Need help finding Jimmy's description of himself

[Uncle John]

I remember readin this a long time ago and laughing while I read it. He basically summed up his whole life in one short paragraph, and now I can't figure out where I saw it. Does anyone have a clue what I'm talking about and if so where I can find it?

Thanks in advance if you do!
Eric

[PHat Matt]

At the very begining of A Pirate Looks At 50 Jimmy wrote "his life in 400 words or less"

[Mr Play]

I don't have the book in front of me, but I bet that's it. It's almost like a recipe of good advice for people who are too stressed out in life. It lists stuff like;

Surf; Learn how to cook; Learn how to play guitar; Learn how to fly; etc

I had a good boss that was laid off a couple of years ago. He didn't know what he was going to do so I gave him that book his last day at work. Last I heard he had take up windsurfing around Corpus Christy, so I guess it paid off.

[UltimateParrothead]

"I broke out of the grip of Catholicism and made it through adolescence without killing myself in a car. I flunked out of college. I learned to play guitar, lived on the beach, lived in the French Quarter, finally got laid, and didn't go to Vietnam. I got back into school, started a band, got a job on Bourbon Street, graduated from college, flunked my draft physical, broke up my band, and went out on the road solo. I signed a record deal, got married, moved to Nashville, had my guitars stolen, bought a Mercedes, worked at Billboard magazine, put out my first album, went broke, met Jerry Jeff Walker, wrecked the Mercedes, got divorced, and moved to Key West. I sang and worked on a fishing boat, went totally crazy, did a lot of dope, met the right girl, made another record, had a hit, bought a boat, and sailed away to the Caribbean. I started another band, worked the road, had my second and last hit, bought a house in Aspen, started spending summers in New England, got married, broke my leg three times in one year, had a baby girl, made more records, bought a bigger boat, and sailed away to St. Barts. I got seperated from the right girl, sold the boat, sold the house in Aspen, moved back to Key West, worked the road, and made more records. I rented an apartment in Paris, went to Brazil for Carnival, learned to fly, went into therapy, quit doing dope, bought my first seaplane, flew all over the Caribbean, almost got a second divorce, moved to Malibu for more therapy, and got back with the right girl. I worked the road, moved back to Nashville, took off in an F-14 from an aircraft carrier, bought a summer home on Long Island, had another baby girl. I found the perfect seaplane and moved back to Florida. Cameron Marley joined me in the house of women. I built a home on Long Island, crashed the perfect seaplane in Nantucket, lived through it thanks to Navy training, tried to slow down a little, woke up one morning and I was looking at fifty, trying to figure out what comes next."

[phjrsaunt]

YAY! Ultimate Parrothead is back, and so is his avatar!