2007 predictions
Today I started a feeble tracking system of various multipoint efforts on my own behalf. The calendar on which to place the colored stars, I bought a few days ago, but starts on Jan 1 of course, so can only be used starting today. The multipoint efforts have started for some time. Today, two of the initiatives counteracted themselves and exploded in some kind of antimatter collision. I am not to be blamed. Thus here I sit, watching pre-2001 editions of Sex and the City, and luxuriating in weight loss commercials.
There have been so many weight loss commercials that my (older) son loves quoting in a giddy way: "I feel sexy. (then, emphasis on I) 'I' feel sexy." Then he watches for my reaction which is a combination of deflation and cursing various parts of the ceiling.
Lots of people are getting tagged and such, as if there was not enough to blog about already. Warning, if you tag me, I will fit you in around November. Once your deposit clears. At any rate, one thing that did catch my eye was the predictions thing. Most people are choosing technical, or political, because they do have a blog after all. One has to predict the win of .xyz over .abc format, or the win of .dem over .rep format. Don't get me wrong, the fate of the world is at stake (with both), but it's a little like shooting cans in your backyard and taking stats.
With that fanfare, I present my list of personal predictions for 2007. For - what else - my own life!
- I will buy a chicken. Possibly three. Extra credit if alive. Yes, I am seriously considering getting the Seattle-allocated number of 3 chickens in a nice little house outside ours. I have it all figured out, except perhaps how to acquire the requisite level of sanity. It will be good for stories either way.
- I will enter the job market again, something which I am in complete denial about.
- My daily success will be measured by whether or not I do my art. Granted I make no claims on whether that art will happen. I am only saying I am defining success by whether I do it. This is very different from 2006, where my definition of success was to continue breathing.
- I will buy the car that I'm driving, and take that one small step to adulthood.
- I will make new friends as the result of my blog.
- I will ride an airplane somewhere, and make a big deal about it.
- I will learn to cook vegetables. The wierd ones.
- I will make this year not just a continuation of last year. I will do my best to seize this wonderful opportunity of the world having a little more room.