What I'm doing now, blogging, is basically journaling and I have been doing that since grade school when I ordered my very first diary from scholastic books. Back then I just wrote about what I did for the day, "Today was sunny and I saw the boy I had a crush on but I think he likes Becky." My life was so full back then. When I was moving I went through some boxes I hadn't opened in years and found my journals. I've only looked through the one I had written in in college and when I read it I can't help but laugh my ass off... then feel embarrassed that I was the one who wrote that sh*t. I wrote a lot of stuff about dreams and goals, blah blah blah... stuff you write about when you're idealistic and feel like you can accomplish anything because you think the world is a fair place. I also wrote about the Iraq War number two, including magazine cut outs I pasted in the journal. I know. I am so lame. I want to puke. Sadly, that is not the worst part. I even drew stick figures of George W. Bush bombing Sadaam Hussein. Yep. I was a college student and a registered voter when I did this. I was all about politics, current events and foreign affairs in college. Although, in my defense everyone was because of 9-11. I was a total snob about it. I once did not want to date a guy because he did not know who Condoleezza Rice was. Not that I was a pro-Condi, I just couldn't believe he didn't know who the Secretary of State was at the time, and if you were someone who didn't vote, don't even bother talking to me. I know. If I could travel back in time, I would punch me in the face too.
So at the first few pages of of my journal I kept a running list of things I wanted to accomplish. Check out my last entry. That is the smartest thing I ever wrote in this journal.
Incase you can't see the photo clearly here's what it says:
20. Have my own library
21. Sky Diving (which I really don't care to do anymore)
22. Get into graduate school and score high on the GRE (I guess I can cross off get into grad school)
23. Live on my own and be completely financially independent (I guess I can cross that off too)
24. Join a protest for some cause
25. Punch someone in the face
(I'm not sure what the numbers at the end mean)
Anyway, I am not sure if journaling is such a great idea. For me, it seems like all it ever did was keep a written record of my stupidity... but then again... that is probably a good thing.
I'm pretty sure 2,300,000 is the amount of money you want to have in your bank account.
ReplyDeleteAnd it seems like #25 was written at a later time. Notice how all the others are written in pseudo-caps and #25 is not? I think it's possible sometime in the future you went back in time to write that on this list because in 2027 (or whatever) you knock someone out and you want to make sure you can cross it off your list. So you have to go back in time to add it to the list. Sneaky SA, very sneaky.
Duuuude! This is so funny! That is pretty sweet that you are now able to cross a few things off your list, however I would LOVE to know the inspiration of #25. Who puts that on their goal list? I think we need to make that happen...along with the drum circle.
ReplyDeletei definitely added #25 later... this journal ran from 2001-2004 or 05. I can't remember.. but at some point within that time period, I decided to make punching someone in the face one of my life's goals. People must've been pissing me off or something.
ReplyDelete25 seems reasonable. I am most troubled by 24. Where is the discussion on that? You passed right over it as if protesting simply for the sake of protesting were a reasonable thing to do.
ReplyDeleteOn the other hand, I am organizing a protest against the Animal Planet network. I think Whale Wars is false advertising. I watched a whole episode and there was zero whale on whale battle action. They need to be stopped.
Think about it. You could cross another thing off your list.
Jude you caught me. I did gloss over that because that is one of the things on this list I am most embarassed by... but I figured it would be easy to accomplish. I'm pretty sure I wrote it not having a particular cause in mind... so.. sure, I'll join your protest against Animal Planet... but I do like their show Fatal Attraction.
ReplyDeleteIs their a critia for #23? Like is financial independence reached with a high credit limit?
ReplyDeleteAnd if you want to watch any of the Irqac/Kuate/LA Riots, D has TONS of VHS that you can watch. TONS. Also Time Mags, news papers etc. It could be like you're in college again.