Tuesday, March 21, 2017

DEFINING MOMENTS- AMBIGIOUS AS EVER

IN 1971 IT WAS MAKING MY FIRST OWN BEST FREIND IN SEVENTH GRADE AND BEING EXCLUSIVE  WITH HER IN SCHOOL.
I LOST HER ONLY AFTER 1.5 YEARS .
IN 1974 IT WAS BEING AWARDED THE MOST IMPROVED GRADES IN TYPING CLASS IN HIGH  SCHOOL.
EVEN THOUGH I SOMEONE BEAT ME OUT IN IT FOR GREGG NOTEHAND.
IN 1976 IT WAS GETTING A POEM PUBLISHED IN MY HIGH SCHOOL LITERARY MAGAZINE.

IN 1976 IT WAS HAVING 13 PICS OF ME IN MY HIGH SCHOOL YEARBOOK.( MIGHT HAVE BEEN PITY MOVE.)

IN 1976 IT AS BEING AWARDED AND NAMED "EVERYONE'S BEST FREIND" IN THE HIGH SCHOOL.( ANOTHER PITY MOVE.)

IN 1981 IT WAS TURNING 21.

IN 1982 IT WAS FEELING LIKE I WAS BECOMING FULLY SOCIAL WHEN I WENT TO MY BIOLOGY CLASS XMAS PARTY WITH MY NEWEST BEST FRIEND.
ONLY TO LOSE HER TO A GUY THAT SAME MONTH.
IN 1983 IT WAS GRADUATING FROM COLLEGE WITH MY BA IN BIOLOGY.

IN 1983 IT WAS GETTING MY FIRST JOB ON MY OWN WITHOUT CONNECTIONS.

IN 1984 IT WAS BUYING MY FIRST STEREO SET USING THE MONEY I EARNED FROM MY FIRST JOB.

IN 1986 IT WAS BUYING MY FIRST VCR FOR MY TV AND THEN LATER MY FIRST COLOR TV.

IN 1987 AND IN 1999 IT WAS MAKING THE DEANS LIST AT TWO UNIVERSITIES IN MY ATTEMPT TO FIND A CAREER.
I NEVER FOUND  CAREER I COULD BE FULLY GOOD AT AND APPRECIATED.
IN 1998 IT WAS MAKING MY ONLY SECOND OWN BFF WHILE WORKING AT A FULL-TIME JOB.

ONLY TO LOSE HER 6 MONTHS LATER WHEN SHE MOVED AWAY.
IN 1999 IT GETTING PUBLISHED IN THE ILOP ANNUAL.LATER I FOUND IT WAS A VANITY PUBLICATION.

IN 1999 IT WAS FINALLY GETTING MY DRIVING LICENSE AND MY FIRST, LAST AND SPORTS CAR, A MAZDA MIATA.
ONLY TO FIND THAT ITA LEMON MODEL WITH A BATTERY DRAINING PROBLEM.
IN 2012 IT WAS BUYING MY FIRST COMPUTER.

IN 2015 IT WAS ENDING (HALF A GOAL) OF WORKING 30 YEARS AS A HIGH SCHOOL SUB. THE LONGEST TIME I WORKED AT ONE PLACE.

IN 2015 AND 2016 IT WAS SELF-PUBLISHING MY FIRST TWO EDUCATIONAL WORKBOOKS.




MY NEXT TWO GOALS WILL BE THE END OF MY GOAL LIST:

REMAINING SINGLE AND BECOMING MORE INDEPENDENT BY OWNING A HOME.
BEING A COMIC CON GUEST SPEAKER FOR MY WORKBOOKS.