Imagine you were forced to spend the rest of your life on a small island (1 square mile). You could pick where on Earth the island is, the geography, flora and fauna and 10 people to live there. You could also have up to 10 guests at any one time who could come and go as they pleased but you could never leave. You would have a weekly seaplane to bring you stuff and a cargo ship 4 times a year to bring bigger stuff. Where would your island be located? What shape would the island be? What would the topography/ landscape be? What would your house be like? What would you do to keep yourself occupied? Me? Where would your island be located? Down East Maine Coast. What shape would the island be? 2 miles long by 1/2 mile wide What would the topography/ landscape be? rocky,hilly with high cliffs on the West side of the island, gradually sloping on the East with one good beach, generally heavily wooded What would your house be like? A recreation of a fortified Medieval Irish Monastery. What would you do to keep yourself occupied? hang out with my wife, read, cook, watch movies, listen to music, watch sports on Satellite TV, listen to the BBC World Service, drink, swim in the Atlantic Ocean
Where would your island be located? Somewhere around Hawaii, or near the Equator where it's always warm. What shape would the island be? Just the shape of any regular island. What would the topography/ landscape be? It would be mostly beach, with some wooded areas. I would want one side to have steep cliffs that drop off to the ocean. What would your house be like? I would put the house right on top of the highest cliff. I would want it to look like an old English castle or something. Really big! What would you do to keep yourself occupied? Read, swim on the beach, walk all around the island to see what I could find. Exercise. Relax
Where would your island be located? Somewhere tropical or where it doesn't get too cold, at the very least. What shape would the island be? Island shaped. What would the topography/ landscape be? Lots of wooded area and some type of elevated point where I can gaze at the open water and pretend I'm longing for rescue until my next shipment of furniture, MRE's and whores arrives. What would your house be like? I will build my own smelly adobe using my sun-baked turds. What would you do to keep yourself occupied? Eating. Turd production and curing. Skull fucking my gaggle of fresh whores. Napping.
Where would your island be located? someplace warm, without a huge risk of being killed by a hurricane every year. i don't feel like doing the research to figure out where that may be. What shape would the island be? i don't know, penis shaped. What would the topography/ landscape be? basically like OP's. although i don't really care which side is which. What would your house be like? a regular house on top of the cliff. with several levels of basement, one of which opens up to a balcony on the side of the cliff. and a waterslide. What would you do to keep yourself occupied? sex, drugs, swim, explore the island, internet, video games, read, watch tv/movies, utilize my waterslide.
Where would your island be located? in its own time/space continuum, that would only be contiguous with earth's during the dark of the moon in months that have two full moons occur in them. What shape would the island be? sort of crescent shaped with a big mountainous lump on one side What would the topography/ landscape be? gently rolling except for the one big rock, and densely forested away from the beach slope What would your house be like? maze-like, with the odd bit of roof here and the odd bit of wall there. stone pillars and bamboo uppers and mix of tile and thatch roofing on different parts, with a lot of solar electric panels firmly attached. What would you do to keep yourself occupied? creating and exploring of course. adding on to the house and changing it. making friends with the local creatures and space faring goddesses. designing and building all sorts of things, both on the computer and from the local materials. building and riding a little railroad to go all around the island.
Where would your island be located? In a warm place, about 100 meters away from main land, so supplies could easily be brought over or be gotten by my fellow islanders. What shape would the island be? Egg-shaped. What would the topography/ landscape be? Flat and beachy, with a little forest in the middle. What would your house be like? Small and wooden, basically just a roof above my head. What would you do to keep yourself occupied? Swim, read, make music, play games, practice philosophy, have sex.
I noticed that I am the only one who didn't chose an island in a warm/ tropical climate. Does no one like the seasons? I think I would go crazy without the arrival of Spring, the joy of Summer, the poetry of Autumn and the austere majesty of Winter.
Are you kidding? I would love to live on a small island, especially if someone was providing me resources I wouldn't pick anyone to be there. Where would your island be located? Near New Zealand would be nice What shape would the island be? Doesn't really matter. What would the topography/ landscape be? Plain, sand beaches, heavily wooded, and one big hill/mountain. Lake would be also nice. What would your house be like? Simple, small, wooden, self-built, located at beach just where the forest starts. On a logs/pallissades in case of flood and to prevent insects coming in. What would you do to keep yourself occupied? Farm, breed animals, wander around, build/create stuff, sit and think, eat shrooms, smoke weed, train archery, swim, play instruments, be myself, etc, etc
