MarXiweb - Jan. 14, 2000 - What Might Happen To Me This Year
Friday, January 14, 2000
9:50 PM
Some things that might happen to me this year:
- Maybe I’ll travel somewhere far on my own. I’ve farthest I’ve gone by myself was Buffalo, New York and I didn’t even stay there. I was on my way to NYC but was stopped at the Canada/US border for various reasons. Maybe a story I’ll share with the world some other time. I’ve been thinking of going to Paris for my 23rd birthday. I went to Paris on my 20th one. I was with my girlfriend at the time, and her roommate. Or maybe I’ll go west, to British Columbia??? and Washington State, too.
- Maybe I’ll go skydiving. I’ve gone before –twice in 1997. I loved it. I was close to getting my free-fall certificate, too. The view from up there is utterly breath-taking.
- Maybe I’ll read James Joyce’s Ullysses. I have a copy of it, published by the Folio Society. It’s supposedly the best work of literature to come out of the 20th century. Even if I start reading it this year, I’m not sure if I’ll finish it in 2000. It’s a big book!
- Maybe I’ll write a book of my own. Although it could be fiction, it’d most likely be non-fiction. It’s what I’m more into these days. I’m not sure what the book would be about, though. Sure, as with any aspiring writer, I have a bunch of books swimming inside me. A lot of them eventually drown. I don’t want to go down trying to save any of them. I did have an idea of doing a Web novel, which is a new kind of story-telling I’ve thought of on my own. It’s sort of like an iceberg–basically a short story, with a lot of depth and background. Or something like that.
- Maybe I’ll learn how to type, using a Dvorak keyboard layout. I can type on a QWERTY with only two fingers, but I can go pretty fast. I’ve tried to learn using all fingers, but I don’t have the patience. Not being that comfortable with a QWERTY is an advantage to learning Dvorak, though.
- Maybe I’ll learn C++. I think that when I do, a lot of my powers will be unleashed in ways they haven’t been able to be loosed before.
- Maybe I’ll be genuinely happy again. I sincerely doubt this will happen in 2000, though???
- Maybe I’ll meet someone (in real life) who’ll become a good friend. Even if we don’t become friends this year, as long as I meet someone who eventually will be??? that would be nice.
- Maybe I’ll die. I know it’s a rather morbid thing to put here and it’s the only one I wouldn’t necessarily hope for, but I mention it for balance (if anything).
- Maybe I’ll have an unbelievable time on New Year’s. Funnily enough, this is the one I’m going to really strive for. The arrival of 2000 was a big disappointment. The next one is the dawn of the real new millenium. I want to do something I’ll never forget. Something wild, something crazy.
See also January 18, 2000 entry