once were wild

I have a friend who is always going on about how wild they were when they were young, That means getting very drunk I think and trying any sport or activity. We were thinking about the wild people we knew who are now dead or in wheelchairs. Sadly they werent very interesting people. We decided the most interesting people we knew were artists and people with a passion for something. Its why the Collectors show on ABC is interesting. I like gardeners too. What does being wild mean anyway. What I most admired was coolness but thats a pretty hard to define thing too. Maybe its a fundamental self assurance based in your own self belief and not on the opinions of others that might be the essence of coolness.