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Upon hours of rumination, i’ve decided on my general life plan. I know this is rather pretentious to have decided already, in 9th grade. But as of now, this is what i’d like to do: be a web developer. It’s a profitable and flexible job. For this year, I’m going to finish off 9th grade with straight A’s, and then spend the summer mastering PHP. And by mastering, I mean being helluv good at it. During the summer, I’m hoping to get a nice little web design gig and make ∼ $1000. Sophmore year, I’ll be taking some technology electives at school. By senior year, I’m hoping to be pretty damn good at web dev languages. After high school, I’ll go to a good university and take some marketing/business courses. After college, I’ll join a web startup, make some good money, then get laid off, and be unemployed . Then I’ll create my own company with a couple employees and junk. I’ll work there for 15 years…till I’m approximately 40. At age 40, I’m going to take a fatty vacation. And blow all my hard-saved money. At age 45, after being significantly enlightened about the world around me, I’ll take up a job as a high school teacher or something. And around age 55, I’ll suffer through a mid-life crisis, get divorced (wait, you were married? hell yes!) get in debt, and all that fun junk. But around 60, I’ll take up an old passion, work out my life, and make some dough. By 67 I’ll be retired, and cruising the scene for some hot elderly chicks… At 70, I’ll have a fling and get married again. I’ll also be retired, but not just spending my time twiddling my thumbs. I’ll write an autobiography, invent some new gadget, become a renowned environmentalist, then die abruptly…in my sleep, at age 78. I’ll leave behind two daughters (from my first marriage).
WOOT!!! how’s that for a vision! I’m getting jazzed about it already! Although it does sound a little “been there, done that” or … non-original. Anyhow, I hoped you didn’t die from reading that.

There was a point in my life where I thought I was invincible. I thought if I put enough effort into something, I could be the best at it. I figured I could even beat magic johnson in a race, just because I wanted to win sooo bad. Well, now I realize that isn’t how the world works. I won’t be the best at anything. I’m too average. That doesn’t mean I won’t succeed by modern standards. But I won’t be Einstein or Gallileo or (Dear) Abby.

All this time, I’ve gone to school with the vague notion that I’m doing it to help me along later in life. And I am. But now I’m beginning to clear up and sharpen my future. Which is a lot more than most people can say.

In conclusion, I’d like to state that this entire post is utter bullshit. I’m sure I’m just going through a phase. I’ve gotta be open-minded and take shit as it comes. Life is unpredictable, and i’m a bloody idiot if I try to convince myself otherwise.