Which event would you loved to have filmed, had you had a film camera?

My husband leaving for Iraq. Not because I’m happy he left, but because of the things he said to me when he left and to see our last kiss over again would be nice.

My little house cat Mistic getting ready to attack a full grown wild turkey.

The party where I met and danced with my first girlfriend. sigh

My first kiss.

That or the four hour conversation I had with my friend at a pub in St. Louis.

The birth of the universe.

My birth, wow!! Having witnessed the birth of my two wonderful kids, it’d be nice to complete the hat- trick. Time machine please.

@ucme- I was thinking along the same lines. I’d like to have filmed my birth, but from my own perspective. After all, I’d be the one with the camera, right?

My wedding. My uncle was in charge of videotaping it, but he totally forgot to charge his camera battery, so I have no video of my beautiful wedding. :*(

The birth of my child. as well. and my first dance with my hubby too.

For me it would be that night when i was in the company of some friends, and friends of friends, in a tavern.
Some had their music instruments with them, an outi, a violin, classic guitar, and a girl friend brought her beautiful voice.
We drank, and smoked, and drank, and literally everybody sung and danced.
And we drank some more.
I didn’t get drunk from alcohol, just from pure pleasure, it was fantastic!

I would love to have a film of the car accident I was in. A driver heading in the opposite direction made a left-hand turn at an intersection and I hit it. Of the 3 witnesses, one said that the traffic light was green, one said it was yellow, and one said it was red. It went to court, and I won, but I would still like to see what the actual light color was and show it to the witnesses and judge. And that is only if I wasn’t the one doing the filming and driving. That would be a whole different matter.

Dancing with some of my best girl friends.

When I saw my wife in the emergency room after she was hit by a drunk driver.
Everyone I tell that story to tells me how fucked up I am.

The improv show where I killed it and got an ovation at the end.

@filmfann
Why would you be fucked up according to everyone you tell it to?

Lots of classic humorous or lovely things my kids have said.

My cocker Prince – he was great dog. But it’s really the feel of his fur and flesh that I want back.

Some of the dreams I’ve had ;)

Same here.

There have been a couple rolls in the hay I would have loved to have for those final years in the nursing home…and my wipe out on water skis this weekend would be worth a few belly laughs!

23 Februrary 1991. We plowed through the berm and thundered into Iraq. Saddam got his “mother of all battles”. In our sector there was a trench filled with burning crude oil behind the berm. We just plowed it full of sand and rolled on, US and French flags flying from our radio masts. Wish I had a camera that day.

Okay, here is a long story about my wife and me.
My wife, who is deaf, was hit by a drunk driver. She was unable to move her neck after the accident, and she was taken to the emergency room on a stretcher, with her hands and legs bound, and her neck strapped down.
When I got to the hospital, a good 45 minutes later, she was in the same position, and did not know what was happening, because no one had taken the time to try and talk to her because she was deaf. I told her I had to go find out what was going on, and she held my hand, begging me to stay. I comforted her for a couple of minutes, then told her I would go talk to a Doctor.
I found a nurse, and the nurse said my wife was fine; that this was all proceedure, and that she would be going home after X-rays.
I walked back into my wifes room, looked at the chart, sat on her bed, held her had, and said:
“Honey, do you know about Christopher Reeve?”
Well, she started laughing. Anyone else would have gone hysterical, or hit me, but she knew my sense of humor, and knew I wouldn’t make jokes if it were serious.
In short, she got me.
I have told this story several times, including to people at work. One of my co-workers, named Joe, later blew thru a red light, and got t-boned by another driver. He and his wife were taken to the hospital. When Joe was checked out okay, he walked into his wife’s room in the ER, and saw her in the same condition as my wife had been. He immediately flashed on my story, and thought to himself “Jack is fucked up!”
He told me this later, and I laughed out loud. My sisters both have told me they would have killed me right there.

@filmfann Lovely story. How fortunate you are to be with someone who gets you. I’m glad that she is ok.

The face to face meeting with Alex and the birth of my kids – next labor I’m videotaping, for sure.

@AstroChuck Yeah that would be one awesome view.

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The Crucifixion of Christ.