Reasons to stay alive

A while ago, for no real reason, I was thinking about those life-or-death situations where people pull through against all odds because of their "will to survive". I reckon in any of those positions (trekking through an Arctic blizzard, cast adrift in the Atlantic, stranded in the Sahara etc.) I'd be a goner. My will to survive is strong enough that I remember to eat and drink (most of the time) but I've always had a pretty tenuous grip on this world - I feel I could slide off any time my concentration lapsed.

To this end, I've have prepared a list of things to remind me that life is good and death should be avoided wherever possible.

1. I am surrounded by hundreds of beautiful young women
2. Buffy on Saturday nights, Angel on Sundays, South Park on Saturdays AND Sundays
3. It takes more effort to kill than be killed, but it's a lot more fun
4. Chocolate
5. Raki
6. Bach, Mozart and Monteverdi
7. I might get reincarnated as a starving peasant or a middle manager
8. My people need me to combat the Forces of Darkness
9. There's always an update around the corner