We all have someone that we look up to. Whether that be your uncle, your parent, your teacher, or some long-dead world leader, we would all like to meet somebody face to face. And so today, I've made a list of the top ten people in the world that I would like to someday meet, whether they're dead or alive. Here, they are listed in rough order from the person out of the ten who I'd least like to meet (but would still love to), to the person I would most like to meet. Today, I'll only be doing the top four. Still, there are a lot of people to write about today, and stories behind every one of them, and so lets get started.
10. Albert Einstein.
Everybody knows Albert E! You can tell this is going to be a good list when Albert Einstein is at the bottom.
So why Einstein, and why is he just barely scraping onto this list?
Well, I'll start with why he's on this list in the first place. This is pretty obvious; he is/was Mr. Science. He dabbled in everything, from good ol' E=mc2 (beats me what that's talking about, but who cares) to his theory of relativity to fancy quotes to helping to create the first nuclear bomb. Although, I must admit that part of the reason I like him is that he apparently felt super guilty after having made that bomb. It doesn't really seem like something to celebrate, does it?
But truly, it cannot be denied that Albert was a genius. Maybe, when I met him, I could absorb some of that knowledge into myself. But if he's such an awesome guy, then why did he only make number ten on this list?
Well, plain and simple, I don't really like science all that much. I don't dislike it, but I still don't love it or even know much about it. So I don't think I could really get as much out of my meeting with Einstein as other people. He'd start talking about his theories in crazy science talk, and I couldn't understand what he was saying. Still, he was an undisputed genius, and so that's why he's on this list.
9. Billy Joel.
"Wait!" I here my family and friends cry, "Billy Joel is your favorite singer of all time! Why's he so low on the list?"
Well, it's true that he's my favorite singer ever. And it's true, I thought originally that I'd put him much higher up on the list. But then I thought about it. I thought of his concerts I'd seen on YouTube. And the truth of the matter is, from what I've seen of him he seems like a pretty boring, un-excitable, and overall un-warm and cuddly kind of guy. And I mean, I love his music, but if he's just going to drone on in a monotone when I meet him, then I'm not in a great rush to do so. It's a shame, considering all of the great songs he's written... but no. He is staying way down at spot number 9.
8. Coldplay.
Perhaps this is cheating, as Coldplay is an entire band, and not just one person. But to heck with it, it's my blog! Oh, wait. No it isn't, this time, as it was Laura who had the idea, created the blog, set out the guidelines for the blog, and basically got the blog running. Darn it. Okay, let me start that again.
Perhaps this is cheating, as Coldplay is an entire band, and not just one person. But to heck with it, it's my blog post and I can do what I want!
Now, Coldplay is my second-favorite music-producing... thing, right after Billy Joel. (I can't but band, 'cause Billy doesn't have a band). But today, they're clinching the number 8 spot just above Billy, simply because, as previously mentioned, Billy Joel seems boring as hell and Coldplay, from what little I've seen of them, seems like a group of actually cool people. They, much more then Billy Joel, seem like a group that I could really talk to about there music, and tell them that they're awesome without having them roll there eyes, yawn, and possibly grab a bottle of beer.
Coldplay also has the honor of having written my favorite song of all time, Viva La Vida, which further boosts their standing in my mind. It would be truly awesome to meet them face to face, but unfortunately there is no lack at all of awesome people in the world, and they have already filled the spaces above Coldplay. And so, moving on.
7. My Great-Grandfather.
Okay everyone, this is the last one for the day, as I do believe that this post has already just about set a record for the longest post on this blog to date.
You might be wondering, "Who is this great-grandfather of yours? He must have done some truly incredible things!" Well, yes. And no.
First off, a little background information on him. I know very little about him, besides the fact that he was my father's father's father. In fact, I don't even know his name.
But he did do some cool stuff. First of all, he was in the navy, and from what I can remember from what my grandfather told me, he was always sailing, and would leave the house for months at a time, sailing so one place or another. In fact, I have some coins from Hong Kong, where my great grandfather spent a lot of time. He brought back to my grandfather, who recently gave them to me. I plan to keep those coins, and give them to one of my kids, and say "your great-great-grandfather had these!" And then there mouths will drop open, and they'll say "really daddy?" And I'll say, "why yes, my child, and you'd better give them to your kids, or I'll disown you." And so they would.
Another interesting fact about my great-grandfather is that he was in the Navy during world war two, and his ship was torpedoed. He apparently had to jump from the sinking ship to save himself.
And finally if it interests you, according to my sisters he's quite good looking. I can half confirm this, although I may not have quite as good judgement considering that I'm a straight male. Still, there you go.
My great grandfather has some pretty cool stories around him, but obviously he isn't quite on the same scale as many of the people on this list. Still, how cool would it be to say: "Hey you. Yeah, you. I'm your great-grandson, in the future."
And so due to the family tie-in, I'd have to chose my great grandfather. That would be a meeting like no other.
Okay everyone, I'm sorry that this post is so long, but considering I'd originally planned to do all ten of the people I'd like to meet in this post, it's not nearly as bad as it could have been! Part two coming soon. Until then, thanks for reading.
-Mark
And another thing... our great-grandfather was HOT.
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