stolen from Jonestown while I finish my coffee.
What Was I doing ten years ago? Umm…. hrm… I’m 27, so odds are I was alive ten years ago…. it’s a bit of a blur… I know! Brilliant solution! I’ll make some vague guesses and fill in any gaps with utter bullshit. Ten years ago it was May 1998, I was…umm,,, nearly 18, and alternating between being suicidal and being too fascinated by girls and the prospect of getting them to interact with me to bother with dying. of course, back in my day we didn’t have this “emo” shit, so if you were an angst-ridden teenager your musical choices were limited to whatever pseudo-angsty pretty-people-have-problems-too music the popular kids were listening to, actual goth bands, or Marilyn Manson and his assorted hard-rockin’ predecessors. i opted for Joy Division and The Cure, leaning towards the actual-goth-band side of the house, but not without hearty doses of the Marilyn Manson and the Rob Zombie. I remember mowing the front lawn a lot, and playing video games. overall, I survived.
What are five things on my to-do list today? The first thing on to-do list is you do not make to-do lists. the second thing on to-do list is YOU DO NOT MAKE TO-DO LISTS. the third thing is breathe air. the fourth thing is drink water and eat food as needed. the fifth thing is feces will be excreted as it needs to be. and finally, odds are good of ordering a pizza and renting a movie tonight since it’s friday. shit, I lost count. sorry.
Snacks I enjoy: I enjoy snacks. Lots of different kinds. watermelon. chocolate pocky. pork rinds. macadamia nuts, cauliflower, some flavors of Doritos, scrambled eggs…
Things I would do if I were a billionaire: pay off all outstanding debts. buy a small house in cash, set up a high-interest savings account to skim the interest off of to cover the property taxes for the next however-many years, stick half of whatever’s left into some kind of retirement fund thingie to make sure I have money when I’m old and decrepit, make my kid sister the beneficiary so when she hits the old-and-decrepit stage she’ll be covered, invest 50-100 million in real estate and tell my close family and best friends they can all have their pick of my various land holdings for free and I’m keeping the rest to lease/rent/sell as needed for pocket money, resign from my current job and spend some time travelling, then maybe look at getting part-time work on a very sporadic basis just to get out and meet people.
Places I have lived: gulf coast of florida, western virginia, southern new mexico, western pennsylvania, but mostly just inside my own head, where geography is pretty irrelevant.
