The enlightened answer: whatever area my spirit felt I needed work in.

The true answer: Hugh Hefner's Son

gotta go with some type of bird of prey.flyin' man,it's all about flyin'.

I'd come back as an elephant. Fairly intelligent, decent lifespan, and not too much is going to fuck with you....

A big tree in a beautiful place untouched by man.

If I couldn't be reincarnated as what I already am, a woman and a mother and proud of it, I would want to be reincarnated as a man and not some skinnyass weakling. I'd want to be proportionally as strong as a man as I am as a woman (healthy and medium boned). I'd like to be able to do guy sterotyped things and not have women look at me like I'm wierd and guys who have ego problems get angry that I'm "overstepping" my bounds. Had a guy once flip out because me and Dad joined his hunting party. For some reason he happened to be the one to pass out over us field dressing a dear too. I'd like to be able to work on my car, go and get parts, and not have the guys at the parts store talk down to me. I think it'd just be nice to try something different.

I think for almost the same reason, I'd like to try out being a woman. Not so much to be looked down upon, but to see what childbirth was like, what sex would be like, and just get a better understanding for the opposite sex. Then, after that life, be reincarnated as whichever sex I think I like more :)

A white heron...

Or maybe a colossal squid.

Emperor Penguin; who can resist that much slapping power?
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A sperm whale.

Maybe it's the homophobic part of me here, but I just can't see coming back as a woman, I just can't even mentally picture the having sex part...gives me the heebe jeebes. :shudder:
All things considered, there are so many advantages to what everyone has mentioned, that it would be difficult to decide just one....hmmm....maybe if we were going to be exact, Bill Gate's son?...hehe.

So where do you think lesbians come from? :p

I've changed my mind

I'd be a CuttleFish, those things are trippy.

I would say somethign mythical like a dragon....

I shall go with one of the feline variety. A gray tabby cat with big green eyes and a fabulous mistress(owner) who adored me and pampered me like I pamper my felines.

A human, so I could continue working with karma.

I've always contemplated what life would be like as the opposite sex. A basic answer but true. However, this time would be nice to have full recollection of how it went this time around.

Are there restrictions on this? I mean, I saw the Thighmaster thing, but do we need to be "intelligent" in the standard sense of the word? I'm inclined to say some kind of plant, like a Philodendron. Thrives in sub-tropics, just animate enough to make you wonder how intelligent they really are (air-roots are crazy), and I figure they live long enough to give you some outlook.

If we're restricted to "creatures" of a type, I supposed I'd go with an owl of some sort. Nocturnal predatory bird...flight, rodent eating (yum...don't judge me), and I would finally be able to pull off a decent 'The Exorcist' impression.

Jack Bauer.

lol oh yeah man

Me, a T-rex... man I could seriously do some damage!