I believe in having fun

Kristen - Frantown, Colorado
Entered on May 5, 2010
Age Group: Under 18
Themes: pleasure

I believe the best way to live life is to be positive and to always have fun even if it’s risky or dangerous. When people go out and have adventures and do crazy stunts, they are living life to the fullest and having more fun, instead of the people that just sit around and do absolutely nothing.

I remember when my friend and I decided to go driving around one night. He got bored and asked me if I wanted to go four wheeling and I agreed, so we zoomed off on to a dirt road. We were going up and down and sideways on bumps and hills. Then he got a huge smile on his face and told me his favorite part was coming. We started driving over a hill and in to a dip and back up, he said we’re going off this jump…my stomach dropped I was extremely scared. He turned the car around and started moving forward we slid over the first bump slowly, he stopped and said “Are you ready?”, so I grabbed on to the car took a deep breath and nodded my head. Then he hit the gas, the hill looked like it was running at us and he yelled “Brace yourself!” Next instant I knew we were flying the air for it felt like forever, then all of a sudden we hit the ground safe and sound. After that I didn’t want to stop, I wanted to keep going. That was so much fun it was such an exhilarating moment. Even though that experience was dangerous and either required a really safe or a really stupid driver. It ended up being one of the most exciting moments I’ve ever had in my life.

Another story that was really exciting and funny but also kind of dangerous, and really stupid was when I was with my ex-boyfriend and his best friend in his car. We just got finished hanging out at the park and we started driving home and my ex decided it would be funny to jump out of the car and try walking with it by grabbing the door while it was going down a hill. He opened up his door while the car was heading down the neighborhood, even though we were only going 10 miles per hour I still thought it was a really bad idea but of course he didn’t listen to me. He some how managed to make it out of the car but the second step he took he slipped and smacked the ground flat on his face. The car kept moving and his best

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friend and I were laughing so hard we didn’t realize the car was still moving and almost hit a house. After we got under control we put the car in reverse and went to go get him and saw him walk up the hill into someone’s yard we had no idea what he was doing but apparently his shoe flew off and went two houses up from where he fell. That was probably one of the craziest moments of my life but it wa so much fun, I’m glad it didn’t happen to me though.

Crazy car experiences are always fun, but when it comes to almost flying, that’s when it really gets exciting such as, when I was 13 I got to sail on a cruise with my family to Alaska. One of the experiences that my mom and I got to do was zip line through 400 feet trees. I was so nervous it felt like my stomach had so many butterflies it was about to fly right off of my body. There were 7 zip lines and a bridge, the first zip line was off the ground to a tree, it was so scary I wasn’t sure I could do it. So I grabbed on the harness closed my eyes lifted my legs off the ground and the next second I was flying in the air. Once I got to the tree I was so excited I couldn’t wait for the next one, and the more zip lines we did the longer and faster they got. Even though zip lining wasn’t super dangerous, it was still just as memorable and exciting.

Multiple people don’t like to be risky and dangerous but I believe that the people who go out on a limb to do something or try something crazy like skydiving, or bungee jumping, or going on a zip line, or even just doing crazy stunts in a car. Those are the people who really seem to live life even if it’s scary. I believe in having fun and the best way to do it is to be a little dangerous.