truly the greatest thing you can do with your life.
Thus, when I win the lottery, I’ll demand that all my friends quit their jobs, abandon their personal ambitions, and join me on the Kamchatka Peninsula for a kayak camping trip. Then to Pamplona for the running of the bulls, Easter Island for a few goofy group shots, and on to Antarctica to wear tuxedos among the penguins.
Of course, I’ll eventually grow bored with the tedious blathering of my hanging-on once-friends. I’ll then have them mauled to death by lions and baboons in fierce and bloody caged combat, but I’d like to think that a few years with York and millions of dollars would be worth that price of admission.
I too, would travel the world first, inviting as many friends that wished to join. Taking the Orient Express would be our first adventure. Then we will take some time to relax and get to know Paris as I take classes at Le Cordon Bleu (so I can take full advantage of the luxury kitchen we will build in our dream house).
Speaking of the dream house, it will be situated on acreage as after all the travel, we’ll want somewhere to relax and watch my cashmere goats roam the land while we sip wine we discovered on our travels. Then I’ll be plenty hammered to come up with innovative new color schemes for my signature hand-painted cashmere yarn that we’ll sell to all the fabulous knitting shops.
Now, where did I put that damn lottery ticket?!?
Bring on the baboons! Are you ready for an Alaskan motorcycle trip? I’m in the mood.
Love the part about Julie’s goats. Classic.
(Making my lotery-winning plans momentarily).
As I am very knee-deep in the process of navigating the Spanish Bureaucracy in pursuit of “The Work Visa”, I can’t help but wonder if rich people endure this? If I had a few millions, would the pearly gates of Spain open and grant me a visa? Perhaps even help me figure out the Italian influenced (with a touch of Orwell) telephone company?
With my lottery winnings, I would buy me that all-powerful ability to “avoid all lines”….
…oh, and yes, do the motorcycle trip with all the friends; not to Alaska but from Madrid to Delhi.
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Truly, I had no idea that the privileged elite all fancy long motorcycle trips, but count me among those who would like nothing more than to see the world from the inside of a helmet.
But before I ride off into a few years of travel, I would take time to visit every friend and family member and share the feeling of “money is no object”, if only for a few days at a time.
Then, travel, travel, travel, yadda, yadda, yadda…
And once I return (if I’m not living in the French countryside with a prostitute named Le Rouge), I would spend six months at a time doing concentrated applicable learning. A new language, a culinary program, a musical degree, a writing workshop, etc. I’d much rather be well-versed in a thousand arts than an expert in one.
Or, I could scrap the whole thing and go for a two month coke bender in Vegas.
Hi, I’m Buddy. Buddy Israel. My friends call me Aces.
if money was no object,
and chance lottery was bestow upon me…
how would I spend my winnings?
now, I could travel to the many lands, and stans,
learning languages and cultures I’ve only dreamt…
I am not sure my lottery resources would be spent
on journeys, expeditions or holidays.
if money was no object…
I would quit my job (if I had one),
and raise a large family.
five boys maybe.
probably total terrors…
(and grandpa would live next door, instead of an airstream out back.)